Job Type:Permanent
Location: This role could be based in either ourBirmingham, Edinburgh or London office,with normally a min of 2 days a week working in an office and the rest working at home.
Flexible Working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
Closing Date:7th September
Salary and benefits: £135,000 - £150,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 30%-60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.
We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.
The Role
As the Head of Audit Finance, Actuarial & Asset Management you will have the opportunity to make a real difference toPhoenix.This role is critical to the delivery of GIA’s assurance agenda, providing essential opinions, guidance and challenge to the business for the improvement of risk management, control and culture. You will have:
1. Effective leadership of the Finance, Actuarial & Asset Management Audit portfolio, delivering a value-add, outcomes focussed Audit Plan to quality, time and budget.
2. Leading a high performing and engaged team; identifying the strengths of the team and its members, designing and delivering coaching and effective performance management to enable all to reach their potential.
3. Accountable for audit quality in relation to your portfolio, ensuring that methodology is followed and that all output is delivered to a consistently high standard.Also, developing and maintaining the Audit Universe and Plan for your audit portfolio / business area.
4. Performing risk assessments as part of audit planning to ensure that the plan is risk-based and focused on the highest priorities of the business.
5. Accountable for managing all resource, including co-source, in an efficient and effective way which optimises the strengths and needs of the team.
6. Accountable for building and maintaining effective senior stakeholder relationships, including attendance at relevant governance forums for your portfolio.
7. Liaising with 1st and 2nd Line Risk and Compliance functions to ensure assurance activities are coordinated
8. Developing an in-depth understanding of the Phoenix strategic objectives and transformation agenda.
9. Role modelling Phoenix leadership behaviours and playing a pivotal role in functional leadership.
10. Supporting the Chief Audit Officer in providing opinions to the Audit Committee on risk, control and culture.
11. Leading the regulatory interface for your audit portfolio
12. Providing exemplary leadership in the design and delivery of GIA’s continuous improvement, effectiveness and efficiency agenda, leveraging and engaging resource from across the function, wider Group and co-source where necessary; continually seeking ways to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of GIA’s systems and methodology
What’s in it for you?
We are a relatively small team covering a wide remit, which means huge opportunities for your learning and growth.
13. Be part of an Audit team which is well respected, trusted and relied upon by the Board to bring an independent view of the business and help influence positive outcomes.
14. Use your experience to think strategically and to inform GIA Strategy.
15. You will drive innovation and thought leadership to keep Phoenix a safe and sustainable organisation for the long term.
16. Build your network across Phoenix and have access to Senior Leadership from day 1 to develop relationships.
17. And finally, you will be part of a truly collaborative, high performing and diverse team where people development is at the heart of what we do, and we want everyone to thrive and succeed.
What are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a strategic leader with a passion for fostering collaboration, proactively influencing positive change and driving excellence across all levels of the function and wider organisation.
18. Previous Internal Audit Leadership experience in Finance is essential
19. A strategic mindset, focused on delivering key outcomes set out in GIA’s Strategy, and the ongoing efficiency and effectiveness of GIA’s operating model.
20. Excellent people leadership skills which motivate, coach and develop a team of professionals to deliver outcomes set out in the GIA Strategy and Charter.
21. Proven ability to thrive on change and deliver in a fast-moving complex and changing environment, with a strong willingness to continually learn, adapt, and grow.
22. Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, promoting GIA and acting as key influencer and advocate of best practice audit and risk management, in a way that fosters trust, open relations and two-way communication.
23. Resourceful and pragmatic, able to take on new challenges and successfully resolve challenging issues, using your influence, creative thinking and negotiation skills to gain buy-in.
24. Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills, managing multiple priorities at once and having the courage to make tough decisions.
25. Excellent awareness of CIIA standards, regulations, and industry best practice combined with strong skills which optimise assurance coverage, promoting an integrated vision of assurance across the Group
26. Provides strategic insights, opinions and recommendations that drive improvement over the effectiveness of Risk Management, Governance and Internal Controls.
27. We expect you to make an immediate impact, establishing influential relationships with the team and key stakeholders, demonstrating your ability to generate trust, provide insight and adapt to gain buy in.You will be a key member of our leadership team and can expect the full support and guidance of the team, with access to a wide range of skills and experience for support across Group Internal Audit.
28. Accounting (ACA / ACCA) or Chartered Internal Audit (CIIA) qualification is preferable, or equivalent experience.
We want to hire the whole version of you
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.