Risk & Audit Manager

Location:

Hybrid working - primarily working from home, with Holborn as a base office location.

As a Risk & Audit Manager, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a portfolio of internal audits across Sainsbury's Group with minimal supervision. You will own relationships with senior business stakeholders to support them in identifying and managing risks. You will also support the continuous improvement activities in the Internal Audit team.

About the role:

• Lead the end-to-end audit process, managing your workload to deliver multiple audits to time, budget and quality targets across a wide range of business areas.
• Build strong relationships with audit stakeholders and be the key divisional contact for multiple divisions to drive engagement with the business, maintain divisional knowledge and follow up on audit actions.
• Support the Head of Risk & Audit in developing an ongoing risk-based audit plan.
• Driving a continual risk focus in the business through supporting the Head of Risk & Audit in facilitating risk workshops to help management identify, assess and manage key business risks.
• Contribute to team success through delivering continuous improvement initiatives in the team.

About you:

• A track record of delivering internal audits for an in-house audit team and / or through a professional services firm.
• Demonstrable experience or understanding of risk, control and internal audit practices.
• Proven experience in developing strong stakeholder relationships at different seniority levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter who requires little or no day-to-day support.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.
• Strong commercial acumen and an ability to apply sound judgement.
• Strong time management and project management skills to ensure work is delivered on time, to budget and to the expected quality.
• Accounting / Internal Audit qualifications are preferred but not essential.

Why Sainsbury's?

You'll receive a host of great benefits, as well as a competitive salary, rewarding bonus scheme and private healthcare. You will receive a huge range of learning and development opportunities, 26 days' holiday, a save-as-you-earn scheme, pension and staff discount at Argos, Sainsbury's and Habitat. Click here for more detail on our benefits: https://sainsburys.jobs/working-for-us/benefits/

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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