Total 5 Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in Edinburgh, EH12 1HQ

Join us as an Audit Manager in our Group Functions Technology team

• You’ll supervise the audit engagement team and support them through coaching to help them see their potential
• You can expect to enjoy an engaging and fast-paced environment, as well as considerable stakeholder interaction
• You’ll support the delivery of a flexible and risk-based audit plan that addresses regulatory requirements, provides independent assurance and opinions with impact

What you'll do

As an Audit Manager within our Group Functions Technology team, you’ll play a key part in providing independent assurance over the key applications that support many of the Bank’s key central functions, including Financial Crime, Core Banking and Finance.

You’ll be an ambassador for internal audit, demonstrating professional behaviours and helping to build on the reputation and integrity of the function.

Your role will also involve:

• Providing quality, efficient and effective assurance and influencing business managers to improve controls
• Leading and coaching your audit team as they deliver audit engagements and making sure they're delivered within budget and on time
• Leveraging audit methodology and tools
• Managing key stakeholders throughout audit engagements, ensuring a good understanding of business risks and an open and effective discussion on key risks

The skills you'll need

To join us in this role, you’ll ideally have worked in an internal or external audit environment, and bring audit, assurance or risk management experience. You’ll also need a strong background in auditing technology risks and controls, analytical and problem solving abilities and the ability to assess and prioritise data effectively. Chartered accountancy and/or CISA qualification or similar, and experience of financial reporting and/or financial crime systems from an audit or risk capacity is preferred. Data analytics skills, including experience in using Python is advantageous but not required.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to demonstrate leading a team in delivering projects while keeping a firm hand on budget, schedule and quality
• A proactive approach towards identifying and promoting talent
• The ability to support and supervise a team through coaching, feedback and development
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Join us as an Audit Manager

• Joining our Payments & Fraud team, you’ll undertake key aspects of assurance fieldwork and supervise the audit engagement team, supporting them through coaching to help them fulfil their potential
• You can expect to enjoy an engaging and fast-paced environment, as well as considerable stakeholder interaction
• You’ll support the delivery of a flexible and risk-based audit plan that addresses regulatory requirements, providing independent assurance and opinions with impact

What you'll do

As an Audit Manager within our Payments & Fraud team, you'll play a key part in providing independent assurance over the key business processes that facilitate payment processing, wholesale cash management and fraud prevention. You’ll be an ambassador for internal audit, demonstrating professional behaviours and helping to build on the reputation and integrity of the function.

Your role will also involve:

• Providing quality, efficient and effective assurance and influencing business areas to improve controls
• Leading and coaching your audit team as they deliver audit engagements and making sure they're delivered within budget and on time
• Leveraging audit methodology and tools
• Managing key stakeholders throughout audit engagements, ensuring a good understanding of business risks and an open and effective discussion on key risk

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally have worked in an internal or external audit environment, and bring audit, assurance or risk management experience. You’ll also need a strong background in providing assurance over risks and controls, analytical and problem solving abilities, and have ability to assess and prioritise data effectively. Prior experience of auditing or working in a fraud or payments related business area is preferred.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to demonstrate leading a team in delivering projects while keeping a firm hand on budget, schedule, and quality
• A proactive approach towards identifying and promoting talent
• The ability to support and supervise a team through coaching, feedback, and development
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

JOB TITLE: Audit Analyst

SALARY: From £45,954 +

LOCATION(S): Bristol or Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our location hubs (Bristol or Edinburgh)

About this opportunity

As an Audit Analyst, you'll join a team of experienced auditors where you'll support the delivery of our strategy and be a proactive team member. You will work within a leading audit function and gain exposure to a wide range of risk modelling, capital assessment and other analytical techniques across our banking and insurance businesses. You'll have a growth mindset and positively contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of our Audit function.

You'll Assist the Engagement Lead in the delivery of Audits or lead evaluation of controls and completion of testing applying proficient knowledge of audit methodology and assigned business / risk area.

• Delivers specified outcomes and/or provides support services within a designated area of audit control by working within established systems.
• Supports internal customers to ensure their needs are met and/or helps senior colleagues manage client relationships.
• Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current compliance processes, systems and procedures within assigned unit and/or discipline.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes by working as directed within established data management systems and procedures.
• Conducts research using primary data sources and selects relevant information to enable analysis of key themes and trends.
• Develops personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities, while also coaching others as required.

