A retail group are recruiting for an Internal Auditor to join their team based in Dublin City Centre. There will be huge opportunities in this role to work alongside a large team of diverse people. The Internal Audit team is part of the Finance function in which this role reports directly to the Internal Audit Manager, with a strong dotted line to the Head of Assurance and CFO
The position involves planning, executing and reporting on a range of Internal Audit assignments and delivering work to schedule. The role helps to ensure internal controls are appropriately designed, operationally effective and are aligned with objectives.
The position by its nature offers unique exposure to our high energy business, its operations and people. It offers interesting and challenging work across a variety of financial, operational and regulatory engagements. For the right candidate this role offers the potential for significant personal development and a strong career path in the business.
The role requires limited travel.
Key Responsibilities
You will be expected to deliver high quality internal audit work, including:
Planning, auditing and testing controls in selected audit areas, ensuring compliance with the Financial Control Framework;
Assessing risk and making recommendations for remediation and improvement.
Producing excellent working papers;
Drafting clear, concise reports and obtaining management responses prior to their finalisation;
Assisting with the preparation of annual internal audit work programme;
Assessing risk levels for current and new processes in the business;
Performing follow-up audits to ensure appropriate action plans raised in both internal and external audit reports have been implemented and are operationally effective;
Tracking audit issues and updating the tracker for reporting purposes;
Completing ad-hoc audits or project governance tasks as and when required;
Building strong relationships with all stakeholders.
Skills / Knowledge / Experience
Professional accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA);
Third level qualification in a related field;
Audit experience required
Strong report writing skills;
Excellent attention to detail and time management skills;
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written);
IT skills – proficient in Microsoft Office. IT audit experience and/or data analytics experience an advantage;
Ability to work on own initiative while also being a good team player
