Risk & Best Practice Internal Auditor

We have an exciting opportunity for anInternal Auditor to join our Risk & Compliance team due to recent internal promotion and team growth. In this role, you will work closely with a number of key stakeholders such as standards Partners/representatives, our Compliance Officer for Legal Practice ("COLP"), Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration ("COFA") and the wider team to provide an audit function within the firm's compliance programme.

This role is key to our audit strategy, following a regular audit programme and providing for ad-hoc audits in response to risk assessments. You will be auditing for compliance with the firm's procedures and policies, including those relating to anti-money laundering and the SRA Code of Conduct.

We are looking for someone with a proactive and highly collaborative approach to develop strong relationships within the wider firm with experience to undertake all aspects of the audit plan including:

• Carrying out firm-wide file reviews
• Auditing for compliance with ISO standards and equivalent, with the support of external suppliers.
• Auditing for compliance with the requirements of the SRA and other legislative requirements
• Analysing the results of those reviews and presenting recommendation for improvement.
• Conducting tests of control systems and core risk management processes
• Monitoring risks, identifying theme based issues requiring risk management attention and developing a heightened auditing regime to monitor these issues.

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the ‘working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are delighted to have been named RollOnFriday's 'Best Law Firm to Work At' 2023, for the second year in a row, and also named as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2023 for the second year running. Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

For more information please see the job description attached below, any questions regarding the role or the interview process please contact Sophie Russell (Resourcing Advisor) at Sophie.Russell@Burges-Salmon.com

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