About us

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need

We're looking for team players - Who trust each other, act as one team to achieve the best outcomes and make a positive difference to the Group and its customers.

We want colleagues who are bold and take action - Confidently innovate, share exceptional insights, deliver difficult messages and drive action that leaves a legacy of significantly improved governance, risk management and control.

• Knowledge of the generic elements of a model life cycle, and their associated risks, as well as an understanding of effective model risk management and governance;
• Knowledge of regulatory capital requirements in Insurance or Banking;
• Practical experience developing, using or monitoring models measuring Credit, Market or Actuarial Risks;
• The ability to deliver risk and control assurance activity that is timely, impactful, insightful and valued by stakeholders;
• Experience using statistical analysis and qualitative techniques to validate models;
• The ability to analyse, understand and communicate data as information, and to use data to drive effective audit outcomes.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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Join us as a Behavioural Risk & Applied Empirical Science Audit Manager

• In this key role, you’ll be focussing on driving the adoption of empirical scientific research methods within the NatWest Behavioural Risk team and wider Internal Audit sector
• You’ll be responsible for leading and managing data science and behavioural science colleagues, and you’ll shape and lead high profile evidence-based and data-led pieces of insight, providing assurance to senior executives on our assets and sustainability
• This role offers a great platform to build your leadership profile as you shape a high performing and vibrant team culture

What you’ll do

As a Behavioural Risk & Applied Empirical Science Audit Manager, you’ll collaborate with audit experts to understand critical business assurance and sustainability questions. You’ll work closely with a diverse group of talented and accomplished behavioural and data scientists, identifying opportunities for innovation, gathering resources and owning implementation.

You’ll also:

• Guide more junior colleagues in designing feasible research approaches, as well as in executing and interpreting insights
• Develop and manage effective stakeholder relationships and act as first point of contact when leading reviews
• Stay on top of latest applied empirical science methods and applications, as well as analysis and workflow management technology
• Stay at the forefront of empirical social science behavioural insight, sharing knowledge where possible

The skills you’ll need:

We’re looking for someone with extensive relevant technical and research leadership experience. You’ll hold an academic degree in a social science discipline, with a strong quantitative analysis element, or you’ll have a proven equivalent track record.

You’ll also have experience in empirical social science design and execution, covering statistics, causal inference and data science. Knowledge of large-scale business data handling such as databases and SQL would be beneficial, as would an understanding of retail banking, financial markets and code development and quality assurance practices such as Git, GitLab and GitHub.

In addition to this, we’re looking for:

• Enterprise level coding experience including object-oriented programming, ideally using Python
• Experience in drawing conclusions from different primary and secondary data sources
• Clear, concise and compelling communication skills to inspire others, maintain momentum and ensure work completion
• Experience role-modelling, supporting and supervising through coaching, feedback and development
• The entrepreneurial skills, resilience, drive and enthusiasm to develop your skill set and innovate

Your new company
Hays is pleased to be partnering with one of the UK's Top 20 Chartered Accountancy Firms in looking for an experienced Audit Senior. This organisation is people-centric and provides many excellent benefits and flexible and hybrid working opportunities. They provide accounting, audit, tax, and business advisory services to clients across a wide range of industries. You will be joining a dynamic, supportive and collegiate audit team, offering the opportunity to develop new skills and accelerated career growth opportunities.

Your new role
In your new role, you will be responsible for managing the audit process and engaging directly with a portfolio of clients. You will be directly involved in all aspects of the audit process from planning to fieldwork and completion of audit engagements, working closely with managers and partners. You will have the chance to be involved in the overall running of your team.

What you'll need to succeed
- CA, ACCA, or ACA Qualified
- Experience in audit including planning and completion of audits
- Excellent communication skills and experience dealing with clients
- Proficient using computer software including Microsoft Packages, CCH Accounts, and Audit Automation
- Knowledge of accounting and auditing standards
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

What you'll get in return
- 35 hour working week (work from home for up to 3 days a week)
- hybrid and flexible working policies
- 25 days annual leave
- Life Assurance

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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