Audit Manager, Grade 7 in Leeds

The Role

Salary: £60,468 - £70,510

(£64,589 - £75,151 London)

A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to join at the minimum of the salary range, although we have limited discretion to agree a higher starting point dependent on the successful candidate’s current salary, skills, and experience. Annual pay awards are made in line with current Civil Service directives. Existing civil servants will be appointed in line with the normal civil service pay rules.

As a Civil Service employee, you will also be entitled to a large range of benefits including a competitive contributory pension, an in-year reward scheme and flexible working. Further details on these benefits plus many more are detailed later in the pack

This role is being offered on a permanent basis.

Role responsibilities

You may be allocated to client specific teams, one of our specialism’s teams or our central resourcing team, all Audit Managers have a leadership and delivery role within the Agency and are responsible for delivering high quality, impactful audit programmes. You will lead and manage a portfolio of audits, delivering audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management and/or engagement supervision in a matrix model setting and fulfilling the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA– the equivalent of the Chief Audit Executive in the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector) for Arm’s Length Bodies (subject to opportunities being available).

For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks and priorities whilst building strong productive relationships at all levels. You will lead with confidence, providing portfolio direction and work closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider Civil Service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency’s unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute

• Lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery from planning through to reporting. Acting as the engagement supervisor for all audits within your agreed allocation working with resource managers to ensure an effective allocation of audit resource. For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas.
• Have a key role in upholding quality assurance and the timeliness of each review in line with budget and compliance with GIAA audit methodology and systems.
• Providing leadership and oversight as a People Manager and/or Engagement Manager in a matrix model for a team of auditors across multiple regions. Providing direction, encouraging continuous improvement and innovation, and supporting their development and performance. (Specific training will be given if you are allocated a People Manager role due to the Line Management responsibilities).
• Fulfilling a role as a HIA, you will develop and agree an audit strategy and risk-based plan tailored to the client, overseeing the delivery of the audit plant to time, budget and quality standards,
• Building a comprehensive understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks and priorities whilst building and managing stakeholder relationships and delivering challenging messages with professionalism and clarity.
• Working closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans.

Person specification

You will be required to write a statement of suitability of up to 750 words setting out how your skills and experience meet the following criteria:

1. Significant experience in effective decision making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based internal audits while responding quickly to fast moving priorities.
2. Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements.
3. The ability to build and maintain relationships across an organisation at all levels, influencing senior stakeholders to adopt good practice internal control, risk management and governance processes.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.
5. Proven track record in successfully leading, managing and developing teams in a matrix management setting either as an engagement supervisor or people manager.

Job location

Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading or Swansea

GIAA expects employees to maintain a regular presence at their contractual designated work location and to travel to other GIAA locations or client sites as required for critical meetings and field assignments. Consequently, the contractual location must be selected from those advertised and be within a reasonable daily commuting distance from the employee’s home address.

Existing GIAA employees appointed into this new role will be allowed to remain at their current workplace location.

Recruitment process

The closing date for this role is 01 November 2026

We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share working.

Candidates applying under the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) will be offered an interview if they meet the minimum required standard (a score of 4 or more for the application sift).

We will consider any reasonable adjustments to enable an applicant with a disability to deliver the requirements of the post.

Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with us at: giaarecruitment@giaa.gov.uk

Shortlisting

You will receive an acknowledgment of your application via email. A panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit with the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the person specification.

In the event of a large number of applications, GIAA reserve the right to raise the minimum pass level. We are only able to provide feedback for candidates invited to attend an interview, although you will be able to view your score from the sift via the Civil Service Jobs website.

Interview assessment

Interviews will be held on Teams.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills:

• Risk, Control & Governance
• Quality
• Delivery Managing a Portfolio of Audits

Each assessment criterion will be scored out of seven. The minimum pass mark is four. The exception to this is Strengths which will be scored out of 4 and does not have a minimum pass mark.

For further details regarding the assessment criteria please refer to the success profiles page on gov.uk.

Appointments will be made in strict merit order. In the event of a tie the following order of evidence will be used to appoint.

• Technical skills score
• Experience score
• Presentation score
• Statement of suitability score

Successful candidates who are not appointed may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.

Expected timeline:

We will try and offer as much flexibility as we can, but it may not be possible to offer alternative dates for interviews. You are therefore asked to note the below indicative timetable:

Closing date: 01 November 2026 Shortlisting: w/c 09 November 2026 Interviews: From 16 November 2026

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