Principal Auditor

London (Wandsworth) Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role, you will lead and manage internal auditors to deliver high-quality audits across multiple council services. You will ensure compliance with internal audit standards, mentor junior staff, and drive timely, within-budget assurance on governance, risk, and controls. You will communicate findings clearly to senior leaders and help implement improvements that address root causes. This is a chance to shape audit quality and support resident-focused service improvements across five London Boroughs.

Pay / Benefits

  • 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
  • flexible working
  • generous pension plan

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a small team of auditors on technically challenging audits
  • Plan, execute and complete end-to-end audits across financial and non-financial council services
  • Ensure compliance with Global Internal Audit Standards and timeliness/budget targets
  • Escalate non-compliance issues and provide actionable recommendations
  • Prepare professional audit reports for Heads of Services and Directors to support improvements
  • Build trust-based relationships with service leaders and auditees to facilitate access and cooperation

Key requirements

  • At least 5 years’ auditing experience in Local Government or public sector
  • Professional qualification: IIA, CCAB, or AAT (or similar)
  • Strong leadership and coaching abilities
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience delivering end-to-end audits and managing varying workloads
  • Desirable: experience with SQL, Python, Power BI or other data analytics/visualisation tools
  • leadership
  • communication
  • relationship-building
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Power BI

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