Job Description

Hybrid working \xe2\x80\x93 Holborn and Home

As part of an in-house Internal Audit team, you\xe2\x80\x99ll deliver to time and quality a portfolio of internal audits across Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s Group as per the Audit plan. You\xe2\x80\x99ll own relationships with senior business stakeholders to support them in identifying and managing risks and assurance requirements. You\xe2\x80\x99ll support the continuous improvement activities and share external best practise and innovative thinking into our Internal Audit processes and methodologies.

About the role:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with auditees. This will involve supporting the stakeholder owners across Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s and Argos, for example updating the Auditable Divisional Risk Profile, developing audit proposals and risk maps.
• Act with a good level of judgement during audit and advisory work.
• Use tools available to pull data to inform audits and provide assurance and advice.
• Driving a continual risk focus in the business through supporting the Senior Risk and Audit Manager in facilitating risk workshops and meetings to help management identify, assess and manage key business risks.
• Support the Senior Risk and Audit Manager in developing an ongoing risk-based audit plan.
• Manage workload to lead and deliver multiple audits in a number of divisions to meet time, cost and quality targets across all Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s sites.
• Develop recommendations and actions that balance both commercial considerations and the assurance requirements of the business.
• Provide real-time support, challenge and actionable insight to management when developing and implementing new processes including delivering business change projects.

About you:

• A track record of delivering internal audits for an in-house audit team and / or through a professional services firm.
• Demonstrable experience or understanding of risk, control and internal audit practices.
• Proven experience in developing strong stakeholder relationships at different seniority levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter who requires little or no day-to-day support.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.
• Strong commercial acumen and an ability to apply sound judgement.
• Strong time management and project management skills to ensure work is delivered on time, to budget and to the expected quality.
• Accounting / Internal Audit qualifications are preferred but not essential.

Why Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s?

We believe in doing the right thing so there\xe2\x80\x99s a lot to look forward to, including flexible working to help you create a real work/life balance. The perks aren\xe2\x80\x99t bad either.

Financial benefits include two discount cards for 10% off at all our brands, performance-related bonus, Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s pensions, life cover, Sharesave scheme and Share Purchase Plan, season ticket loan, health cash plans and banking discounts.

To make life and work easier, there\xe2\x80\x99s also a holiday buying scheme, leave when you\xe2\x80\x99re welcoming a new addition to the family, colleague networks, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Gympass and a Wellbeing centre

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