Audit Manager

Senior Audit Manager, Permanent, London

The Senior Internal Audit Manager is ideal if you possess extensive internal audit experience with a strong understanding of risk management, governance, and control frameworks across complex organisations.  In this role, you will handle audits from beginning to completion, support independent assurance for the Board, and advance Internal Audit processes across the organisation. 

This role is well suited to an experienced audit leader who values variety, a clear area of responsibility, and close involvement with the UK payment systems that support daily life and commerce. With 12.5 billion transactions worth over £11 trillion processed through the systems we maintain, the context for this work is substantial, visible and grounded in essential services.

Accountabilities

• Manage end-to-end audit assignments across planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up in line with Internal Audit methodology and professional standards.
• Supervise Audit Managers by reviewing work, giving clear direction and maintaining quality across audit delivery.
• Assess risks and controls across assigned business areas, including payments, technology, projects and programmes, finance, third-party management, risk management and data analytics.
• Work with stakeholders to identify emerging risks, agree audit scope and develop terms of reference, findings, management actions and final reports.
• Contribute to the annual audit plan by proposing audits and assurance activity for your portfolio of business areas and specialist topics.
• Deliver consultancy assignments that provide internal audit insight on governance, risk and control matters.
• Identify, implement and evaluate improvements to Internal Audit practices by updating methods, tools and working processes.
• Monitor developments in internal audit and the payments sector and apply relevant changes to audit planning, delivery and recommendations within your specialist areas.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Professional qualification in audit, accounting or risk, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIIA or CISA.
• Experience leading internal audit engagements and supervising teams across planning, fieldwork and reporting.
• Experience in operational auditing across business functions.
• Knowledge of financial services and payments, including key risks, controls and regulatory expectations.
• Experience presenting audit findings and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.

Pay.UK Behaviours

At Pay.UK, our behaviours are central to who we are and how we operate. They bring our values to life, shape our culture, and guide how we make decisions, collaborate, and respond to challenges across the payments ecosystem. All interview processes will assess the following behaviours: