Audit Manager

Job Reference: HCC623078

Salary Range: £48,948 - £54,423 per annum

Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)

Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 8 February 2026

Interview Date: w/c 16 February 2026

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking for an opportunity to further your career in internal audit? If so, this could be the perfect role for you! We are seeking an Audit Manager to join our growing team that values your skills and supports your career growth. You will have the opportunity to inspire and lead your team while sharing our passion for supporting and adding value to our partners and clients.

The Role: In joining Southern Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP), you will be responsible for the management and development of an assigned team and for delivery of a portfolio of internal audit and advisory reviews to a professional standard.

What you'll do:

• Manage and deliver an assigned portfolio of internal audit work from across the Southern Internal Audit Partnership in accordance with performance targets and protocols.
• Attend liaison meetings with relevant officers in the development of the audit plan (for allocated portfolios) ensuring that the audit plan remains responsive to the partner's needs and contributes to corporate objectives.
• Effective resource planning and management, including regular liaison with other managers within the Partnership and matrix management of audit staff, to ensure delivery of assigned portfolios.
• Line management responsibility for a team of staff.
• Ensure monitoring information is regularly updated to reflect the current status of service delivery, escalating issues in a timely fashion.
• Responsibility for the quality review of internal audit assignments in accordance with internal audit protocols and quality management system.
• Attendance at audit committee meetings for assigned Partners and sold service clients.
• Partake as required in the submission and presentation of tenders to prospective partners and sold service clients including the renewal of existing contracts.
• Contribute significantly as a key member of the Southern Internal Audit Partnership Management Team in establishing effective operational procedures as well as ensuring a strong performance management culture.

What we're looking for:

As an Audit Manager, you will hold a CIA / CCAB qualification with significant post qualification experience. You will have experience and a good understanding of the risk-based approach to internal audit to enable you to prepare partner and clients' audit plans, approve terms of reference prior to issue, quality review audit working papers and review all draft and final reports to ensure that a high-quality product is consistently delivered. You will be eager to learn, determined and adaptable and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills - both oral and written. With the ability to absorb information quickly, you will also be able to identify and analyse problems in a logical and effective way. You will be able to inspire and lead your team and above all, you will share our passion to support and add value to our partners and clients in ensuring that they have effective risk management, governance, and control mechanisms in place.

Why join us?

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment, flexible working opportunities, an excellent work/life balance, a strong emphasis on training and development, professional challenge and variety and a central and well-connected Head Office location in the heart of the city of Winchester. Our benefits package includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi-time scheme, family friendly policies and interest-free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles. To maintain a healthy work/life balance, there are flexible working options as we have invested heavily in various technologies to support ongoing remote working options as well as the option to work from the office. There will remain occasions where attendance in the office or partner sites will be required to support operational requirements. We support flexible working patterns (whilst meeting business needs) to enable employees to best shape their working week. Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance.

Additional Information:

Audit Manager Candidate Pack Vetting Requirements: This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Iona Bond, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on iona.bond@hants.gov.uk or 07784 265293, or Keith Phillips, Assistant Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on keith.phillips@hants.gov.uk or 07702 625640.

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies. We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.