Group Senior Internal Auditor

Job Title:               Group Senior Internal Auditor
Location:               London, UK – Hybrid – Working from home options available
Compensation:     £55,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                  SF 48974

Creating Change Together

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Group Senior Internal Auditor at our Wigmore Street, London site.
 
As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Babcock Corporate Services (BCS)

The Group Senior Internal Auditor role is based within our Babcock Corporate Services (BCS) business unit.

Babcock Corporate Services (BCS) is a global function, with our largest site being Lakeside in Portsmouth, but we operate from multiple sites around the world.

BCS supplies and operates all IT, security, procurement, and finance Shared Services.  We are embedded alongside the operations that we serve, enabling us to maintain close working relationships that support delivery to our customers. We drive standardisation, simplification and automation across Babcock, to help generate sustainable value for the group and our external customers.

The Role

The difference our new Group Senior Internal Auditor will make:
As a Group Senior Internal Auditor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary through working with management to develop acceptable solutions to address issues or gaps identified, as well as ensuring remediation is implemented. Furthermore, you have the chance to be part of an entirely new team, as the function has now transitioned to in house; not only, do you have the chance to work in a new team but, you also, will have exposure to working on a vareity of exiting contracts such as: sustaining the entirety of the UK’s submarine fleet to delivering to emergency services customers such as the London Fire Brigade, the Metropolitan Police Service.

Day to day, you’ll be providing independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve BIG operations by delivering an objective evaluation of the existing internal financial, non-financial, and risk controls.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you’ll continually develop your knowledge and expertise. 

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role requires regular travel to Wigmore Street, London, as well as travel to various other Babcock Hubs such as Devonport, Plymouth; alongside home working arrangements. 

Essential experience

•    Demonstratable experience of audit, risk and control experience.
•    Proactive mind set in understanding the overall business needs and changes.
•    Ideally, recognized professional qualification i.e., Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
•    Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), actuarial qualifications or Certified Information System Auditor are desirable.
•    Experience in the Defence sector and experience in data analytics will be of added advantage but, are not essential.

What we offer

Generous benefits including:
•    Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays 
•    Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave 
•    Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
•    Pension members – death in service 4 times base salary
•    Paternity – 2 full weeks pay
•    Maternity & Adoption leave - 20 weeks full pay – 13 weeks SMP
•    CSP - Up to 5 years service - 26 weeks full pay, 5 to 10 years service – 39 weeks full pay, 10 years plus – 52 weeks full pay
•    Working from home and flexible work patterns 
•    Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing 
•    Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
•    Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Babcock International 

For over 130 years, we have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.
 
Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive.  We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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