Group Head of Internal Audit and Risk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.
If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We're supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on .
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy,

• Lead and coordinate an annual risk assessment to support the development of the annual audit plan.


• Consult with the Group Senior Management and the Group Audit Committee and obtain approval of the audit plan from the Group Audit Committee.


• Provide strategic and technical leadership for audit activities and support the Audit Committee in its fulfilment of its oversight responsibilities.


• Lead investigations as required into any suspected Fraud, Whistleblowing or other areas as required.


• Build a successful relationship with business leadership to provide value-added consultation to influence and strengthen operational efficiencies and effectiveness.


• Oversee the activity undertaken by the Group Quality Manager and ISO 27001 lead to ensure that the Group's accreditations are maintained in line with the requirements of the standards.


• Ensure that processes needed for the Group Quality Management System (QMS) and Information Security Management System (ISMS) are established, implemented and maintained.


• Manage the relationship with the Standards Certification Company to ensure that the audit process runs effectively, and any key actions are addressed by management on a timely basis.
  
  Specialist's level in accounting, audit or related fields (ACA, ACCA, or CCAB equivalent).


• Significant Internal Audit and/or Risk Management experience at a senior management level, including extensive experience of coordinating teams delivering audits and management of annual planning processes.


• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate complex and difficult messages.


• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.


• Experienced in key internal control frameworks, audit methodologies and practices.


• Strong IT skills and analytical abilities.


• Ability to analyse complex issues from a range of perspectives and form sound judgements around actions to be taken.


• Ability to translate key audit findings into impactful insights and quality written reports.


• Qualified with relevant audit qualification.


• Track record of managing internal audit function.


• Internal audit experience ideally within 'not for profit' sector.