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Senior Auditor

Recruiter
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
Location
York, Birmingham, Bootle, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle or Blackpool
Salary
£39,195 - £45,386 + benefits
Closing date
21 Feb 2021
Reference
95409

Job Details

Senior Auditor (Multiple posts)
York, Birmingham, Bootle, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle or Blackpool

£39,195 - £45,386 + benefits
 

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a highly respected, forward-thinking organisation, with a high-profile and varied portfolio of work? If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) are an executive agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government.

We are professionally qualified internal auditors, accountants or investigators, as well as specialists in areas including counter fraud, project management, digital and commercial audit.

We lead both the Government Internal Audit Profession and the Government Internal Audit Function. Our workforce brings with it an outstanding depth of experience gained in a wide range of government departments, related bodies and other sectors. This enables us to offer a high-quality service based on cross-government insight and a strong understanding of our customers’ business.

We are looking for 6 Senior Auditors to join GIAA across various locations and teams. We are, therefore, looking to recruit from a variety of backgrounds which will improve GIAA’s experience and skills base.

You will be responsible for the delivery of audit and assurance activity across a multifaceted and exciting range of customers and topics. With access to high-profile work, you will work alongside key decision makers, audit specialists and private sector contractors. You will challenge and develop your own skills while ensuring our customer's needs are met. The variety and contribution of these roles is unparalleled across government.

Your key responsibilities can be found in the full job description.

We are looking for someone with full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body:

  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland

You must hold the chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered. If you have passed all of the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.

No other level of internal audit qualifications meets the requirements for this post.

  • Other Institutes of Internal Auditors that are part of IIA Global

If you studied with the Institute of Internal Auditors in another country, you must hold the equivalent of the MIIA designation. You should verify this with the IIA UK & Ireland prior to submitting your application, by e-mailing membership@iia.org.uk. (If invited to interview you will be asked to provide us with the IIA response and the designation certificate you hold, as your evidence of meeting the qualification criteria for this post)

Or

  • Accountancy

Fully Qualified, current member of one of the five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS and Chartered Accountants Ireland) or CIMA.

We offer support in maintaining and building your professional career through technical training, coaching and development opportunities.

Throughout the campaign we will be hosting various online events for candidates to find out all about working at GIAA and provide some assistance with the application process. 

You are entitled to a formidable range of benefits from generous pension provision, embracing of flexible work patterns, diversity and security.

Benefits include:

  • A civil service pension.
  • 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days. after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays and one privilege day on the Queen's birthday.
  • Flexible working schemes.
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave.
  • Childcare voucher scheme.
  • Onsite gym and canteen (on certain sites).
  • Access to a season ticket and bicycle loan.

Complaints Procedure

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. 

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

For more information and to submit your application, please click the 'Apply' button.

Company

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) was established as an Executive Agency of HM Treasury on 1 April 2015, and is the specialist provider of internal audit and counter fraud and investigation services to central government.  We will also help our customers to understand and manage their risks and to ensure exemplary standards of governance.


We’re responsible for:

  • reviewing the functions and activities of government and public sector organisations, and assessing their efficiencies and risks
  • making recommendations for improvement, based on our assessments
  • adding value to public services and improving how effectively organisations provide them


The Agency currently provides services to over 60 Government Departments and a wide range of diverse government bodies associated with those Departments.

Our vision is to be the primary, trusted and expert provider of consistent, high quality audit, assurance and counter fraud services across government that are valued by our customers and recognised as a catalyst for improvement. Our Service is one in which the most talented want to work and are proud to say they have worked.

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