Internal Auditor

Internal Auditor
Starting salary from £40,000 per annum dependant on skills and experience
Up to a 10% bonus
Permanent contract 40 hours per week
Located at our offices in Thorpe Park, Leeds

An exciting opportunity has arisen here at Northern Gas Networks (NGN) for an Internal Auditor based at our offices here in Thorpe Park, Leeds. As an Internal Auditor you will work autonomously to manage your own portfolio of work, taking full responsibility for the end-to-end audit in accordance with the annual Internal Audit Plan which will include both operational and financial business areas. You will evaluate risks and controls and perform testing whilst ensuring that your work meets the quality standards which are expected within NGN.

You will be efficient and will be able to work with minimal supervision which will in turn allow you to become a key member of our team. This really is a fantastic opportunity and will allow you to showcase your skills and experience.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities will include but will not be limited to
• The timely completion of risk-based internal audit reviews using different approaches and methodologies
• Agreeing, negotiating and adapting the scope of each audit
• Preparing the draft and final audit reports for circulation
• Discussing with management all audit findings, recommendations, and suggested solutions together with realistic implementation timescales
• Ensure all audits undertaken comply with best practice, legislation and regulatory requirements
• Building and managing effective relationships
• Working with integrity, objectivity and confidentiality
• Assisting with any investigations as required either as part of an audit or as required by the Head of Internal Audit
• Working with business areas to improve risk registers and risk management activities

What we are looking for in our Internal Auditor
• Have demonstrable risk based Internal Audit experience
• Have an excellent understanding of risks and controls
• Have good judgement in terms of identifying audit issues and recommending pragmatic solutions
• Be an excellent communicator and able to liaise, influence and negotiate at all levels of the organisation
• Be detail conscious, professional and flexible
• Have strong commercial acumen
• Ideally have an appropriate and or relevant qualifications in Internal Audit - IIA (preferred)

What we offer you
• Starting salary from £40,000 to £55,000 per annum dependant on skills and experience
• Up to a 10% bonus
• 40 hours per week
• 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
• SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
• A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days...and much more!
• An array of fantastic family- friendly policies such as 6 weeks' paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more!

We are ... Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire. That's around 6.7million individual customers. We don't generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes. In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again. We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Our Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are … Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy!

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our ‘Opportunity Action Plan' having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a ‘force for good' in the communities that we serve.

Next Steps. It would be great to receive your application by clicking apply and uploading your CV. We love to see how your experience and skills are transferable to this role so please ensure these are all included in your application. Once the advert has closed, we will be contact as soon as possible to let you know if you have progressed to the next stage. We are looking to hold first interviews for this role throughout December. We look forward to receiving your application. Please be advised that depending on the amount of applications that we receive we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

If you require adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, we want to hear about how we can help. Any applicant that requires reasonable adjustments from initial application through to interview are asked to contact the Recruitment Team at

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