Internal Auditor - Public Sector

**Job Title**: Auditor

**Location**:Newham

**Salary**: £32,430 - £39,774

**Job type**:Full time, Permanent

**Closing Date**: 15
th
November 2020

Newham is a vibrant inner-city borough with excellent transport links to the rest of London and South-East England, including Kent, Essex, Surrey and Middlesex. Proud to be home to one of the youngest and most diverse cultures across the country; 72% of the borough's population are from BAME communities, contributing to 220 languages being spoken in the area.

**The Role**:
They are looking for a dynamic, experienced auditor ready to take responsibility as a senior member of the team. You will play a key role in ensuring there is an embedded and robust control environment.

You will:

- Manage your own time and resources proactively, to ensure delivery of your own projects, promptly identifying issues and risks and providing solutions and recommendations in a timely manner
- Undertake complex bespoke assignments, special investigations, consultancy exercises, value for money and other specialist audits
- Be responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of audits, working on more than one project at a time across all Council services, to budget and quality standards and in accordance with Public Sector Internal Audit Standards
- Deliver clear and accurate reports that meet the Council's requirements and carry out activities to ensure that agreed management actions are completed
- Take responsibility for ensuring that the audit team's audit work and audit procedures are clearly documented and that supporting working papers and files are maintained to specified standard
With a new leadership team and a collective ethos of improvement, they want to forge a new path at Newham. You'll introduce more robust planning, help manage or mitigate risk - and help them invest further in their resident-centric services.

**Key Requirements**:

- Studying for or have achieved the Certificate in Internal Audit or Business Risk with the Institute of Internal Auditors; OR Professional CIPFA Certificate in Investigative Practice; OR equivalent
- An understanding of Fraud and Control issues
- Can deal with conflicts in a reasoned, persuasive manner
- To be flexible regarding work location and willing and able to access alternative sites as required by the role
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