Auditor – Governance & Risk Assurance

Job description

Job title: Auditor – Governance & Risk Assurance
Location: Any Scottish office, with home working options
Salary: £36,151
Hours: 35 hours per week with flexible working options
Status: Fixed Term 12 months
Closing date: 28 May 2025
Job ref no: R00627

Be part of building Scotland's future

This is a rare opportunity to join us as an Auditor and develop your career in the profession. We're looking for someone who’s dynamic, skilled, and ambitious to join our successful and friendly team, delivering internal audit services across the shared service partner organisations.  

Our award-winning Internal Audit Partnership team delivers the full suite of internal audit services across five of Scotland's public sector organisations:

• Scottish Enterprise
• South of Scotland Enterprise
• Clyde Gateway
• Skills Development Scotland
• Scottish Funding Council

The role

As part of our team, you'll support on a wide range of internal audit services. This includes planned and ad-hoc audits, investigations, and special assignments.

You’ll add valuable contributions to the delivery of an effective internal audit shared service, by supporting audit assignments in line with professional standards. 

You’ll work alongside a team of lead auditors in the delivery of our risk-based audit plans. This includes all stages of an audit assignment from planning through to delivery of a high-quality audit output that provides independent and objective assurance. 

You’ll be a vital contact point with our partner bodies, with a focus on direct engagement and relationship development.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we consolidate our approach across the organisations in a new hybrid environment and look for ways to add value through our service. Against a backdrop of wider change and transformation, this role is highly valued by all partnership bodies. There’s opportunity to provide real insight and contribute to our internal continuous improvement programme. 

We prioritise training in our team, maintaining a focus on continued learning and career development. This will support your journey in our organisation and progression through our internal pay band increments. Work-life balance is also important to our team and is central to how we work.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop a new career in an ever-changing profession. It’s also your chance to get a broad perspective of our organisation, auditing a wide range of different areas month to month. 

You’ll meet with a range of stakeholders and learn about our internal workings, providing advice and improvement opportunities to help make the organisation a better place.

Responsibilities

• Working with lead auditors and managers to deliver audit assignments across the five partner organisations within the shared service
• Building and maintaining excellent relationships with auditees across the five partner organisations
• Collating results from testing and assisting lead auditors and managers in writing clear, concise audit reports to communicate findings to management and the relevant committee of each partner board

Who we're looking for

You have a good understanding of the role of internal audit in an organisation, and how it’s used to give assurance on risk and controls. 

You understand what makes a good control and can communicate this effectively. You’re also curious and proactive when it comes to identifying and resolving issues.

You can manage deadlines and deliver on several reviews across different organisations, all at the same time. 
You’re driven to understand a new process or area in detail, build relationships with relevant colleagues, and provide input to value-adding recommendations.

You can form and develop positive stakeholder relationships and be comfortable with regular engagement, providing challenge to process as required.

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:

• Experience working in an internal audit or compliance team
• Experience working with public sector organisations

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, complete your application form by 28 May 2025.

Interviews will take place in early June.

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role. Learn more about working with us.

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now and build your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks, which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).