Senior Internal Auditor - Cheshire, United Kingdom - ICCA Education Training & Skills

Description

• Be a key member of the Funding Audit and Assurance (FAA) team in respect of delivering a growing portfolio of Further Education (FE) college internal audit clients and advisory funding based advisory engagements. The Assistant Manager will be responsible for managing a small portfolio of internal audit clients, working closely with the Senior Manager.
• To arrange and carry out independent audits of the effectiveness of the policies, procedures and controls by which our client's financial, physical and information resources are managed;
• Add value by acting as a facilitator in business risk management and carrying out value for money reviews; and,
• Undertake funding audits utilising the methodology adopted by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in order to provide assurance on the controls and compliance arrangements adopted by our clients.

• To manage a small portfolio of internal audit clients in conjunction with the Head of Internal Audit.
• To support the Head of Internal Audit and Associate Director by ensuring exceptional quality delivery of our audit plans.
• To plan, organise and undertake internal audit assignments as part of a rolling schedule of reviews in support of delivering the Icca Education Training and Skills internal audit offer to the Further Education sector.
• To effectively deploy the right level of skilled staff on internal audit assignments.
• To prepare the planning and preparation of individual audit terms of reference.
• To support the Associate Director and Head of Internal Audit in the formulation and preparation of our client's internal audit plans and strategies.
• To prepare draft audit reports and working papers in line with the requirements of the Joint Audit Code of Practice (JACoP) and Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS).
• To lead on complex assignments and supervise graduate staff within the Funding Audit and Assurance (FAA) team.
• To quality assure draft audit reports and feedback on improvements to staff.
• To carry out quality assurance reviews on work completed by junior members of the FAA team, including reviewing completeness of testing, accuracy of assurance conclusion and identification of value added activities.
• To ensure draft reports are completed within the timescales agreed with individual clients.
• To lead on wash up meetings following the completion of internal audit fieldwork.
• Where required attend Audit Committee meetings to present the findings of our internal audit reports.
• To track and monitor the progress of the service provided to clients.

• To lead funding audits utilising the methodology adopted by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and predecessor bodies in order to provide assurance on the controls and compliance arrangements adopted by our clients.
• To prepare advisory reports outlining areas of noncompliance with the ESFA funding rules within the engagement terms agreed with the client.
• To continuously keep up to date with changes in the ESFA funding rules in order to provide our clients with the highest level of advisory support.

• To identify and support the Heads of Internal within the FAA team in sourcing additional work opportunities at both new and existing clients.
• To be familiar and comply with all of Icca Education Training and Skills policies (provided during induction).
• To undertake adhoc assignments in support of the Heads of Internal Audit and Associate Directors, including conducting Investigations at our clients.
• To manage small teams of auditors during onsite fieldwork.
• To build upon existing knowledge and develop new knowledge of the Further Education Sector.
• To contribute to the development of the team by sharing and acquiring knowledge and skills.

• To have exemplar technical knowledge on the internal audit process as defined by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
• To have a detailed understanding of the Further Education sector and in particular the challenges facing the sector.
• To have previous experience of performing internal audit assignments which provide both robust assurance and added value to clients.
• An understanding of risk based auditing.
• To be well grounded in the skills of coaching and training members of staff.

• Oral must be able to effectively communicate and disseminate audit findings to our clients to ensure a 'no surprise' approach is adopted.
• Must be confident and be able to demonstrate coherent technical understanding of the issues identified during fieldwork.
• Must be able to establish excellent ongoing relationships with our clients with a focus for adding value.
• Must be able to demonstrate the