Senior Internal Audit Manager - IT Risk at Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Hybrid
- Senior
- Office in Edinburgh
Salary:
Job Type: Permanent / Fixed Term Contract / Secondment ( delete as appropriate)
Job Contact: 0131 245 1000
Closing Date:
Helping our customers make the right financial choices as they plan for a better future means that we need to attract, retain and motivate the very best people in the market. We know great people have even great choices when it comes to their career. At Phoenix Group we can offer you a career opportunity second to none with a successful, innovative and growing long term savings and retirement business. Our people are our most important asset.
We’re currently recruiting for a < insert job title> to join our < insert team / business area> to provide strategic, independent assurance and opinions over the effectiveness of the Risk Management Framework, Governance and Internal Controls by managing and reporting on risk-based assurance work over those assigned activities that most directly impact the achievement of the Groups’ objectives
** Hiring manager to add in details of the role, the team and why this is a good opportunity for the candidate (the ‘hook’ – eg progression, interesting work, shape a business area etc)**
Key Responsibilities
** Hiring Manager - select the top 6 to 10 (max) key responsibilities**
- Contribute to and implement the strategy for the function, as part of the Internal Audit Leadership team.
- To ensure that strategic developments within the Internal Audit profession are regularly reviewed and subsequently internal IA process capabilities are continuously improved to ensure they remain market leading and in accordance with IIA Standards.
- To provide on going independent assurance and macro opinions over the effectiveness of RMF, Governance and Internal Controls for AP, to be agreed with key stakeholders on a half yearly basis.
- Assist with definition, implementation and proactive promotion of audit proposition, charter and strategy across PG AP and within team, in line with developments in external standards.
- Lead the audit planning process for given areas of responsibility to optimise the assurance intensity/audit coverage with leveraging the Group RMF.
- To develop and maintain credible relationships with a wide range of senior internal (HMB, OMB, European Leadership Team level) and external stakeholders in a way that fosters trust, open relations and two way communication, acting as a role model.
- Leverage/identify synergies with OAP for AP. Ensure regular communications and knowledge sharing with OAP to ensure maximum coverage across AP with minimal duplication.
- To continuously improve IA process capabilities and outputs through Quality assurance to ensure they remain market leading and in accordance with IIA standards.
- Lead a team of qualified and experienced internal audit professionals to deliver the objectives defined in the IA charter and proposition.
- To regularly promote the GIA proposition and charter to key stakeholders within the allocated AP.
- Excellent planning and organisation skills, balancing audit deliveries with external demands/responsibilities and managing multiple activities and priorities
- Breadth of knowledge required across the full spectrum of risk types and control frameworks and how they are likely to impact the Phoenix Group
- Identifying risks and key root cause themes across varied/complex key business areas, and articulating an appropriate high level control opinion to senior management.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to build credible stakeholder relationships and influence/hold debates at executive and senior management level and at senior governance and board committees.
- Expert quality management with experience of implementing, and ensuring adherence to, systems to ensure quality standards are achieved in all aspects of delivery
- Excellent people management skills/experience including coaching, objective setting, feedback and knowledge sharing, ensuring the development of the team to enhance individual performance.
- Demonstrable ability to adapt and deliver in a fast-moving complex and changing environment
- Strong leadership skills, including strategic thought, creativity and outcome focus, and effective decision making.
- Add value to key management and board committees through identifying opportunities to improve business performance, governance, risk management and control and providing audit opinions in clear, commercial manner to stakeholders.
- Leads the continuously improvement of GIA processes, delivering right first time outputs in line with GIA and CIIA quality standards.
- Deputise for the Group Head of Internal Audit where needed, providing effective cover in their absence, including provision of updates to Exco and Board Audit Committees , and to be capable of being developed as a successor.
- To develop and maintain credible, trusted and influential relationships with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders (SMG, BAC, External Audit, Co-source partners, external peers etc).
What We’re Looking For
** Hiring manager to decide if qualifications stated below are essential or desirable. If not required please remove**
Essential
- Hiring Manager to add in essential criteria
- Education - Undergraduate Degree (or equivalent)
- Languages – English
- Certifications - UK - Institute of Internal Auditors, UK - Association Chartered Certified Accountants, UK - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Hiring Manager to add in desirable criteria
What We Offer
Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.
Join us and you join a unique organisation. It’s not just the 14 million policyholders we serve, or the £300 billion of assets we look after. Or that we’re a FTSE 100 company that has been listed as one of the UK's Top Employers for nine years running. It’s our talented, inclusive and diverse workforce that makes us a success. We offer flexible working opportunities ensuring we attract and retain the very best of talent. Find out about more about our people’s stories, our values and our commitment to diversity.
Key Competencies
** Hiring Manager select your top 6 competencies – these will be used in your interview and selection process**
- Delivering Results
Meeting and exceeding performance goals and expectations to deliver results.
- Impact & Influence
Influencing others to achieve a positive impact. This includes communicating clearly, building support for ideas and having an impact on other people.
- Leading People
Engaging people around our story and principles and enabling them to deliver. Leading people is about building optimism, enthusiasm and creating confidence in teams.
- Communication Skills
Clearly and effectively communicates information, ideas, plans, requests and opinions to internal and external stakeholders through a range of channels including written and oral. Ensures alignment with communication guidelines and policies.
- Managing Risk
Identify, assess, control and monitor risks. Make the right things happen first time, identify when things have not gone right and understand why, and recover the position.
- Facilitation Skills
Applies a range of facilitation approaches and engagement techniques with groups to enable the discussion, broaden participation, support individuals to make their point and manage differing opinions.
- Think Strategically
Linking the long term vision for Standard Life to daily work. Considering what needs to be done in the future to make the organisation fit to deliver results for the customers and our stakeholders.
- Innovation and Creativity
Ability to generate and implement creative solutions and novel ways to achieve goals.
- Stakeholder Management
Interprets and influences both the external and internal environments by creating positive relationships with stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives.
- Develop Others
Genuine intent to empower and foster long-term learning or development of others through frank and constructive conversations.
Online Interviews and Onboarding
All our interviews, onboarding and new joiners are now managed remotely. We have in place a strong virtual support network to ensure new colleagues are supported and developed as they navigate their first few months with us
About Us
Phoenix Group is a member of the FTSE 100 index and is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We specialise in the acquisition and management of Heritage life insurance and pension funds. We’ve businesses in the UK, Germany and Ireland and hold a broad range of both Heritage and Open products split across three key business segments: UK Heritage, UK Open and Europe. Our open business manufactures and underwrites new products and policies to support people saving for their future in areas such as workplace pensions and SIPPs, primary under the Standard Life brand. And we market corporate pension trustee services and manufacture products to be sold under other brands. Did you know Phoenix Life manufactures SunLife’s market leading Guaranteed Over 50’s plan? Find out more about Phoenix Group here.
We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone
