Internal Audit Senior Manager in London

Forvis Mazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.  

About the team

Our Business Services team is a collective of creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance and Quality & Compliance teams make it their mission to ensure Forvis Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies, and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business. Internal Audit is a relatively new function within Forvis Mazars UK, and whilst administratively forms part of the Quality and Risk Management, it reporting line is to the Forvis Mazars UK Audit and Risk Committee (ARC).

About the role 

• In this newly created role, you'll be responsible for day-to-day oversight and delivery by the team of proactive, high quality and insightful risk based internal audit services across all aspects of Forvis Mazars UK business.
• Working closely with the Head of Internal Audit in attending and reporting the outcomes of internal audits activities to various forums including the Executive and ARC amongst others.
• Also playing a key role in co-ordinating the work of internal audit with second line functions such as the Enterprise Risk team (amongst others) as well as promote the role of internal audit to the wider business.
• As a relatively new function within Forvis Mazars UK, you will play a key role in reviewing, further developing and implementing methodologies/templates, alongside helping prepare for, and participate in an independent External Quality Assessment whilst contributing to the overall Quality objectives of the firm.

What are we looking for?

• Internal audit experience within a highly regulated environment
• Strong technical understanding from completing your CIIA/or another relevant CCAB qualification/degree of professional internal auditing standards
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across a varied and complex business, and ability to build strong working relationships and develop an excellent understanding of their business, risks and assurance needs
• Familiarity in working within a three lines of defence model, proactively interacting with 2nd line such as Enterprise Risk, Compliance as well as external third parties to ensure effective co-ordination and avoidance of duplication of assurance
• Experienced people manager, leading and motivating teams to achieve overall goals

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

Both member firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world. Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people, industry and communities forward.  Through our reach and areas of expertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in the global marketplace including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts and culture.

We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.  

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.  

Office detail/part time/flexible working/condensed hours if applicable

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read more about our approach click here  

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Visit forvismazars.com/uk to learn more.