Senior Audit Manager - Internal Audit

2w2 weeks ago

Pay.UK

London, GB · Full-time · £90,000 – £120,000

About this role

Join Pay.UK as a Senior Audit Manager and take on a broad internal audit role with clear scope across payments, technology, projects, finance, third-party management, risk and data. You will handle audits from beginning to completion and support independent assurance for the Board while advancing Internal Audit processes across the organisation.

In this role, you will manage end-to-end audit assignments across planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up in line with Internal Audit methodology and professional standards. Day-to-day, you will supervise Audit Managers by reviewing work, giving clear direction and maintaining quality across audit delivery, while also assessing risks and controls across assigned business areas.

This role is well suited to an experienced audit leader who values variety, a clear area of responsibility, and close involvement with the UK payment systems that support daily life and commerce. With 11 billion transactions worth over £10 trillion processed through the systems Pay.UK maintains, the context for this work is substantial, visible and grounded in essential services.

You will contribute to the annual audit plan by proposing audits and assurance activity for your portfolio of business areas and specialist topics, and deliver consultancy assignments that provide internal audit insight on governance, risk and control matters. This position offers the opportunity to identify, implement and evaluate improvements to Internal Audit practices by updating methods, tools and working processes.

Requirements

Professional qualification in audit, accounting or risk, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIIA or CISA.
Experience leading internal audit engagements and supervising teams across planning, fieldwork and reporting.
Experience auditing or working directly in one or more of the following areas: payments, projects and programmes, technology, finance, third-party management, risk management or data analytics.
Knowledge of financial services and payments, including key risks, controls and regulatory expectations.
Experience presenting audit findings and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end audit assignments across planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up in line with Internal Audit methodology and professional standards.
Supervise Audit Managers by reviewing work, giving clear direction and maintaining quality across audit delivery.
Assess risks and controls across assigned business areas, including payments, technology, projects and programmes, finance, third-party management, risk management and data analytics.
Work with stakeholders to identify emerging risks, agree audit scope and develop terms of reference, findings, management actions and final reports.
Contribute to the annual audit plan by proposing audits and assurance activity for your portfolio of business areas and specialist topics.
Deliver consultancy assignments that provide internal audit insight on governance, risk and control matters.
Identify, implement and evaluate improvements to Internal Audit practices by updating methods, tools and working processes.
Monitor developments in internal audit and the payments sector and apply relevant changes to audit planning, delivery and recommendations.

Benefits

Be part of a team maintaining systems processing 11 billion transactions worth over £10 trillion annually.
Work in a role with close involvement in UK payment systems that support daily life and commerce.
Opportunity to shape Internal Audit practices and methodologies across a major financial infrastructure organisation.
Values-driven culture focused on behaviours including listening, collaboration, ownership and simplifying complexity.