Senior Auditor

Essex  ‐ Onsite
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Description

My client is a public sector organisation who is on the market to expand the team on 12 month contract.

The ideal candidate will support the Audit Managers in the delivery of our internal audit activity within the organisation, and to our external clients, by undertaking risk based audits and providing timely advice and guidance on new initiatives and developments. You will be working with stakeholders at all levels and will need the ability to develop productive and positive working relationships in order to achieve practical outcomes (value-adding and proportionate recommendations for improvements).

We are looking for dynamic, highly motivated and effective team players. Ideal applicants will have substantial internal audit experience and a proven track record of delivering complex audit work.

Key Accountabilities

  • Deliver the Internal Audit service assignments efficiently and effectively and to agreed budgets ensuring appropriate technical standards are met.
  • Prepare an audit approach that describes in detail the nature, timing and audit procedures to be employed for an individual audit, including the audit work programme of process reviews:
    o Ensuring that background, historical and other relevant information on the areas to be audited have been thoroughly researched and staff are aware of the client and approach to be used.
    o Ensuring preliminary information is gathered on risks and controls for an individual Internal Audit project or assignment and contribute/lead (as appropriate) the opening meetings with the client
  • Ensure Internal Audit effectiveness by:
    o Translating the audit strategy into effective audit procedures and developing junior staff applying internal audit methodologies and appropriate use of technology and tools.
    o Performing Internal Audit work of varying degrees of complexity involving a high degree of problem solving and diagnostic responsibilities
    o Understanding and evaluating processes, risks and related controls and producing the planning documentation for the area under review
    o Carrying out tests of controls and reviewing the work produced by other team members

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge:

  • Fully qualified via CCAB accounting body
  • Experience of current audit and assurance techniques and guidelines.
  • Awareness of current developments in local government.
  • Business and audit exposure to several of the following (including good understanding of the key risks and controls):
    o Accounting systems
    o Financial management
    o Risk management
    o Corporate Governance
    o Information systems
    o Procurement, contract management
    o Business Planning

Experience:

  • Supervision of audit staff.
  • Substantial audit experience within a public/private sector.
  • Evidence of achievement in an internal audit role, including evidence of innovative use of audit techniques to assist in the delivery of business objectives

Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Capita Resourcing is a trading name of Capita Resourcing Ltd. Services offered are those of an Employment Agency and Employment Business. Applicants will be required to register with us.

Start date
OCT 2012
Duration
12 months
From
Capita Resourcing IT
Published at
22.09.2012
Project ID:
424666
Contract type
Freelance
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