Job Purpose and Responsibilities: Ensuring effective audit coverage of the Council (Section 151): To manage the continuous internal audit of Council operations, including corporate financial systems, council wide contracts, computer audits, schools, housing benefits and autonomous bodies and also ensuring probity, compliance and value for money in the operation and delivery of Council services and Council funded services. Ensuring work undertaken in accordance with laid down procedures and statutory requirements: To ensure audits and investigations are undertaken to properly discharge the Director of Finance’s statutory Section 151 responsibility and are in compliance with corporate policy, established procedures, professional guidelines, Accounts and Audit regulations and other legislative requirements placed upon the Council. Manage and review investigations: To manage and critically review investigations undertaken primarily into Housing Benefit fraud but also into all other irregularities perpetrated against the Council corporately and to carry out more complex, contentious and sensitive investigations. Managing the Audit and Anti Fraud Team: To organise, control and review the efficient and effective operation of the Audit and Anti Fraud team and to maximise opportunities to co-ordinate and integrate the activities of the team. Deputising for the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud as and when required. Training staff: To manage the daily operation of a team(s) of up to twenty members of staff as allocated either on site or at remote locations, training and directing staff in the use of techniques to detect and investigate all forms of fraud and corruption, including staff from other organisations during joint pro active counter fraud operations, audit reviews and staff employed under collaborative working partnerships. Planning and monitoring Audit and Anti-Fraud work: To contribute to the planning and monitoring of the Audit and Anti Fraud Service and assist production of an annual risk based Audit and Anti Fraud Plan which provides assurances for the Director of Finance & Customer Services to enable proper discharge of the Section 151 function ensuring that the areas of the plan under the post holder’s responsibility are delivered within budget managing supporting consultancy work as necessary. Monitoring achievement of Audit / Fraud plan: To assist the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud with preparing operational and strategic service plans and the effective monitoring and performance of those plans to ensure achievement of stated aims and objectives within budget allocation. To provide the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud with regular performance reports on all team members. To prepare the annual statement of Internal Audit which will inform the Council’s Annual Governance Statement. Key Skills Needed: Must Have Experience in working within local governments Must have experience in managing and directing anti fraud investigation Knowledge and understanding of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act(ECCTA) Knowledge and Understanding of Global and Audit Standards. Must be a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors or and CCAB Accountant body. Needs experience of preparing an annual audit plan on a risk approach. Must have experience and knowledge of managing an internal audit team. Additional Information: Hours Per Week : 35.00 Start Date : 01/03/2026 End Date : 17/07/2026 Start Time : 09:00 End Time : 17:00 Job Posted by Sohlremit LTD