Audit Specialist in Edinburgh

The Internal Audit Specialist plays a key role in driving audit delivery across the Investments audit team. While each Specialist is aligned to a specific business or functions team, allowing for deep operational insight, the role is also designed to be adaptable. Specialists will be called upon to contribute and assist with audit delivery in different areas as needed, ensuring development opportunities, a well‑rounded perspective, and a consistent audit approach across the various audit teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of the audit plan through researching appropriate universe entity, inputting knowledge from stakeholder engagements and other insight meetings, and proposing audit ideas.
• Support Audit Manager, Senior Manager and Heads of Audit in developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to enhance business area knowledge and promote best audit practice across the Group, including attending governance committees and forums where appropriate.
• Be responsible for detailed planning, scoping and performance of audit work to support delivery of the Audit Plan, and may perform the Audit Lead role on audits where appropriate.
• Analyze issues identified to determine root cause and ensure findings are reported with related follow‑up undertaken in a timely manner.
• Ensure documentation of audit delivery work meets methodology and quality requirements.
• Ensure timely completion of work, escalation of issues and risks.
• Articulate and communicate audit findings effectively to Senior Business Management in a clear, constructive and accurate manner (in conjunction with Audit Manager or Senior Manager on complex audits).
• Complete issue validation to the expected standards, reporting where the business has not closed issues adequately and identifying where further work is required.
• Act as a role model for IA’s vision, culture, strategy, and plan in line with organisational goals, delivering difficult messages to the business when required.
• Support delivery of the company’s strategy by focusing IA’s work on the highest risk areas, providing support for less experienced colleagues.
• Support other audit delivery teams to help deliver audits on time and to the expected quality.
• Engage with the Internal Audit colleagues and promote innovative ideas and ways of working.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• A good understanding of internal audit standards and working practices.
• Good written and oral communication skills in a one‑on‑one and group environment.
• Good stakeholder engagement skills with a genuine ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification or experience in a relevant role (e.g., accounting, audit, risk).

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave
• 16% employer pension contribution
• Discretionary performance‑based bonus (where applicable)
• Private healthcare
• Flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, we will assist you through the application process.