Job Overview
Audit and Assurance Services is a division of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) delivering professional internal audit, assurance and consulting services across the NHS in Wales. As part of a dynamic and evolving risk environment you will contribute to safeguarding quality patient services and the effectiveness of governance arrangements.
Main Duties
You will support the Deputy Head of Internal Audit to carry out high‑level, complex audit reviews, manage audit planning and delivery, prepare audit reports, and ensure quality standards are met. You will build and maintain effective relationships with senior management and ensure audits add value and improve governance, risk management and control for the NHS organisations you support.
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Relevant professional qualification (CCAB qualified accountant or MIIA qualified auditor) with post‑qualification experience or equivalent
* Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development
* Highly specialist knowledge of:
o Global Internal Audit Standards
o Risk Management and Assurance Frameworks
o Corporate Governance
o Controls Assurance
o Control Frameworks
o Stewardship & Probity
o Healthcare Standards
Desirable Criteria (Qualifications)
* Knowledge of healthcare
* Knowledge of NHS finance
Experience
* Extensive experience of internal audit, public sector audit and/or NHS experience
* Audit management experience, including management of junior staff
* Audit across a range of different clients
* Staff training experience
* Producing complex audit reports with recommendations for enhancements
* Advanced specialised knowledge and experience of internal audit and risk management
* Track record of dealing with complicated situations and delivering challenging objectives
* Ability to present complex and potentially sensitive information when management is resistant to findings
Desirable Criteria (Experience)
* High level of experience of auditing Healthcare Standards
* In‑depth specialist knowledge of NHS legislation and policies relating to finance and risk management
* Experience of attending and presenting reports at Audit Committees
Skills and Attributes
* Ability to plan, control and execute audit assignments
* Production of complex audit plans and assignment briefs
* Identify system weaknesses and provide practical management solutions
* Work to professional standards under stress and pressure
* Excellent report writing, supervisory and communications skills
* Strong IT and keyboard skills, proficiency in Microsoft products (Excel, Word)
* Persuasion and negotiation skills
* Analytical, interpretative and comparative skills for complex information
* Work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously, delivering quality work within tight deadlines
* Project management skills, including planning, organisation and prioritisation
* Innovative thinking and continuous improvement mindset
* Effective communication with all staff groups; strong presentation, interviewing and interpersonal skills
* High professional standards; self‑motivated and committed
* Team‑building and stakeholder influence skills
* Strategic vision and emotional resilience
* Ability to work under pressure and independently
* Efficiently prioritise workload for self and team
* Strong concentration when multitasking
* Flexibility to work varied hours and travel between organisations and sites
* Ability to interact with patients and the general public
Desirable Criteria (Skills)
* Welsh language skills (levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing)
Additional Information
* Welsh language skills are desirable; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
* Work sites: Bryn Y Neuadd Hospital in Llanfairfechan or Alder House in St Asaph.
* Flexible working arrangements and promotion of a healthy work‑life balance.
* Commitment to flexible working, equal opportunities and an inclusive workplace.
* Position based on agnostic contractual terms with potential for working from home.
* All candidates not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals must possess or seek sponsorship for a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa.
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