Senior Auditor

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Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.

Location: We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices:  Birmingham, Blackpool, Bootle, Coventry and Newcastle  (Subject to Desk Availability). We also have roles available in the following locations for colleagues based in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) team:  Boscombe Down (Wiltshire), Bristol, Corsham (Wiltshire), Lichfield, and Portsmouth

About the Government Internal Audit Agency

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) delivers internal audit and risk assurance services to 15 of the UK’s central government departments and over 130 of their related arm’s length bodies.

 At GIAA we are inspired by innovation, we are forward looking, and we work together to embed new ideas, ways of working, and technologies to keep our thinking and work fresh, modern, and effective.

We have recently been nominated as a top 5 winner in the Government Category for the 2023 Inspiring Workplaces Awards and for ‘Outstanding Team’ and ‘Inspirational Leader’ at the IIA Audit and Risk Awards.

About the Roles

For roles in our Audit Response Team (ART), you will work to deliver a portfolio of audits across a number of our customers, collaborating closely with our customer teams. As a member of our ART team, you will also have access to dedicated, tailored development programmes to support you to get up to speed, and you’ll work closely with all our impactful and highly supportive teams where we you will have the opportunity to expand and enrich your skills.

For our customer facing roles you will work closely with a single customer developing a detailed and deep understanding of your customer’s activity, learning about their business. Identifying key partners and building effective and productive relationships are also vital aspects for these roles.

Whichever pathway you choose, these roles are an ideal opportunity for career development, with opportunities for progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, enabling you to develop a broad career base gaining experience of building and maintaining strategic relationships at the most senior levels. The potential variety and contribution made through these roles across government departments is unparalleled. We are using a single recruitment process for both our customer facing and audit response team roles. You will be asked your preference at interview.

About You

For these Senior Auditor roles, we are inviting candidates who have at least 2 years demonstrable experience within the discipline of the professional audit/accountancy body outlined below, and have achieved at least one of the following:

• Internal Audit part qualified - Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (UK & Ireland), or overseas equivalent (the latter will require you to verify equivalent status with the CIIA UK & Ireland before applying) - have passed at least CIA 1, CIA 2 and CIA 3 (or PIIA under the pre-chartered route)
• Accountancy part qualified through CCAB bodies or UK and overseas equivalent:
  • ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland, CIMA – at least 2 thirds of exam passes
  • ICAEW – passes in both the Certificate and Professional levels

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.

Hybrid Working is available to GIAA colleagues. This means a combination of office working and working from home. This includes time spent in our GIAA office locations and can also include any time spent attending our customers' sites.

GIAA colleagues are expected to work in an office location for three days a week on average (60%). Naturally, this expectation will be applied on a pro-rata basis for people who have a part-time or compressed hours working pattern.

Benefits of working for the Government Internal Audit Agency

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme 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
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years’ service

For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.    

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team.