Senior Auditor

Reference: CBC25012a
Salary details: up to £43,693 per year
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: full-time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location:  The Arc, Clowne
Department: Internal Audit Consortium

Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.

Are you ready to take the next step in your audit career? We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic individual to join our Internal Audit Consortium Team that consists of 3 partnering authorities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a team providing an internal audit service to Bolsover, Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Councils.

You will be responsible for ensuring that your team meets the Global Internal Audit Standards and for assisting the head of the internal audit consortium in the management, development and continuous improvement of the team.  The post will be based predominantly at Bolsover District Council leading a small team but may involve working at any of the Consortium’s partner locations.

Your key responsibilities:

• conduct audits utilising modern internal audit techniques covering a wide spectrum including financial systems, operations, contracts, IT and fraud across all departments of constituent authorities
• serve as the primary contact for the Consortium on-site responding to client enquiries on all audit matters
• lead, develop and manage a small team of auditors
• review audit work completed by auditors to maintain consistently high-quality standards in alignment with Global Internal Audit Standards
• design risk-based test schedules for new and emerging audit areas

Why join us:

• professional Development: opportunity to lead and develop a small but dynamic audit team
  career growth: access to ongoing learning and development opportunities
• generous annual leave entitlement: starting at 28 days with 33 days after 5 years’ service plus bank holidays
• local government pension scheme
• discounted leisure membership
• employee discounts with local and national retailers
• payment of professional body membership
• employee assistance programme

The successful candidate will be Association of Accounting Technicians qualified or a part qualified member of an accounting institute or have an equivalent level of organisational and procedural knowledge. Preferably you will have experience of managing staff and working in an internal audit environment.

A basic disclosure check will be required from the Disclosure and Barring Service to obtain access to the National Fraud Initiative database.

For an informal discussion on any aspect of the post please email Jenny Williams at jenny.williams@chesterfield.gov.uk or for further information on this post please view the job description and person specification attached.

How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.

If you don’t already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.

Closing date: 13 April 2025
Provisional interview date: 29 April 2025