Senior IT Auditor in Leeds

New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the salary band minimum £45,544 for National Roles or £50,686 for London Roles. In addition, this role attracts a non-pensionable critical role allowance of £6,000 per annum

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

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HMRC are hiring IT Auditors to join our award-winning Internal Audit team driving excellence at HMRC.

Are you an experienced IT Auditor with a passion for delivering high quality assurance and making a real difference? This is your opportunity to join a team that sets the standard for quality, impact and professionalism.

As HMRC leads one of the largest digital transformations in government—one of Europe’s most ambitious projects—our Internal Audit function plays a critical role. We work across every area of the organisation, providing trusted assurance on governance, risk management, and controls. Our commitment to excellence has been recognised when we won the Public Sector Team of the Year Award in 2025 and the Professional Impact award in 2026 with the Institute of Internal Auditors for delivering outstanding value to the organisation.

You will be supported by a team of experienced and highly respected colleagues who will share their knowledge and promote your development. The team will also value and learn from the experience you can bring to this organisation. We know that flexibility and work-life balance is important, so we offer flexible working along with the choice of working from home up to two days per week.

In return we offer:

• Ten days learning and development each year.
• An annual conference, each September, giving us a chance to get together and complete CPD learning.

Candidate Webinar

We’re hosting a webinar for interested candidates on Friday 25th September 2026 at 12:30pm. This is your chance to learn more about the role and ask any questions you may have.

Job description

• Leading all aspects of an IT audit assignment, ensuring professional and quality standards are met.
• Identifying and assessing complex IT risks and controls.
• Engage with audit partners.
• Being a 'critical friend' within key HMRC and cross-Government programmes to implement Government and HMRC strategy.
• Provide advice on risk, governance and control to the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Communicate with senior management using appropriate styles, methods and timing, to maximise understanding and impact.
• Providing advice on risk, governance, and control.
• Contributing to the development of the internal audit plan and processes.
• Acting as a mentor or line manager to trainee auditors as the need arises.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• A qualified IT Auditor with an IT audit qualification
  • CISA or equivalent e.g. CRISC, CISM, CGEIT andcompleted logbook
• With relevant post qualification experience - criteria listed below

1. Experience of delivering IT internal audit reviews in a medium to large sized organisation.
2. A strong team player and independent analytical problem solver who provides solutions and works out what needs to be done and take pride in doing it to completion.
3. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with an ability to relate with people at all levels in an organisation and to build and maintain respect both professionally and personally.

Desirable Criteria

• Recent experience of working in an IT operational assurance environment.
• Experience extracting and analysing data from a variety of systems.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office closures

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

These sites are:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Qualifications

A qualified IT Auditor with an IT audit qualification (CISA or equivalent e.g., CRISC, CISM CGEIT)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension- We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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Closing date: 11:55pm, Tuesday 29 September 2026.