52 - Audit Manager

You’re in the right place at the right time. We’re CITB and we’re bringing a wide range of exciting career opportunities as we set up a new Head Office in Peterborough this autumn. This is a unique opportunity for brilliant people to join our team and get involved in helping to shape our organisation and achieve our shared ambitions. CITB’s job is to attract talent and support skills development across the construction industry. And we need ambitious, talented people like you to make it possible.

About the role:

As a member of the management team, to provide the leadership contribution necessary for the effective operation of CITB, to externally and internally be an advocate of CITB’s purpose, aims and vision, and to work effectively with others across CITB in order to achieve the synergies that deliver CITB’s objectives. To provide management expertise across all areas of team functionality, ensuring internal integration, effective and efficient operation, and clear direction and purpose that in turn, shapes priorities, objectives and outcomes

The Audit Manager is responsible for achieving Internal Audit’s goals and objectives through the planning, management and delivery of quality audit work carried out in accordance with the CITB principals.

The Audit Manager will operate within the Audit, Risk & Compliance team at a management level, ensuring alignment of our processes and procedures within the organisation. This will involve a wide range of tasks, which include ‘client managing’ portfolios within the organisation and using knowledge of these areas to appropriately define and design our audit planning process. The Audit Manager will also be responsible for managing and reviewing routine audit assignments, as well as undertaking highly complicated and/or high risk audit assignments and investigations.

As part of the management team, they will manage the day-to-day delivery of the Internal Audit plan.

The overall aim of this role is to contribute to the efficient operation of the Audit, Risk & Compliance team and suggest and implement changes that achieve operational efficiencies through more effective and efficient audit coverage.

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• CCAB or CIIA qualified
• Demonstrable experience of managing audit delivery
• Practical experience and knowledge of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards
• Demonstrable experience of developing good practice in internal audit, risk management, governance and internal control
• Experience of delivering assurance on a range of systems and projects
• In-depth knowledge of concepts and principles within own professional discipline, gained through substantial applicable experience
• Basic knowledge of other business disciplines in order be able to understand where issues may have an impact beyond own professional discipline
• An understanding of how own business area integrates with other business areas in order to achieve the goals of the Team/CITB
• Understanding of the latest developments within the profession
• Experience in managing a team
• Analytical skills in order to be able

Benefits:

• Annual pay review and performance bonus
• Car Allowance
• 33 days holiday per year (Including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, cycle to work and insurance
• Pension scheme
• Employee discounts
• Long service awards
• CITB recognition scheme
• Employee assistance programme