Internal Audit & Risk Manager

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Job Title: Internal Audit and Risk Manager

Location: Covent Garden, London (hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office as well as 30% global travel.)

Due to growth within the team we are hiring a Internal Audit and Risk Manager to join our award-winning Internal Audit and Risk team, based in our London office.

You will be joining a high performing team and be a key member of the Group Internal Audit and Risk (IAR) team at BSI who provide independent, objective assurance designed to add value and improve BSI’s operations. In 2024 this team received the 'Outstanding Team - Private Sector' award from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.

The mission of the IAR team is to enhance and protect organisational value by taking a risk-based approach to providing objective assurance, advice, and insight. This role helps BSI to bring a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of governance, risk management, processes and controls; facilitating the alignment of risk exposures to risk appetite.

You will be establishing risk-based audit programs and leading audits of financial and non-financial controls, throughout the planning, fieldwork and reporting phases. You will also contribute to the continuing enhancement of IAR's ways of working, and will facilitate the implementation of BSI's Group-wide enterprise risk management framework.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Chartered Accountant and/or Chartered Internal Auditor with several years Internal Audit experience to diversify their knowledge into Risk Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish risk-based audit programs and execute financial and non-financial control audits, through planning, fieldwork and reporting phases

• Produce well written, insightful reporting on audit engagements

• Contribute to the continuing development and improvement of IAR’s ways of working, ensuring audit tools and procedures keep abreast of industry best practice

• Identify resourcing requirements for audit engagements i.e. secondees/SMEs

• Coach junior members of the team and secondees to IAR to ensure they deliver the right quality of work and continue learning, being the first line of review for large audits

• Work alongside the business to ensure the timely closure of audit actions

• Assist with committee reporting and development of the annual Audit Plan

• Support the team objectives and promote a culture of continuous improvement

• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with the team, leadership and management at all levels

• Identify opportunities to create synergies with the second line of defence

• Facilitate the risk management process; working closely with all areas of leadership (Exec & Leadership level) to continually review functional and principal risks in their areas.

To be successful in the role, you will have

• Degree level qualification with relevant professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIA or equivalent).

• Proven internal audit experience with a strong understanding of best practice.

• Experience of managing risk, through risk registers and working to ERM frameworks.

• Excellent communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail.

• High quality written reporting skills.

• A practical mindset to get beneath a finding to consider and present wider context and implications, to provide value and advice that comes from thorough understanding

• Strong stakeholder managements skills.

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development with the inclusion of 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.  

Together, we are building an organisation that is ready to meet the challenges ahead. Grow your career as you help us shape what comes next.

We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.

We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

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The world needs fresh thinking and new perspectives to tackle its biggest challenges. It’s why, at BSI, we’re committed to creating a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute. Whatever your background, experience or outlook, here you can be your best self and do your best work.

If you have a disability or health condition, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

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BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
 
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

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