Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Internal Audit Manager to join our growing team in London. The Internal Audit Manager is responsible for the delivery of audits from the plan agreed by the Audit and Risk Committee. The audit plan typically covers the financial and commercial controls of the major infrastructure projects across the UK business as well as internal financial control audits and audits of Group strategic risk areas.

Key responsibilities include planning audits by understanding and assessing a project or process to identify key risks and confirm the overall audit objective. Working with audit stakeholders, you will develop the Terms of Reference for the audit, ensure buy-in from key stakeholders, agree logistics, and facilitate an efficient process.

You will effectively deliver audit assignments both as a lead and as part of a team, ensuring the audit testing approach is well developed and followed, and all audit findings are well supported. Effective communication of progress and any emerging issues with key stakeholders throughout the audit is essential.

Reporting responsibilities include preparing audit reports that clearly communicate findings and actions to auditees and other stakeholders.

Why work for us?
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Key benefits include smart working with flexibility such as staggered start and finish times and up to 40% remote working where roles allow, 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata), family friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

Experience
- Previous experience conducting audits
- Experience with internal controls framework
- Understanding and application of Global Internal Audit Standards
- Infrastructure, construction or related sector experience is desirable

About you
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence senior management
- Ability to deliver oral and written reports objectively and persuasively, demonstrating initiative and resilience when challenged
- Self-starter who manages own time and workload effectively and brings ideas to add value to the function
- Ambitious and capable of further development within the department and business

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated but relevant professional qualifications in audit or finance would be advantageous