Financial Conduct Authority
Lead Internal Auditor
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Lead Internal Auditor
Division: Internal Audit
Department: Internal Audit
Salary:
- National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £72,000
- London from £59,100 to £80,000
This role is graded as: Senior Associate, Regulatory
Role responsibilities
- Carry out and deliver audits across the FCA’s regulatory, operational and corporate functions, managing audit activities from planning through to reporting, while overseeing audit teams, managing dependencies and ensuring delivery milestones are met
- Analyse information from multiple sources to assess risks, evaluate the effectiveness of controls and identify control weaknesses, emerging risks and strategic issues using evidence-based judgement
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders, including Executive Directors, building productive relationships, facilitating discussions on audit findings and constructively challenging to lead to improvements
- Produce clear, concise and risk-focused audit reports for FCA leadership, providing valuable insights and practical recommendations that improve the control environment
- Manage a varied portfolio of audit and non-audit work, balancing competing priorities while sharing insights and emerging themes to support continuous improvement across the organisation
- Strong ability to work with data specialists, translating audit questions and testing requirements into clear data specifications, ensuring data extracts and analyses meet audit objectives
Skills required
Minimum:
- Previous internal and/or external audit experience which includes identifying and assessing key areas of risk and identifying and evaluating key controls
- Demonstrable prior experience of internal audit reviews and or assurance reviews delivered against agreed standards, timescales and budgets
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Essential:
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
- Demonstrated experience leading teams, including coaching, providing constructive feedback, delegating effectively and promoting collaborative ways of working
- Demonstrable project management experience, with the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver audit reviews on time, within budget and in line with established methodologies
- Well-developed analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex issues, question assumptions, exercise sound judgement in high-stakes situations and develop practical, risk-based recommendations
- A high level of resilience, attention to detail and professional curiosity with the confidence to ask probing questions, challenge constructively and work issues through to resolution
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
- Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices. A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
- For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
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Our values and culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
Timeline:
- Job advert closes: Midnight, 21st October 2026
- CV Review/Shortlist: 23rd October 2026
- Interview including a presentation: W/C 2nd November 2026
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
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