Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Supporting with the Internal Audit Leadership Group to develop and implement risk-based audit plans tailored to regional and global operations, ensuring alignment with company objectives and regulatory requirements.

Serving as a trusted advisor to the business, offering proactive insights and recommendations to enhance internal controls and operational efficiency.

Risk Assessment and Audit Planning

Supporting the Internal Audit Leadership Group  in preparing comprehensive risk assessments of the business to timely identify risks and key areas of focus for internal audits.

Developing detailed audit plans, including scope, objectives, and methodologies and detailed work programs, to address identified risks and ensure adequate coverage of critical processes and functions.

Audit Execution and Reporting

Taking full responsibility and ownership for the execution of audit engagements from end to end, conducting interviews, analysing data, evaluating controls to assess their adequacy, implementation and operating effectiveness and perform detailed testing procedures.

Continuous improvement

Identify opportunities for process improvements, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.

Stakeholder Engagement and relationship management

Cultivating strong relationships with key stakeholders within the business and shared services functions.

Compliance

Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry trends

Qualifications and / or Experience

• Fully qualified ACCA/ ACA

• Post-qualified and relevant professional audit/ finance experience (this can include some years of audit related experienced within a big 4 or large Insurance broking internal audit function)

• Demonstrable experience in managing high performing audit teams
  Strong understanding of the principles and application of good corporate governance, business and operational risk and control processes and procedures.

• Strong knowledge of assurance and audit procedures, including risk driven audit planning techniques and methods used to examine, verify and analyse business and financial operations, information, records, statements and reports, and the requirements of the "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing".

• Experience and strong knowledge of the principles, procedures and techniques of accounting, and of financial records and transactions.
  Experience and good knowledge of the principles of information technology to conduct assurance activities related to the computer environment.

• Strong ability to gain the confidence and respect of management and staff through attributes such as professionalism and positive attitude.

• Experience in data analytics applied to auditing

• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook) or similar software applications.

• Knowledge of additional language is desirable (Spanish, Portuguese or Mandarin)

Due to significant and rapid growth and expansion in the UK and overseas operations of Lockton International (Pacific, Asia, Europe, MENA and Latam Regions). We are looking to appoint an Internal Audit Manager to support the Internal Audit Leadership Group and the Head of Internal Audit.