About the Role

Your apprenticeship will involve supporting the audit team of Bexley Council. You should apply if you enjoy building good partnership working relationships with other teams and thrive on attention to detail.

Wage

• £28,221 a year
• Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
• Increased salary annually
• Good pension

Training Course

• Internal audit technician (level 4)

Hours

• Monday to Friday - office hours
• 36 hours a week

Start Date

• Tuesday 14 September 2027

Duration

• 1 year 6 months

Positions Available

• 1

What You'll Do at Work

• Liaise with staff and external stakeholders as required to undertake internal audit assignments
• Prepare audit terms of reference for internal audit assignments including identifying key risks and developing an audit scope and approach
• Prepare internal audit reports to a draft stage in the agreed format and to internal quality standards as laid out in the audit manual
• Undertake internal audit follow up work to ensure agreed recommendations have been implemented in line with agreed timescales
• Research the activities being audited by walking through how they operate a task/process; and reviewing policy, processes and standards related to the activity being audited
• Assist with data gathering, analysis and interpretation through face-to-face, email and other forms of data-gathering practises used in the council
• Documenting the business process and control environment and validating the process
• Identifying and evaluating governance, risks, and controls through assessing what you find against governance policies and procedures set out in an organisation
• Performing tests and analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of controls (i.e. do the controls protect the organisation against the potential risks, as identified by the organisation, management, or internal control functions)
• Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and exposures and make practical recommendations for improvement

Where You'll Work

• Civic Offices
• 2 Watling Street
• Bexleyheath
• DA6 7AT

Training Provider

• KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

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.