Head Of Compliance

SF Recruitment are working exclusively searching with an exciting PE backed business based in Walsall for a Head of Internal Audit. The Head of Internal Audit will be responsible for providing transparent governance across corporate projects, and through the oversight and delivery of risk based internal audit activity.
Key responsibilities:
- Perform audits and other assignments included in the agreed audit coverage plan, in compliance with the CIIA's professional standards
- Develop assignment plans, based upon the outline scopes in the agreed annual coverage plan and through discussions with the appropriate management
- Identify key business and process risks, and as a result contribute to the development of the annual audit plan
- Evaluate the design of controls in place and identify gaps/weaknesses; working with management to drive improvement
- Develop and complete controls testing schedules, covering key controls, maintaining appropriate documentation of the audit work completed
- Prepare and present quality reports that reflect the results of audit work and clearly set out the key findings and actions/recommendations
- Manage the audit actions follow up process, tracking actions through to conclusion, and escalating where required
- Ensure internal policies/procedures are appropriately maintained in accordance with defined review periods
- Set standards for project teams through the definition of standard project management methodologies and common toolsets
- Ensure each project has a benefits analysis (e.g., revenue improvement, cost reduction or avoidance etc), which are quantified, sensitised and risk assessed
- Ensure each project has appropriate schedule, cost, quality, and risk control in place, offering advice and standard techniques to achieve this
- Establish and execute a robust project reporting and review framework
- Through review process, recommend improvements to project operations as needed
- Validate project business cases prior to submission to executive management for approval
- Ensure real-time benefit realisation is captured, project costs are appropriately assigned, and ensure there is monitoring of benefits realisation post-project
- Ensure risks and issues are clearly identified and that project teams have appropriate mitigation measures in place
To be considered for this role you will have an entrepreneurial nature and will have demonstrated clear value add activities in the companies you've worked at previously.
You must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA), and seeking opportunity in a fast paced, dynamic, profitable business where you will really be able to grow and develop the role as this division grows.
My client is seeking to recruit this role as soon as possible with the position currently vacant, if you interested then please get in touch with Luke Selibas right away;