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Audit Manager

Government Internal Audit Agency -
Birmingham

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£62,411 - £72,617 a year
10 days ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Management
Presentation skills
Relationship management
Communication skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

465910

Salary

£58,429 - £68,132

London: £62,411 - £72,617 / National: £58,429 - £68,132

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Finance
Internal Audit

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

We will consider applications from people able to access our offices at the following locations:
Birmingham, Bristol, Bootle, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Swansea

GIAA expects employees to maintain a regular presence at their contractual designated work location and to travel to other GIAA locations or client sites as required for critical meetings and field assignments. Consequently, the contractual location must be selected from those advertised and be within a reasonable daily commuting distance from the employees home address.

Existing GIAA employees appointed into this new role will be allowed to remain at their current workplace location.

About the job

Job summary

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients.

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Agencys unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

Job description

You may be allocated to client specific teams, one of our specialisms teams or our central resourcing team, all Audit Managers have a leadership and delivery role within the Agency and are responsible for delivering high quality, impactful audit programmes. You will lead and manage a portfolio of audits, delivering audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management and/or engagement supervision in a matrix model setting and fulfilling the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA the equivalent of the Chief Audit Executive in the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector) for Arms Length Bodies (subject to opportunities being available).

For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of your clients operations, key risks and priorities whilst building strong productive relationships at all levels. You will lead with confidence, providing portfolio direction and work closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider Civil Service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agencys unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully and continue developing professionally.

Key responsibilities include:

Lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery from planning through to reporting. Acting as the engagement supervisor for all audits within your agreed allocation working with resource managers to ensure an effective allocation of audit resource. For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas.
Have a key role in upholding quality assurance and the timeliness of each review in line with budget and compliance with GIAA audit methodology and systems.
Providing leadership and oversight as a People Manager and/or Engagement Manager in a matrix model for a team of auditors across multiple regions. Providing direction, encouraging continuous improvement and innovation, and supporting their development and performance. (Specific training will be given if you are allocated a People Manager role due to the Line Management responsibilities).
Fulfilling a role as a HIA, you will develop and agree an audit strategy and risk-based plan tailored to the client, overseeing the delivery of the audit plant to time, budget and quality standards,
Building a comprehensive understanding of your clients operations, key risks and priorities whilst building and managing stakeholder relationships and delivering challenging messages with professionalism and clarity.
Working closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans.

Person specification

Significant experience in effective decision making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based internal audits while responding quickly to fast moving priorities.
Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements.
The ability to build and maintain relationships across an organisation at all levels, influencing senior stakeholders to adopt good practice internal control, risk management and governance processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.
Proven track record in successfully leading, managing and developing teams in a matrix management setting either as an engagement supervisor or people manager.

To apply for this role, you will need to submit your employment history, personal details and provide a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words, referring to the person specification.

Please note only your statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills:

Risk, Control & Governance
Quality
Delivery Managing a Portfolio of Audits

Qualifications

All candidates will need to demonstrate full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body, either:
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland and must hold chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you are qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered. If you have passed all the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.
Other Institutes of Internal Auditors that are part of IIA Global, If you studied with the Institute of Internal Auditors in another country, you must hold the equivalent of the MIIA designation. You should verify this with the IIA UK & Ireland prior to submitting your application, by emailing [email protected]
No other level of internal audit qualifications meet the requirements of this post.
Or
Accountancy, fully qualified, current member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA)

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Risk, Control & Governance
Quality
Delivery Managing a Portfolio of Audits

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,429, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes £16,926 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Benefits

Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
Flexible working
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Discount on big brands
Volunteering days
Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
Free eyesight tests
Family-friendly HR policies
25 days annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years service
Geographically based Agency

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: 12th July 2026
Shortlisting: w/c 20th July 2026
Interviews: from 12th August 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs profile.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Eligibility Statement

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, individuals appointed to the Treasury group will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC)

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. In exceptional circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

Please read the Vetting Charter for information on what to expect during the vetting process and what will be expected from you. Many areas of your life may be explored during your vetting journey, and it is important that every individual, regardless of their background and experiences, should feel comfortable going through this personal process, whilst having confidence that it is fair, proportionate, and inclusive.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Katie Woodhouse
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Complaints Procedure: The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact: [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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