Ddat Senior Auditor

Are you looking for a significant career opportunity to join a fast paced organisation, where your expertise and knowledge will have wide influential scope? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) are an executive agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government.

About the roles

These roles are based in the Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) team, providing independent and impartial assurance to the Government. We are looking to recruit from a variety of backgrounds which will improve GIAA’s experience and skills base.

DDaT Senior Auditors in GIAA are responsible for the delivery of audit and assurance activity across a varied and interesting range of customers and topics, either working individually or with a small team of auditors. You will be allocated a portfolio of work around a core cluster of customers, while also having the opportunity to broaden your experience by working on new topics or with new customers. With access to high profile work, you will work alongside key decision makers, audit specialists and private sector contractors within the Agency, challenging and developing your skills as well as ensuring we meet our customers’ expectations.

Key accountabilities

• Be an effective team member, supporting wider GIAA delivery by working constructively and flexibly with colleagues to deliver appropriate objectives;
• Handle your own time and resource effectively; proactively identify, foresee and take ownership of issues affecting delivery of your and the wider teams’ objectives and provides solutions and options ahead of deadlines;
• Provide and deliver clear and accurate reports that meet the requirements of the customers and carry out activities to ensure that agreed management actions are completed;
• Be accountable for delivery of a portfolio of IT audits, working on more than one assignment at once, possibly on different clients, to budget and quality expectations, aligning with GIAA methodology, using our IT audit software system;
• To scope IT audit assignments, including drafting terms of reference, testing strategies, fieldwork plans, reporting timetables and focus work on identified risks; single audit methodology and audit management software.

About you

If you have experience and skills in helping customers to understand and manage their IT risks, along with ensuring exemplary standards of governance, control and assurance issues, we think this could be the role for you!

This is your opportunity to join a highly respected, forward-thinking organisation that builds and maintains strategic relationships at the most senior levels across the majority of government departments. The variety and contribution of these roles is unparalleled across government.

Required qualifications

Candidates must hold at least one of the following (or equivalent):

 A recognised IT qualification:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
• Member of the Chartered Institute for Information Technology Or Degree/masters qualification in IT

Or
Be able to demonstrate full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body below: Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland You must hold the chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered.
If you have passed all of the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.

About us

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want you to build a really successful career with us and the wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead. You will benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure your development is ongoing.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension with employer contributions starting from 26.6%
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• Nationwide office locations
• Generous annual leave