Internal Audit Senior Consultant - International Development in Manchester

Responsibilities:

• Being a team player, adopting a 'can-do' attitude and understanding that the best solutions come from collaboration, exchange of ideas and resilience.
• Successfully conducting assignments internationally, while being prepared to work away from home occasionally (approx. 10% of the time).
• Working with public-sector and not-for-profit clients in the UK and overseas; adaptable, proactive, a self-starter.
• May be seconded to a UK government department auditing major change programmes or auditing beneficiary data on a cash transfer programme for economically challenged or strong nations.

Qualifications:

• IIA/ACA qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CMIIA).
• Fluency and ability to conduct assignments in a second language, preferably French.
• Eligibility to undergo UK Government security clearance.
• Robust, post‑qualification experience.
• Level 7 education, ideally a master’s degree.
• Experience of internal audit in the UN or central government/public sector.
• Experience of fraud, procurement, donor grants or financial systems.
• Experience working in or with international not‑for‑profit sectors.
• Ability to undertake overseas travel (around 2‑3 trips a year).
• Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting.

Benefits:

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• 26 days annual leave (with option to purchase additional days).
• Lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits including financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
• Access to a suite of 300+ on‑demand courses developed by our in‑house talent development team.