Internal Auditor

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🚀 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚀

Are you ready to take the next step in your Internal Audit career? Join Centrica’s dynamic team and make an impact in a business that’s shaping a greener, fairer future.🌟

You’ll be auditing some of the most recognisable brands in the UK and Ireland, including British Gas, Hive, and Bord Gáis Energy, as well as supporting key Group-level projects. This means you’ll gain exposure to everything from customer operations and energy services to digital platforms and innovative products that are transforming how homes and businesses use energy.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with internal audit experience who wants to broaden their skills and gain exposure across Retail and Group functions. You’ll work alongside experienced auditors, contribute to meaningful audits, and develop your expertise in risk and controls.

We’ll support your growth with on-the-job learning, mentoring, and access to development opportunities to help you build a long-term career in audit and risk.

Why This Role?

• Impactful Work: Deliver audits that matter and help shape strategic decisions.

• Visibility & Influence: Engage with stakeholders across multiple business areas.

• Career Progression: Build a strong foundation for advancement within Internal Audit or broader Finance roles.

Who We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for motivated individuals with a solid grounding in audit or risk who want to take the next step in their career. You’ll bring:

• Internal Audit or Risk Experience: Familiarity with audit processes, controls testing, or compliance work.

• Analytical Skills: Ability to interpret data and identify key risks.

• Clear Communication: Comfortable engaging with stakeholders and documenting findings.

• Growth Mindset: Eager to learn, adapt, and develop professionally.

• Energy Sector Knowledge (Nice to Have): Not essential, but an interest in the industry is a plus.

Are you energised to apply? Let’s get started on your application and make your career journey even more exciting! 🚀

About your role:
As part of our fantastic Internal Audit team, you will contribute to delivering individual audits focused on our Retail pillar (e.g. Centrica Home & Business, including the British Gas, Hive and Bord Gais brands), in order to provide assurance to the Audit & Risk Committee, and to business management, that risks are managed within risk appetite. This will help to support the business in delivering shareholder value via their strategic objectives, by ensuring control gaps are identified, and remediated.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Assist in the execution of internal audit engagements working within a small team, liaising with wider members of Centrica as required. 

• Complete key tasks to support audit delivery, including performing audit fieldwork and operational testing of controls (using data analysis techniques where possible), clearly documenting audit findings and test results.

• Apply experience, initiative and judgement to contribute to the identification of gaps and assessment of risk/ controls.

• Manage the close-out from actions arising from audits, working with the business to make clear evidence expectations to support timely closures.

• Use professional judgement to recognise and promptly escalate significant issues (supported by clear analysis/ documentation) to the Audit Manager/ Senior Internal Auditor.

• Contribute to department initiatives e.g. methodology enhancements

Here's what we’re looking for:

• Analytical with strong attention to detail.

• Effective communicator in both written and verbal communictions, including being able to tailor communications to a variety of levels of stakeholder.

• Capable in manipulating data to drive audit insight and efficiency using various tools including Microsoft Excel and PowerBI.

• Problem solving and the ability to understand, identify and articulate risks and controls arising in relation to a wide range of issues and to be able to support testing activities in line with the department methodology.

• Robust and independent mindset with the confidence to raise issues appropriately.

• Collaborative and flexible approach with a passion to support business colleagues in achieving best outcomes.

• Able to work effectively as part of a team to deliver to tight deadlines.

• Ambitious with a genuine passion for broadening their knowledge of auditing, risk management and controls.

Why should you apply?   
  
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.  
  
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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