Manager - Internal Audit
London, United Kingdom
003125
Working at Lockton
At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.
About the Position
Schedule
Full Time Permanent
Job type
Experienced Professional
Workplace
Hybrid
Your Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Supporting with the Internal Audit Leadership Group to develop and implement risk-based audit plans tailored to regional and global operations, ensuring alignment with company objectives and regulatory requirements.
Serving as a trusted advisor to the business, offering proactive insights and recommendations to enhance internal controls and operational efficiency.
Risk Assessment and Audit Planning
Supporting the Internal Audit Leadership Group in preparing comprehensive risk assessments of the business to timely identify risks and key areas of focus for internal audits.
Developing detailed audit plans, including scope, objectives, and methodologies and detailed work programs, to address identified risks and ensure adequate coverage of critical processes and functions.
Audit Execution and Reporting
Taking full responsibility and ownership for the execution of audit engagements from end to end, conducting interviews, analysing data, evaluating controls to assess their adequacy, implementation and operating effectiveness and perform detailed testing procedures.
Continuous improvement
Identify opportunities for process improvements, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.
Stakeholder Engagement and relationship management
Cultivating strong relationships with key stakeholders within the business and shared services functions.
Compliance
Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry trends
Qualifications
Qualifications and / or Experience
- Fully qualified ACCA/ ACA
- Post-qualified and relevant professional audit/ finance experience (this can include some years of audit related experienced within a big 4 or large Insurance broking internal audit function)
- Demonstrable experience in managing high performing audit teams
Strong understanding of the principles and application of good corporate governance, business and operational risk and control processes and procedures.
- Strong knowledge of assurance and audit procedures, including risk driven audit planning techniques and methods used to examine, verify and analyse business and financial operations, information, records, statements and reports, and the requirements of the "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing".
- Experience and strong knowledge of the principles, procedures and techniques of accounting, and of financial records and transactions.
Experience and good knowledge of the principles of information technology to conduct assurance activities related to the computer environment.
- Strong ability to gain the confidence and respect of management and staff through attributes such as professionalism and positive attitude.
- Experience in data analytics applied to auditing
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook) or similar software applications.
- Knowledge of additional language is desirable (Spanish, Portuguese or Mandarin)
Equal Opportunity Statement
Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.
At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.
About Lockton
Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 10,000+ Associates doing business in over 100 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.
At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.
How We Will Support You
At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.
We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.
No Agencies Please
Any Employment Agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting Employment Agency, person or entity. Employment Agencies, who have fee Agreements with Lockton Companies must submit applicants to the designated Lockton Companies Employment Coordinator to be eligible for placement fees.
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