VodafoneThree - Lead Internal Auditor (Finance) in Newbury

Location: London OR Newbury + Hybrid

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

What You'll Do

• Lead and deliver meaningful internal audits that help the organisation stay resilient, compliant, and future‑ready.
• Bring people together, guide junior team members, and provide stakeholders with confidence through clear, evidence‑based insights.
• Lead end‑to‑end risk‑based audits — from planning through to reporting — with a strong focus on finance and, when needed, operational areas.
• Supervise and coach junior auditors to ensure every engagement runs smoothly and to a high standard.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, ensuring they understand and value audit processes, outcomes, and recommendations.
• Use independent judgment to identify, analyse, and document audit issues and practical recommendations.
• Own and present the audit workflow, including key milestones, to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Deliver insightful, well‑crafted audit reports that influence decisions and help improve business performance.
• Represent Internal Audit in governance forums and act as a trusted voice for risk and controls.
• Support the Head of Audit in promoting Internal Audit across the organisation and exploring innovative ways to enhance workflows and communication.
• Ensure data analytics is embedded thoughtfully and consistently into audit approaches to add real value.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending and adopting modern, industry‑leading audit techniques.

Who You Are

• Blend of technical expertise, professional curiosity, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to work both collaboratively and independently, and enjoy influencing positive change.
• Excellent English communication, report writing, presentation, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
• Experience in telco, tech, or another regulated industry (preferred but not essential).
• Strong analytical, creative, and independent‑thinking abilities.
• Confident interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable using digital tools, including audit software and Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Knowledge of finance and billing processes to support robust, value‑adding audits.
• Willingness to travel when required.
• Adaptability to hybrid working (splitting time between home and office).
• Relevant accounting or audit qualifications (ACA, CIMA, IIA, etc.) are an advantage.

What We Offer

• Great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work.
• Personalised benefits for you and your family, such as discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and more.
• Career development through our learning tools and top‑notch parental leave policies.

Need to Know

• We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulator’s standards.
• We use AI in different parts of our business to boost innovation, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities.
• We know many candidates use AI to fine‑tune their CVs or prepare for interviews, but we really care about your unique experiences and achievements.
• During the interview, we want you to rely on your own knowledge and skills to show us who you really are — your personality, creativity, and abilities.
• Above all, we’re looking for authenticity and can’t wait to get to know the real you.

Inclusion

We believe everyone has valuable contributions to make. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply for positions within our team. Through the ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme, we aim to offer interviews to a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities who best meet the essential criteria for our vacancies. If you would like to participate in the scheme, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.