Senior Auditor / Principal Auditor

Job Description:

Senior Auditor / Principal Auditor – North Northamptonshire Council - NN16 8TL

3 - 6 Months Contract

37 Hours Per Week

Hybrid / Remote 

I am currently representing North Northamptonshire Council who are offering an initial temporary contract for a period of 3- 6 months with a view to be extended or offered a permanent position for the right candidate at a rate which is negotiable dependent upon experience.

We are looking for Senior Auditor / Principal Auditor based at : RM1 3BB

Hybrid – able to attend offices as required for individual audits. Office - Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 8TL

Key Accountabilities:

1. To plan and carry out audit assignments, in consultation with audit management, having due regard to professional standards (utilising the relevant tools and techniques), internal quality procedures and any requirements of Internal Audit management.
2. Provide a draft report and working papers clearly documenting all audit evidence for management review. File papers should be prepared logically and in accordance with established procedures.
3. To develop and maintain an appreciation of audit and risk management techniques. To maintain an awareness of organisational risks and the controls / risk mitigations needed to manage those risks in order to provide assurance that the risk mitigation framework is designed and operating effectively.
4. To help ensure services treat customers equitably and deliver what the customer requires in accordance with service standards and Council priorities.
5. Represent Internal Audit, as and when required by management, whether within the Council, with partners, or on an inter-authority or other basis.
6. To develop effective relationships with all parties that would be associated with the delivery of the Audit Plan and individual audits.
7. To assist in resolving ad hoc queries from service department management and/or provide advice and guidance to service department management as and when required, or as directed
8. To ensure the ongoing quality of Internal Audits to all clients, ensuring compliance with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, the Code of Ethics and the Internal Audit Manual.

Requirements:

• • Qualified Accounting Technician (AAT); or Part professionally qualified e.g. CIPFA / PIIA / CMIIA / CCAB

• • Practical knowledge and understanding of Internal Audit, risk management and/or finance dealing with a variety of services, including non-financial systems.
  • Appreciation of risks, controls and materiality within financial and non-financial systems.
  • Knowledge and application of principles, standards and procedures required for Internal Audit and compliance reviews, particularly those laid down in the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.
  • Good knowledge of data protection and confidentiality issues.
  • Time management / prioritisation - ability to achieve deadlines, meet audit time budgets, and juggle several pieces of work.
  • Initiative in taking assigned audits forward. Microsoft Office knowledge.
  • Proficient in the use of Word and Excel, and ability to interrogate financial systems.
  • Ability to produce clear, constructive and well-presented reports based on sufficient and reliable evidence, and ability to get messages across in respect of audit results and conclusions.
  • Aptitude in developing constructive working relationships and customer focused in delivering work assigned and in responding to ad hoc queries. Ability to work confidently with managers at all levels within the Authority when conducting an audit, and able to raise areas of concern about systems and processes with confidence, and challenge managers and officers where responses to audit findings are inappropriate.
  • Ability to encourage, support, supervise and train other team members and being able to work with other members of the team as appropriate to deliver individual audit assignments, and share knowledge.
  • Analytical skills - ability to identify relevant data and information, and analyse and interpret it, such that appropriate audit conclusions can be drawn; and to determine the appropriate regulation, policies and legislation pertinent to the audit in question and draw out the key points.