Internal Audit Manager

Internal Audit Manager

We’re looking for an individual to join our team and deliver audits in a broad spectrum of core risk areas. The focus for your work will be coverage of customer and commercial risks, but the role will provide the opportunity and flexibility to develop skills in other risk disciplines. You will work extensively with stakeholders in key business divisions to help shape the delivery of our audits and develop good working relationships with colleagues across the business.

You may be an experienced auditor, or someone with a first or second line risk background, experienced in delivering assurance reviews. To further your development, the role offers opportunities to study for a professional internal audit qualification such as the CIA or CMIIA and pursue other specialist learning.

It is an exciting time to join Yorkshire Building Society and our Internal Audit function, as the business looks to grow and deliver its strategic priorities. Your role can make a real difference to the Society’s ability to manage its risks as it grows.

This role is based in our Leeds City Centre Office with working from home capability.

About the Role

• Plan and deliver audits within appropriate timescales and to Internal Audit methodology. Our Audit Managers should be able to role model their delivery skills.
• Work autonomously to deliver robust and succinct audit reports, applying your professional judgement on the adequacy of the control environment, root causes and risk culture.
• Attend committees and forums, providing oversight and challenge.

• Influence colleagues across the organisation to embed robust, cost-effective controls and strengthen the overall control environment.
• Help shape the Internal Audit department through process improvement initiatives, training, coaching junior colleagues, and mentoring, to create a high performing function.

About You

• Ability to work autonomously and make appropriate assessments of risk and control frameworks, demonstrating excellent business judgement.
• Have excellent project management experience, time management and prioritisation skills to deliver audits to the required quality and timescales.
• Have strong knowledge of a range of risk areas such as operational risk and conduct risk and be comfortable working with experts in our commercial, operational and risk teams.
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.