Senior Internal Auditor & Risk Advisor - Hybrid Working - Sheffield or London

Location: Hybrid Working - Royal Mail Sheffield or London. This is a hybrid working role with a requirement to attend Royal Mail Sheffield or London 2-3 days each week with flexibility when required, to travel to London and other Royal Mail sites in line with business needs.

Are you a highly influential and enthusiastic Senior Internal Audit professional who wants to join our Global Audit & Risk team and add value to the business transformation and strategic growth plan of a nationally recognised brand?

Do you enjoy collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders and act as a trusted partner to the business? Can you positively challenge to ensure our organisation's risk management, governance, and internal control processes are operating effectively?

Can you provide assurance and governance to a global leader in the letters and parcels industry? Do you want to join a fast paced and innovation-driven company that will inspire you?

If so, we'd love to hear from you! Join our groundbreaking Internal Audit team and become an integral part of how we evolve the assurance and risk management we provide to the Group. This role will offer you valuable exposure to all areas of our operation and to senior stakeholders across the business, supporting our reporting to the Audit & Risk Committee.,

• As a lead Internal Auditor you'll identify, plan, execute and report on risk based internal audits in line with the Audit Manual and best practice methodology; agree pragmatic commercial solutions that balance benefits and costs against the associated risk.


• You'll propose risk-based audits over existing and emerging risks and proactively seek stakeholder and Internal Audit management agreement. You'll deliver these engagements and follow up on the implementation of actions raised from risk-based audits including re-testing and closure where appropriate or agreement of status updates and escalation where necessary.


• You'll manage stakeholder relationships throughout the end-to-end audit process, including senior managers and executive directors and prepare and/or assist with the production of reports for the Royal Mail and IDS Audit & Risk Committees.
  
  What you need to succeed:


• A recognised CCAB qualification, IIA or ACA or CIMA or equivalent.


• Demonstrable experience of internal auditing / risk management, working under professional standards and / or practice.


• Experience of working within a complex operating environment in a large business; designing and performing data driven audits strong risk and control awareness; advanced financial or operational awareness, and analytical and problem-solving awareness.


• Experience or knowledge of data analytics tools such as ACL / IDEA, and / or a good working knowledge of CAATS.


• Self-confident with the ability to work at all levels of the organisation, build influential relationships and be able to positively challenge senior management and directors.


Desirable skills:

• Knowledge of IT governance frameworks (e.g.: COBIT, ISO 2700X, ITIL), project governance frameworks, knowledge of complex enterprise systems or, information security principles are desirable.
  
  Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean 'your' interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.


We don't expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Competitive salary, £4,000 car allowance or cash equivalent, private healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates and generous annual leave offering of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years' service.

Permanent, Full time,
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave


• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills.


• Supportive and generous company sick pay


• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.