Job Description

The role

Join a team that makes a difference every audit, every insight, every day.

At Southern Housing, our vision is clear: to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place, they're proud to live. We're big enough to make a real impact, and local enough to truly understand the people we serve. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do and our Internal Audit team plays a vital role in ensuring we deliver on that promise with integrity, efficiency, and accountability.


We're looking for a Senior Internal Auditor who shares our commitment to excellence and our HEART values: Honest, Efficient, Accountable, Respectful, Trusted. As a key member of our Internal Audit function, you'll help shape the future of our organisation by providing independent assurance and driving continuous improvement across our systems and controls.


This is more than just a job it's a chance to be part of a team that's trusted, respected, and relied upon to safeguard our mission. You'll work in a collaborative, values-led environment where your voice matters, your expertise is valued, and your work has real impact.

This is a hybrid role working a minimum of two days from either our Farringdon or Sittingbourne Office.

What you'll be doing

Developing and maintaining a broad and deep understanding of Southern's business processes, risk environment and control frameworks to support compliance and continuous improvement objectives. Working collaboratively with Southern colleagues and external peers to advise on systems of internal controls, deliver improvements in the risk and control environment and to maintain trusting relationships. Supporting delivery of the annual internal audit plan, leading and delivering allocated audits in accordance with prescribed deadlines Planning and performing internal audits in accordance with the Internal Audit methodology and Professional Practices Framework

What you'll need

Educated to degree level or equivalent through relevant training or experience. Qualified professional membership of internal audit or accountancy body (CIA/CMIIA or CCAB). Knowledge of risk, regulation and compliance matters are relevant to UK Social Housing, including Regulatory Standards. Internal audit experience within a minimum of 3 years proven experience of auditing in a complex business environment. Strong knowledge of audit and analytical techniques to review financial, performance, technical, business, and operational controls, and risk management processes. Skills to build effective, trusting relationships at all levels of the organisation, challenge the norm where applicable, and influence management and stakeholders regarding the importance of effective controls. Project management skills with experience of planning, organising and delivering audit assignments and ad hoc projects in an agile and timely manner.

Closing date: Sunday 2nd November 2025 at 23:59

Shortlisting: W/c 3rd November 2025

Interviews: W/c 10th November 2025

We reserve the right to close this role early if we receive a high amount of applications.

Applying for roles with us

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life

assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday

leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle

to work

Buy & sell

annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.


We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.