Senior Auditor

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC624504

Salary Range: £40,643 - £45,077 per annum

Work Location: Countywide, Hampshire (Hybrid Working)

Hours per week: 37 (part time hours will be considered)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

Interview Date: w/c 10 August 2026

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking for an opportunity to develop your career in internal audit?  If so, this could be the role for you.

The Role:

The Southern Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP) provide internal audit and consultancy services to a wide and growing portfolio of public sector partners and clients in the South of England. We pride ourselves on delivering an innovative, customer focused service aligned to the business needs of our clients and to achieving improved outcomes.

This is supported through our recent External Quality Assessment against the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector that came into effect from April 2025.

SIAP offers a range of progression paths. Through continued support and developmental opportunities, you will be able to progress in your Audit career. 

What you’ll do:

In joining the team, you will be responsible for the delivery of assignments using a risk based audit approach across a portfolio of clients. You will work closely with both internal audit and client managers to establish potential risks and their corresponding control mechanisms; evaluate your findings and report the outcomes to the client.

What we’re looking for:

As a Senior Auditor, as a minimum you will be a qualified Internal Audit Practitioner (or equivalent relevant qualification (Level 4)) with significant experience. You will have significant experience and a good understanding of the risk based approach to internal audit to enable you to assess controls, devise testing strategies and prepare reports to a high standard. You will also demonstrate success at managing and controlling audits to professional and quality standards and within budgeted deadlines.   

You will be eager to learn, determined and adaptable and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills - both oral and written. With the ability to absorb information quickly, you will also be able to identify and analyse problems in a logical and effective way. Above all, you will share our passion to support our partners and clients to ensure they have effective risk management, governance and control mechanisms in place.

Why join us?

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment, flexible working opportunities, an excellent work/life balance, a strong emphasis on training and development, professional challenge and variety and a central and well-connected Head Office location in the heart of the city of Winchester.

Our benefits package includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi-time scheme, family friendly policies and interest free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. To maintain a healthy work/life balance you will have the flexibility to work from home or from the office (whilst meeting business needs) in the delivery of your portfolio of work. We support flexible working patterns (whilst meeting business needs) to enable employees to best shape their working week.

Additional Information:

Senior Auditor Candidate Pack

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Keith Phillips, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on keith.phillips@hants.gov.uk or 07702 625640; or Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on natalie.jerams@hants.gov.uk or 07784 265314

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
 

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
 

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.