An exciting opportunity has now arisen for a qualified Internal Auditor to join the award winning internal audit team, on their journey to bring internal audit back in-house.

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, you will be responsible for performing more technical internal audit projects and provide sound assurance on risk and control environment.

You’ll critically assess business operations and structures and work with management to agree opportunities for service and control improvements and cost effective action plans.

You will be responsible for improving controls, driving up standards and delivering continuous improvement. Ideally, you will have an understanding of the major issues facing the social housing sector.

Deputising in periods when the Head of Internal Audit is absent and provide daily support for appointing activities of more junior auditors and external providers.

As the Principal Auditor you will be expected to assist with: periodic reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee, development of the annual internal audit plan, and championing risk management, internal control and corporate governance concepts throughout the business.

Based in either our Croydon or Sittingbourne office you will complete regular travel to our offices throughout the Southeast when completing audit projects.

You will be able to demonstrate some, if not all of the following:
•Holds a full audit accreditation (CMIIA/ CCAB)
•Has a wide range of audit experience across financial, technical, regulated and complex business risks
•Is able to produce high quality, evidenced based records to support your audit work,
•Is able to write and present well-structured, balanced reports which clearly reflect the service being reviewed and support management in delivering their risk management and control improvement responsibilities
•Able to act as a point of contact to review junior auditor’s work
•Strong analytical skills
•Advanced written and verbal communication skills
•Is able to manage workload to meet deadlines and prioritise
•Housing sector knowledge will be beneficial but is not necessary

As well as this extremely rewarding job, you will also have 27 days annual leave, an extra day leave to celebrate your birthday, company pension, access to private medical and continued development and career opportunities throughout your employment with Optivo.

At Optivo our aim is to have a diverse and inclusive workforce where people are respected for who they are. We embrace and celebrate cultural diversity in the workplace and value the strengths it brings us as an organisation. We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect irrespective of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We treat everyone we house, serve, employ and work with fairly and expect and encourage others to do the same.