Audit Manager
Date Posted: 29/04/2024
Location: London
Job Type: Full time
Apply NowWho are Just?
We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £2bn of assets.
We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.
That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.
About the role
The role holder is responsible for ensuring all assigned audits and advisory engagements are delivered to time and budget whilst providing valuable assurance and insight.
The role holder will provide daily support and mentoring to the Senior Auditors to ensure value added is provided for all audits. The role holder will be required to be hands on where necessary and ensure all outputs pull in or consider more strategic considerations to add valuable insight to key stakeholders, meet the group audit methodology and are of appropriate quality ahead of their presentation to the Senior Audit Manager for their approval.
The role holder will ensure that recommendations to management are addressing the controls weaknesses identified during the audit and that related management actions are timely completed and closed.
Key Accountabilities
Delivery of the Audits and Advisory work, as assigned by the Senior Audit Manager, to time and quality by ensuring that each engagement provides challenge, value and robust assurance.
Support the Senior Auditors on drafting key audit documents (e.g. planning documents and audit reports) and completing more complex activities (e.g. fieldwork) to deliver added value audits.
Daily mentoring and development of the Senior Auditors by ensuring high levels of both technical and soft skill competency, leading to a high performance and delivery of value added audits.
Under the direction of the Senior Audit Manager, complete pre-planning audit activities to deliver quality and timely audit engagements by supporting the Senior Auditors to identify and define the appropriate audit scope.
Timely closure of management actions by working closely with the Senior Auditors to effectively monitor the follow up with key stakeholders.
Proactively identifying areas where risk is outside of the business ‘Appetite’ levels.
Working with the Senior Audit Manager to manage the day to day operational activity and quality of the Internal Audit Partner.
Proactively supporting the businesses control framework.
About You
The experience, skills and knowledge we are looking for:
Demonstrable experience in performing, managing and delivering internal audits to quality and time (experience of Financial Services would be an advantage).
Demonstrable experience of auditing within Solvency II environment would be an advantage.
An ability to gather, analyse and evaluate facts and to prepare and present concise oral and written reports.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, including the ability to undertake workshops with Senior Management in order to educate and embed Internal Audit strategies further within the business.
Innovative with exceptional analytical skills.
A proven track record of developing more junior members of the team.
Experience of individually establishing and maintaining effective relationships.
Company Benefits
A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
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