Internal Auditor

Internal Auditor - Bristol, London or Warrington

Salary - £40k - £45k plus benefits

KPP Search is working on an exciting opportunity for you to gain your first role in the industry within a leading and innovative energy firm! Their purpose being; to drive progress towards net zero carbon living!

This role sits within the Risk and Compliance team, part of the Retail's wider finance function.

Reporting to the Senior Monitoring Manager, this role will support the delivery of an effective Internal Audit function. As an Auditor, you will deliver the Annual Review plan. By undertaking monitoring reviews covering the entire  Retail business, you will be helping to improve compliance with our regulatory and legislative obligations.

Responsabilities

• Delivery of the Annual Internal Audit Programme through undertaking reviews;
• Developing regulatory knowledge of energy and non-energy industry areas that the Retail business operates in and apply this knowledge to the assessment of compliance;
• Building collegiate relationships with colleagues in the wider Compliance and Risk function to ensure consistent assessment of compliance is agreed and delivered to Retail colleagues;
• Developing a sound understanding of all Retail businesses and build and maintain a strong partner network;
• Securing business consensus to compliance requirements and aid understanding of what good compliance looks like by supporting colleagues to ‘find a way;
• Tracking and advising on compliance action management through to appropriate conclusion. Raising concerns where needed and working with appropriate cross-business teams to understand the materiality of findings.

Requirements

• Somebody with a passion for compliance, communication and business improvement;
• Somebody comfortable working with colleagues across the group to assist business areas and simplify compliance complexity, with experience of delivering high value & quality outputs;
• A skilled, experienced auditor with a track record of delivering audits that meet deadlines;
• Somebody confident managing complexity, undertaking testing, utilising standard formats and working to agreed-upon procedures;
• Somebody who is well organised, structured in approach and thrives in challenging situations;
• A resilient character with strong ethical values and a desire to get it right.

       Ideally, you will have:

• An ACA, ACCA or IIA auditor qualification or hold an equivalent level audit qualification or have proven experience of auditing of principal risks and/or specialist areas such as HR/IT/Finance and maintain knowledge of changes in applicable audit;
• A good understanding of the external rules (e.g. regulation, legislation) and their application to an energy supplier;
• Some understanding of governance, risk and control concepts and their application.

For more information please apply