Audit Manager, GOVERNMENT INTERNAL AUDIT AGENCY

About the role

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and managing a portfolio of audits, ensuring delivery from planning to reporting and allocating resources effectively.
• Delivering audits in higher risk or more complex areas.
• Upholding audit quality and ensuring reviews are completed on time, within budget and in line with GIAA methodology.
• Providing leadership as a People Manager and/or Engagement Manager, supporting auditors across regions, encouraging improvement and driving performance.
• Training is provided for those new to line management.
• Acting as a HIA by developing audit strategies and risk-based plans for clients and overseeing delivery against time, budget and quality expectations.
• Building a strong understanding of client operations and risks, managing stakeholder relationships and communicating challenging messages with clarity.
• Working alongside GCIAs to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans.

About You

• You will bring strong experience in planning and delivering risk based internal audits, making confident decisions and adapting quickly to changing priorities.
• You think strategically and can interpret complex or conflicting information, using your judgement to reach sound, balanced conclusions.
• You are skilled at building relationships across an organisation and can influence senior stakeholders to strengthen internal control, risk management and governance.
• You communicate clearly in writing and in person, translating complex audit issues into meaningful insight for senior and specialist audiences.
• You have a proven ability to lead and develop teams within a matrix environment, whether as an engagement supervisor or people manager, supporting others to perform at their best and encouraging continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• All candidates must hold full current membership of a recognised professional audit or accountancy body. This includes CMIIA or MIIA status through the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK and Ireland, or an equivalent IIA Global designation.
• Those who have passed exams but do not hold the designation are not eligible.
• Fully qualified members of CCAB bodies or CIMA are also eligible to apply.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 28.97%
• 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

Contact Information

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.

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 at GIAArecruitment@GIAA.gov.uk