Jobs, fresher vacancy - Internal Audit Manager • Essex

Company: Ambient People

Essex

Internal Audit Manager - Thurrock CouncilSalary: £53,460 – £61,638 Grays, 2 days per week in officeJob PurposeTo manage a team of audit staff to deliver internal audit reviews from agreed audit plans to specified quality and timescales. To coach and develop staff to deliver the highest quality service. To act as the client management contact and audit specialist for a range of council service areas and external clients.Lead by example in modelling and embedding the council’s values and behaviours to help build a sustainable highly effective organisation and develop our reputation as a successful council delivering great value for its residents.Key Service Accountabilities:Audit Planning – contribute to the preparation of the council audit plan through consultation with the Head of Internal Audit, Counter Fraud, Risk Management and Insurance. To take the lead on preparing audit plans, including consultation with senior management, research, risk assessment and presentation of the draft audit plan for approval by senior management teams and the Audit committee.Managing the team – take line manager responsibility for several named audit staff (Senior and Internal Auditors), carrying out all the required functions of a line manager; coaching and development, allocation and supervision of work, appraisals, identification of development needs and training to address these, regular one to one meetings, managing performance and attendance in conformance with council policies and procedures. Delivery of audit workplans – manage across the wider team to ensure agreed audit plans are delivered in line with agreed performance measures. Allocate work to team members according to skills, experience and development needs of staff. Client management – act as the key contact for allocated council Assistant Directors and shared service client managers. Attend senior management team meetings to present the outcomes of internal audit work, attend audit committee meetings as the head of internal audit for allocated clients and present audit progress reports and annual opinion statements. Deliver awareness raising for teams of managers and elected Members on audit and governance matters. Monitoring and Quality Assurance – Ensure all audits are completed within agreed Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP) through regular monitoring of work across the team. Initiate service development project groups to take forward service improvement projects and oversee the delivery of outcomes from these. Person SpecificationCCAB/CIMA accounting qualification or MIIA (or equivalent CIIA qualification)Demonstrable success at inter-agency working establishing and building partnerships and productive working relationships within a complex policy and service environment with senior managers and councillors, and a wide range of other bodies, such as partner organisations, communities, public agencies and statutory bodies.Significant relevant experience in a management position with a record of measurable success leading and developing a significant organisational function or service in a large multi-disciplined organisation with comparable scope, budgets and resources including experience of producing a full statement of organisational accounts and all arrangements leading up to that.Evidence of successful resources management in a multi-disciplinary environment, as well as a successful track record in managing large budgets, business planning, quality and performance management including developing strategic financial plans, planning formulating and monitoring complex revenue and capital budgets with varied funding streams and partners.