Job summary
About Government Internal Audit Agency
We are an executive agency of His Majesty�s Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government.
Most of the Agency�s people are professionally qualified internal auditors, accountants or investigators.
Many are also specialists in areas including counter fraud, project management, digital and commercial audit.
We lead both the Government Internal Audit Profession and the Government Internal Audit Function.
Our workforce brings with it a unique depth of experience gained in a wide range of government departments, related bodies and other sectors.
This enables us to offer a high-quality service based on cross-government insight and a strong understanding of our customers� business.
In GIAA, we aim to be a great place to work and to ensure that we have the capability and capacity to make even more of a significant contribution to achieving A Brilliant Civil Service over the coming years.
Our initial focus was on becoming �a single audit practice�. We are now focused on taking GIAA to the next level so we can provide better insights and better outcomes for government.
Job description
1. DDaT Senior Auditor responsibilities:
2. Be an effective team member, supporting wider GIAA delivery by working constructively and flexibly with colleagues to deliver appropriate objectives;
3. Manage your own time and resource effectively; proactively identify, foresee and take ownership of issues affecting delivery of your and the wider teams� objectives and provides solutions and options ahead of deadlines;
4. Provide and deliver clear and accurate reports that meet the requirements of the customers and carry out activities to ensure that agreed management actions are completed;
5. Be accountable for delivery of a portfolio of IT audits, working on more than one assignment at once, possibly on different clients, to budget and quality expectations, complying with GIAA methodology, using our IT audit software system;
6. To scope IT audit assignments, including drafting terms of reference, testing strategies, fieldwork plans, reporting timetables and focus work on identified risks; single audit methodology and audit management software.
Please note: If successful you must be willing to apply for security clearance to SC level. More information about the vetting process can be found at the following link:
Person specification
Please provide a written statement of suitability of up to 750 words setting out how your skills and experience meet the following criteria:
7. Recent experience in an IT risk and control / audit environment (including external/internal audit) and identifying and assessing complex IT risks and controls;
8. Be highly organised, actively monitoring audit deliverables to ensure high quality service, delivered to agreed time quality and resource constraints;
9. To work with professional skill and be a trusted adviser to clients, responsible for working level relationships with key contacts;
10. Be an effective communicator, possessing excellent interpersonal skills which enable you to relate to people at all levels in an organisation demonstrated by experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of business and corporate stakeholders;
11. Be a team player who is able to coach and develop others, responding positively to team and departmental changes, being an ambassador for the Agency as it develops;
12. Actively work with others while sharing expertise and experience, coaching juniors and peers, and helping the Agency develop its professional practice;
13. Be an independent thinker who can confidently express their views and make decisions and be able to stand your ground when required.
We will try and offer as much flexibility as we can, but it may not be possible to offer alternative dates for interviews. You are therefore asked to note the timetable:
14. Closing Date - 2 June 2024;
15. Shortlist Meetings - w/c 3 June 2024;
16. Interviews - 24 June to 5 July 2024.
Please note that, whilst we�ll endeavour to stick to this timescale, these dates may be subject to change.
Qualifications
Candidates must hold at least one of the following (or equivalent):
A recognised IT qualification
�Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
�Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
�Certified Information Security Manager
�Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
�Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
�Member of the Chartered Institute for Information Technology
Or
Degree/masters qualification in IT
Or
Be able to demonstrate full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body below:
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland
You must hold the chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered. If you have passed all of the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.
You need to have obtained the required qualification at the time of submitting your application. If you are waiting to sit your exams or have not yet received your results then you are not eligible to apply this time.
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
17. Candidates invited to interview will be tested on strengths, experience and DDaT technical ability with various activities including a presentation to an interview panel.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �44,900, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes �12,123 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Benefits
18. Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
19. Flexible working
20. A with an average employer contribution of 27%
21. Discount on big brands
22. Volunteering days
23. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
24. Free eyesight tests
25. Family-friendly HR policies
26. 25 days� annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years� service
27. Geographically based Agency