The Audit Manager is a key role that supports the Director of Internal Audit and Internal Audit Senior Leadership Team in providing HMRC/VOA Chief Executives with advice and assurance on the overall adequacy and effectiveness of their respective frameworks of governance and risk.

The role can be directed in two primary ways and must be flexible in working across each area:

• Leadership of a team of Senior Auditors and Trainee Auditors (manager); and/or
• Delivery of highly complex audits that necessitate more senior focus and more senior stakeholder management usually working across organisational boundaries (technical).

Dependent on the allocation of primary role type, the role holder will be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Delivery of effective customer relationships with senior audit sponsors up to and including Directors General across the organisation and influencing collaborative working across organisational boundaries.
• Development and delivery of effective customer relationships with senior managers within an allocated Portfolio via structured Customer Account Management.
• Leading, developing and motivating audit team members to deliver an allocated plan of work and high- quality service to professional standards.
• Personal delivery of high-profile, complex, sensitive and/or cross enterprise audits, demonstrating technical expertise.
• Taking a lead role in shaping and delivering the IA Plan, ensuring that resource is directed to activities that review high-risk areas.
• Playing an active part in change and continuous improvement across the IA services, specifically in the areas of technical expertise where the role is aligned to self-audit delivery.
• Promote and use Data Analytics in the delivery of audit work.
• Ensuring personal continuing professional development (CPD) is carried out to maintain the professional body's standards.
• Being an effective member of the unit's Leadership Team; supporting the wider IA delivery by working constructively and flexibly with colleagues to deliver our performance challenges and vision.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• A qualified Chartered Internal Auditor (CMIIA and CIA) or qualified Accountant (Qualified member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA)) with a completed logbook, who has relevant post qualification experience (criteria listed below).
• Audit Management and/or delivery within a medium to large complex organisation;
• People development and talent management;
• Experience of leading teams and operating across portfolio boundaries.

Desirable Criteria:

• Commercial / procurement / transformation audit experience.
• Application of data analytics to enhance audit coverage.

Qualifications
A qualified Chartered Internal Auditor (CMIIA and CIA) or qualified Accountant (Qualified member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA)) with a completed logbook.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,344, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,322 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to Apply

As part of the selection process, you will be asked to submit your name-blind CV and a personal statement via the Civil Service Job Site.

Your CV will consist of two elements:

Career History: Word limit 1,000

Qualifications: Word limit 200

You will be presented with two text boxes. The first will ask for your employment history. Here you should set it out like a traditional CV, making sure to following the following format and will be scored against the roles and responsibilities outlined in the advert:

• Name of employee
• Dates worked (to and from)
• Job title
• Brief description of your main role/responsibilities (please ensure you match this section against the job advert/essential/desirable criteria. The desirable criteria will not be sifted on, but may be used in the event of a tie-break.

The next text box will ask you to include any relevant qualifications you may have.

The personal statement must be no more than 500 words. Please demonstrate the following in 500 words:

• What interests you about the role and what you would like to get out of it.
• Recent evidence of skills and experience you have that make you suitable.

Please note that your application may be rejected if you exceed the word count as specified.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

We acknowledge that AI can assist you in your application. Find our guidelines here.

Sift

At sift your CV, and your Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

The sift will take place w/c 20 January 2025.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

The interview will consist of:

• A short presentation that you will be able to prepare for in advance and
• questions based on your experience.

Interviews will be carried out face to face.

Interviews are planned to be carried out between 10-17 February 2025.

Please be advised that the above dates are indicative only and are subject to change.

Some travel will be involved but not on a regular basis

If you are found to be appointable at advertised grade but there are no positions available (or all positions have been filled), you may be offered a role at a lower grade. Offers will be made in merit order, and in line with our reserve list policy.

If you are not found appointable for the advertised grade, you may be offered a role as a Senior Auditor if we assess that you meet the standard and criteria for that lower grade.

If this applies to you, we will be in touch to explain further.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days(Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - 383635 & vacancy closing date 20/01/2025'.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application .

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles - if this applies to you, we'll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact the UBS Recruitment team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.

Terms and Conditions

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations .

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Sarah Morris
• Email : sarah.morris3@hmrc.gov.uk
• Telephone : 03000564699

Recruitment team

• Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk

Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.
In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.

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