Internal Audit Associate Director (Corporate)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a profitable Internal Audit / controls team to ensure effective delivery of internal audit, SOX / controls and / or third party assurance services.
• Lead and manage an agreed client portfolio of internal audit work for the service line and regional area.
• Approve, and where required prepare, client audit strategies, annual audit programmes, controls project plans and test plans, supported by fully costed delivery proposals.
• Prepare and approve draft internal audit, internal controls, progress papers and reports for clients and Audit Committees prior to Director / Partner sign off.
• Control and manage delivery of client programmes to time and budget, ensuring effective team planning, utilisation and senior manager review of audit work.

Qualifications and Experience

• Professionally qualified, e.g. ACA / ACCA / IA or another specialist qualification, with an accounting qualification preferred.
• Recent and relevant experience within internal audit and / or SOX / controls projects, including strong internal audit methodology, technical controls documentation and control evaluation experience.
• Experience of relevant corporate governance and regulatory standards for listed and large corporate clients, such as the Corporate Governance Code, Wates Principles, AAF / ISAE and SOX.
• Ability to review and control the technical content of others’ work to ensure compliance with the Internal Audit Manual, Standard Operating Procedures and relevant regulatory standards.
• Commercial awareness and leadership capability, including managing financial targets, building client relationships and identifying opportunities to add value.

What We Offer

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• 27 days holiday with the option of purchasing additional days.
• Lifestyle, health, and wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme, and access to a virtual GP.
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse talent development team.

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM

At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.

At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.