About The Job.
We're excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and driven Senior IT Auditor to join our Corporate Assurance team within the Finance & Business Services Directorate. This is more than a traditional audit roleit's your chance to shape the organisations approach to IT assurance, strengthen critical governance arrangements, and ensure our technology landscape remains resilient, secure and wellcontrolled.
In this influential position, you'll play a key role in delivering highquality audit work that directly informs the organisations annual assurance statement. You'll engage with senior stakeholders, lead targeted IT audit assignments, and provide insightful, practical recommendations that genuinely strengthen risk management, controls and governance across our technology estate. If you thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy untangling complex IT risks, and want to make a tangible impact at enterprise level, this could be the perfect next step.
You will be based at one of our office locations and will be required to spend 40% of your working week on site.
What You'll Be Doing.
Lead and deliver a diverse portfolio of IT audit assignments across areas such as cyber security, IT operations, ERP systems, vendor management, and project deliveryensuring robust assurance that feeds into the annual governance assessment.
Scope and plan individual audit reviews, deliver highquality fieldwork, and produce clear, insightful reports that communicate findings and recommendations effectively.
Provide objective, practical advice to management on IT risk, internal control, and governance, helping strengthen and embed best practice across the organisation.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levelsincluding senior leaders, directors, and technical teamsensuring audit work is valued and outcomes are understood.
Lead small audit teams when required, ensuring the consistent delivery of professional standards and highquality outputs.
Work with stakeholders to agree meaningful management actions, ensuring root causes are addressed and improvements are delivered in a timely manner.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of audit methodology, tools, and practices within the Corporate Assurance function.
Act as a subjectmatter specialist in one or more IT domains, supporting colleagues and elevating expertise across the wider audit team.
About You.
You're an experienced IT auditor with strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. We're looking for someone with:
A CISA qualification (or equivalent), or a commitment to achieving one.
Strong experience delivering IT audits to a high professional standard.
Knowledge of recognised audit and IT management frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ITIL) and areas such as cyber security, ERP systems, IT risk, and IT project delivery (Agile/Waterfall).
Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, accessible insights.
The ability to work independently, make sound judgements, and manage multiple deadlines in a fastpaced environment.
High attention to detail and the confidence to challenge and influence where needed.
Experience with audit data analytics tools (such as IDEA or ACL) is desirable.
About Us
Why you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.
A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.
Our Benefits Package
Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If You Are Successful, It Is Key To Know All Offers Of Employment Are Subject To Satisfactory Completion Of Our Pre-employment Checks Which Include
Right to work check
3 year employment history references
DBS criminal record check
Social media and adverse journalism check
Driving licence check (if applicable)
Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)