Retail Internal Auditor

Job Title: Retail Internal Auditor
Location: Field Based- covering the north of England with occasional travel to Head Office in Carlisle

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)

Salary: Competitive DOE

An excellent opportunity has presented itself to join our client in a field-based capacity, with their head office in Carlisle. An industry leader in the fashion sector, we are actively recruiting for an Internal Auditor to join the retail operations and distribution team.

The role of Internal Auditor aims to safeguard company assets by providing an effective and efficient internal audit service to retail operations and distribution centres within the company. As a valued team player you should have experience of working within a similar role, processing high volumes, working well under pressure both as part of a team and on your own initiative, with high accuracy and an organised approach.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conducting risk assessments on key business activities within stores and warehouses, using this information to guide the areas covered in audits by creating a checklist for standardised assessments.
• Prepare and conduct a program of store visits to carry out audits on the identified risk areas making recommendations to mitigate these risks to store and area managers, and head office.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures and regulations, where applicable, to stores and warehouses.
• To give input, by way of advice and training, where poorly operated systems highlight a breakdown in control.
• Gathering and analysing data from till and web transactions to identify risks and fraud.
• To carry out investigations where breaches of procedures appear to have taken place, and the company has been exposed to loss. Report these to retail operations and H.R. and offer support for them to take the next steps.
• To provide effective internal audit assessment of company stocktaking procedures and controls in shops and warehouses. Liaising with external audit where necessary.
• To monitor the movements of stock to minimise loss to the company.
• To plan and be responsible for the successful delivery of the annual stocktake programme.
• To assess the results of store and warehouse stocktakes and investigate where results are not in line with expectations.
• To keep updated with knowledge of new systems, changes to procedures, and current company issues.
• To provide stores with a first point of contact for security.

Previous Experience

• Previous experience as an Internal Auditor is essential, with retail fashion industry experience preferred.
• High level of autonomy.
• Degree of flexibility with travel, as the successful candidate is field based, with regular meetings at Carlisle Head office and travel throughout the North.
• Should have worked on computerised accounting systems and possess good MS Office skills including Excel.

If you feel these qualities describe you, then we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your career details to Andrew Bridges at PDA SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED.