Audit and Risk Apprentice

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Audit and Risk Apprentice to join our Internal Audit and Risk Team and gain valuable hands-on experience in how organisations identify, manage and respond to risk.

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn on the job, receive coaching and work towards a relevant professional qualification.

What you'll do at work

You’ll support audit reviews, risk assessments, data analysis and assurance reporting, as well as helping maintain the Board Assurance Framework. You’ll learn how to assess risks, evaluate controls and contribute to providing independent assurance that helps the organisation achieve its objectives.

The role will be home-based with visits to Head Office in Birmingham as required as well as travel to Housing 21 locations nationally.

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider
MBKB LTD

Training course
Internal audit technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Conduct all audit work in compliance with an organisation’s internal audit manual.
• Recognise and avoid or mitigate any potential, actual, or perceived impairments to an individual internal auditor’s objectivity in accordance with professional standards and organisational policy.
• Use appropriate systems and software in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing, adapt communication style to suit different situations, promote open communication stakeholder engagement, and effectively contribute to meetings.
• Contribute to managing the internal audit engagement activity’s reputation and stakeholder expectations.
• Support the planning of effective engagements by gathering information to understand the organisation and activity under review, completing risk assessments and prioritising risks to determine engagement objectives, scope, and evaluation criteria.
• Support the completion of detailed risk and control assessments, and support the development of work and testing programmes or practices to conduct audits.
• During assigned audits, examine and evaluate the governance, risks, risk management, and controls related to the organisation by reference to published guidance.
• Assist in the utilisation of walk throughs and process mapping to document and understand business processes.
• Select and use tools and techniques, under guidance, to gather relevant, reliable, and sufficient information for audit assignments.
• Apply appropriate sampling, data analysis, and other analytical review techniques, as directed, to analyse information and develop potential engagement findings.
• Use data analytics and software tools, such as spreadsheets, to gather and analyse data as directed within an internal audit engagement.
• Evaluate the relevance, sufficiency, and reliability of the sources and information gathered.
• Support the analysis of the adequacy of criteria and methods used by management to determine whether the activity has accomplished its objectives and goals.
• Select and apply appropriate questioning and negotiating techniques during delivery of audit work to influence positive outcomes.
• Prepare internal audit workpapers and supporting documentation, ensuring it is accurate, relevant, and complete.
• Support the identification of engagement conclusions, including the development of recommendations, or collaborating with management to produce action plans that resolve findings, mitigate risks, address root causes, and enhance or improve the activity under review.
• Under supervision, prepare reports that are accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely.
• Support the internal audit team in confirming that management subject to the audit engagement have implemented agreed action plans to address audit findings.
• Apply principles of workload management to support deadlines being met, including planning and managing time effectively, prioritising tasks, and escalating delivery problems to audit lead or manager where appropriate.