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Internal Audit Manager

Recruiter
Bupa
Location
London
Salary
Salary dependent on experience
Closing date
14 Sep 2019
Reference
R1029901

Job Details

Internal Audit Manager

London
Permanent
Salary dependent on experience
Full Time – 35 hours

 

A bit about us

Bupa is one of the most well-known and respected healthcare businesses in the world, because what we do matters. From our contact centres to our care homes; health and dental centres to our state of the art hospitals across all four corners of the globe, every part of our operations are dedicated to our purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives. We pride ourselves on working with brilliant people who put our customers at the heart of everything they do.

About the area you’ll be working in

From Finance and IT, to Marketing and People (HR) our support functions are the backbone of our UK operations. We may not deal directly with our customers, but we play an absolutely vital role in  making sure that our customer–facing teams get all the support they need to deliver the very best service. 
 

What you'll be doing

In this role, you will need to be an insightful business leader, with strong commercial awareness and the ability to deliver effective stakeholder management. As a member of the Global Internal Audit team, you will contribute to the team’s objectives through demonstrating the high quality provision of independent and objective assurance to senior management, the Board and the Audit Committee on the effectiveness of Bupa’s risk management, control and governance processes. Global Internal Audit’s remit is to assist Bupa’s Board of Directors to protect the assets, reputation and sustainability of the organisation. You will assist Bupa in achieving its strategic goals by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to the evaluation and improvement of these processes and plan, control and co-ordinate the work required to deliver the agreed Internal Audit objectives to ensure that adequate financial and management controls are operating throughout the organisation and that the assets of the group are properly protected. You’ll undertake special project work, or line responsibilities, as agreed with the Audit Director, or the Chief Internal Auditor and provide high quality business partnering including commercial internal consultancy outputs (both written and verbal) that may be used by Bupa management, particularly in the areas of specialist knowledge. 
 

What’s a typical day?

A typical day will require you to have the ability to lead small teams and deliver high quality end-to-end audits and multiple audit projects in accordance with the Global Audit Methodology. You’ll need to ensure the development and presentation of accurate, relevant and timely reporting of internal audit assignments in accordance with approved templates and methodologies and also ensure management action plans are followed up to ensure timely mitigation in line with the Global Audit Methodology.you will have a strong commercial awareness in order to foresee emerging business risks as well as report audit findings in a commercially minded way and research and recommend continuous improvement initiatives, innovations and new projects within the function. You will build and maintain internal relationships with key stakeholders including management within International Markets and the Risk/Compliance Team and also support the Regional Head of Audit and Audit Director in the development of the six monthly rolling audit plans.
 

Who we’re looking for?

  • Significant demonstrable manager level internal audit role experience (ideally 6+ years of internal audit experience);
  • Significant demonstrable internal audit experience working in complex global organisations;
  • Strong understanding of what being a trusted business partner in a service orientated audit function means, including experience building strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of an organisation;
  • Sound knowledge of risk management and audit principles and an understanding of audit philosophy, methods and techniques e.g. flowcharting, interviewing, presentation, reporting;
  • Significant and diverse internal audit experience working in insurance ;
  • Demonstrable experience of working independently on internal audit reviews as well as in a team environment;
  • Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, PIIA, CMIIA or equivalent) or equivalent overseas qualification;
  • A good educational record up to and including degree level; 
  • Strong communication and influencing skills;
  • Commercial awareness; 
  • Strong interest in and good understanding of Bupa and its various activities and businesses.

Though we’re looking for the above, if you feel you have the necessary experience, we’d still like to hear from you.
 

What’s it like to work here?

As you’ll already know, we want people to ‘love working here’, so much so that’s it’s at the top of our agenda and something you’ll hear a lot about here at Bupa.  We offer our people a great range of benefits, many of which are flexible and can be tailored to suit what’s most important to you.  We’re a healthcare company so there’s a huge focus on our people’s health and wellbeing, supported by a healthy work-life balance and workplaces which are friendly, appealing spaces to support you to be at your best.
 

Benefits

We’re driven by one purpose, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and that that means our people too. As a Bupa employee you’ll be entitled to some fantastic benefits which include 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days as your length of service increases, the option to buy and sell holiday, an enhanced pension plan, life assurance and income protection. You’ll join our annual bonus scheme, amount variable dependent upon your role and performance. Looking after your health is important to us and you can benefit from our health trust scheme where all our people have the option of taking our market-leading medical insurance cover, which includes mental health support and treatment, at a greatly reduced price as well as a free health assessment every 2 year. Your health and wellbeing matter to us and we provide lots of family friendly policies too. You can keep fit at our free onsite gyms (local gym discounts where no onsite gym). We will support you to get to work, offering a season ticket loan to spread the cost of an annual train/bus ticket as well as our cycle to work scheme.

 

We’re an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity and welcomes everyone – all talents and backgrounds. Bupa strives to make sure that every applicant is assessed solely on the basis of personal merit and qualifications, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. 

Company

Bupa's purpose is longer, healthier, happier lives. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives.

A leading international healthcare group, we run care homes, health centres, dental centres and hospitals, offer personal and company health insurance and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services including health coaching.

We are committed to making quality healthcare, focused on the patients needs, more affordable and accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and ageing. That’s why we have a broad range of products and services that you don’t need our health insurance to access.

We are investing in changing our business to provide our customers with the care and support they need, at every stage of life.

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