Internal Auditor
Salary: £0
Location: Brighton
Placed: 28/09/2009 23:02:16
Sector: Financial Services
Type: Permanent
Recruiter's Ref: 88484
Internal Auditor - Business - East Sussex - £excellent
Superb opening to join this well established, professional and forward thinking business within their audit function.
Your main duties: will include;
supporting the Corporate and Departmental objectives
providing an independent and objective audit assurance service to the Group
conducting statutory audits where required
conducting routine audits and follow-up reviews as directed
maintaining a good working relationship with other review agencies, in particular, external auditors, actuaries and regulators.
Core Competencies:
You'll have the ability to:
Conduct
End-to-end auditing to include pre-audit client meetings, the development of risk-based scopes of review, audit closing meetings and the delivery of audit reports
Routine audits, in line with internal audit procedures and service level agreements
Financial, operational, systems based and project related auditing
Produce
Clear and concise audit reports to the final review/draft stage
Pertinent audit recommendations and follow them up per procedure
Accurate and well documented audit working papers and files
Technical Skills and Knowledge/Understanding of:
Risk management processes (E.g. Control and Risk Self Assessment - CRSA)
Financial services products, procedures, systems and controls
Financial Services industry/regulations will be advantageous
Corporate Governance and best practice
Internal Audit standards (per Institute of Internal Auditors)
Microsoft Office - essential
Internal Audit Software/Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (E.g. ACL, IDEA)
General accounting packages and investment accounting systems
Policy administrations systems
Personal Skills and Competencies:
Professional, self-motivated, pro-active individual capable of assimilating information quickly and accurately
Excellent oral and written communications (including good audit interviewing skills)
Strong analytical, challenging and investigative skills
Work as part of a small team, and also, independently where required
Ability to undertake multiple key tasks and work to deadlines
Ability to plan, organise and manage time effectively
Flexible and adaptable in approach and attitude to audit assignments
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years internal or external audit experience
Minimum of 1 years report writing experience
Previous Financial Services experience preferable
Previous experience of dealing with external auditors preferable
Please contact Jenny Finch for a confidential conversation regarding this opportunity.
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