Internal Auditor
Posted 4 days ago by Zachary Daniels Recruitment
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Woolston, Warrington, UK
Summary: The Internal Auditor role focuses on enhancing financial controls and internal audit capabilities within a well-established organization. This 12-month fixed-term contract requires an experienced auditor to lead audits, provide independent assurance, and build internal capabilities. The position emphasizes ownership, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement to leave a lasting impact on the organization. The role is hybrid, requiring three days on-site in Cheshire.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, scope and deliver internal audits across key financial processes
- Assess both design and operating effectiveness of controls
- Identify gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement
- Carry out detailed testing and analysis
- Produce clear, well-structured audit reports with practical recommendations
- Present findings to senior stakeholders, including Governance & Risk and Audit Committee where required
- Agree actions and timelines, tracking progress through to completion
- Maintain high-quality audit documentation and working papers
- Build strong relationships across finance, operations and leadership teams
- Communicate findings in a clear, constructive and commercially aware way
- Liaise with third parties where relevant
- Work closely with the Senior Manager - Governance & Risk to share knowledge and approach
- Support development of internal audit capability
- Document methodologies, tools and processes to enable long-term sustainability
Key Skills:
- Strong background in internal audit, with a focus on financial controls
- Experience auditing core processes such as Payroll, Revenue, Cash & banking, and Procurement
- Confident designing and executing audit testing
- Analytical, detail-focused and naturally investigative
- Excellent communicator - able to translate complex findings into clear, actionable insight
- Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders
- Professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA or equivalent) - desirable
Salary (Rate): £48,000 yearly
City: Cheshire
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Detailed Description From Employer:
Internal Auditor - Financial Controls (12-Month FTC)
Cheshire Hybrid (3 days on-site)
Salary up to 48,000 + Benefits
We're working with a well-established organisation known for delivering essential services across a multi-site, operationally complex environment. With a strong focus on governance, risk and continuous improvement, they are investing in strengthening their financial controls and internal audit capabilities.
Are you looking for a role where you can step in, take ownership and leave a lasting impact?
We're supporting a leading our client on a key 12-month project bringing in an experienced Internal Auditor to strengthen financial controls, deliver high-quality audits, and help build long-term internal capability.
This is more than just delivering audits, it's about shaping how things are done and leaving the function in a stronger place.
The opportunity
You'll take the lead on internal audits across core financial processes, providing independent assurance on the effectiveness of controls while identifying opportunities to improve.
Alongside this, you'll work closely with the Senior Manager Governance & Risk, sharing knowledge and building internal capability, ensuring a smooth and sustainable handover at the end of the project.
This is a role for someone who enjoys:
- Owning work end-to-end
- Improving processes and controls
- Working closely with stakeholders
- Leaving a tangible legacy
What you'll be doing
Financial control audits
- Plan, scope and deliver internal audits across key financial processes
- Assess both design and operating effectiveness of controls
- Identify gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement
- Carry out detailed testing and analysis
Audit delivery & reporting
- Produce clear, well-structured audit reports with practical recommendations
- Present findings to senior stakeholders, including Governance & Risk and Audit Committee where required
- Agree actions and timelines, tracking progress through to completion
- Maintain high-quality audit documentation and working papers
Stakeholder engagement
- Build strong relationships across finance, operations and leadership teams
- Communicate findings in a clear, constructive and commercially aware way
- Liaise with third parties where relevant
Capability building
- Work closely with the Senior Manager - Governance & Risk to share knowledge and approach
- Support development of internal audit capability
- Document methodologies, tools and processes to enable long-term sustainability
What we're looking for
- Strong background in internal audit, with a focus on financial controls
- Experience auditing core processes such as:
- Payroll
- Revenue
- Cash & banking
- Procurement
- Confident designing and executing audit testing
- Analytical, detail-focused and naturally investigative
- Excellent communicator - able to translate complex findings into clear, actionable insight
- Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders
Desirable
- Professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA or equivalent)
Why this role?
- A chance to own and shape a key finance project
- High visibility across the business
- Opportunity to build something sustainable, not just deliver BAU
- Collaborative environment with strong stakeholder exposure
- Hybrid working (3 days in Cheshire)
The kind of person who will thrive
Someone who:
- Enjoys bringing structure and clarity to complex areas
- Takes pride in improving how things work
- Is confident, proactive and comfortable operating with autonomy
- Wants to leave a role knowing they've made a real difference
If you're open to a role where you can step in, add value quickly and leave a lasting impact, I'd love to speak with you.
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