About this role
As a Senior Audit Manager you’ll ensure reliable and high-quality delivery of an assigned area of the audit plan and providing assurance on risk management and internal controls on relevant issues across portfolios. You’ll oversee the end-to-end execution of audits and related action follow up through effective planning and collaborator management.
Plan and structure audits across the portfolio, appointing, briefing and supporting Engagement Leads to project manage audits on your behalf. Monitor audit progress and quality, applying judgement on the use of automated and data driven testing, and providing clear, timely updates to Audit and Business leadership on status, risks and insights.
Work closely with the resource scheduler to secure and adjust resourcing required to deliver the portfolio effectively. Build and maintain strong collaborator relationships, providing assurance, insight and challenge on risk management and the effectiveness of internal controls.
Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of GA&CI through a strategic and integrated audit focus, collaboration and agile delivery methods. Introduce innovative thinking by bringing external perspectives into audit delivery, challenging existing approaches and ways of working.
Requirements
- Highly trusted senior assurance leader who sets the standard for high quality risk and control insight.
- Shapes executive decision making, influencing senior leaders and strengthening confidence in the control environment.
- Authoritative, clear and impactful communication with senior stakeholders.
- Digitally fluent audit leader with advanced capability in data driven testing and automated methods.
Responsibilities
- Actively oversee and assure delivery of multiple audits within the audit plan, personally leading complex or higher risk audits where required.
- Plan and structure audits across the portfolio, appointing, briefing and supporting Engagement Leads to project manage audits on your behalf.
- Monitor audit progress and quality, applying judgement on the use of automated and data driven testing, and providing clear, timely updates to Audit and Business leadership.
- Work closely with the resource scheduler to secure and adjust resourcing required to deliver the portfolio effectively.
- Build and maintain strong collaborator relationships, providing assurance, insight and challenge on risk management and the effectiveness of internal controls.
- Introduce innovative thinking by bringing external perspectives into audit delivery, challenging existing approaches and ways of working.
- Find opportunities to improve audit impact and efficiency, driving new ideas and approaches that make valuable contributions and shape team direction.
- Coach and manage colleagues as a career coach, performance manager or pastoral line manager, supporting development, wellbeing and progression where applicable.
Benefits
- Hybrid working with at least two days per week in the office.
- Job share options available.
- Flexible working supported across the Group.
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