Audit Manager Methodology Innovation

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JOB TITLE: Audit Manager - Methodology Innovation

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh & Bristol

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid (at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites)

Are you an enthusiastic and intellectually curious auditor? Do you have a passion for innovation and a desire to lead the way in internal audit practices? If so, we want you to join our Group Audit (GA) methodology team within the GA&CI Chief Operating Office (COO)!

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're not shy about our ambition. We're aiming to be the leading internal audit function, and we need your help to develop the most innovative and effective practices out there. We've invested heavily in native cloud platforms and conform to new international standards, but "good enough" is not good enough for us. If you're an innovator, a boundary pusher, and a change agent - we want you!

Day to day, you will:

• Support the development of Group Audit's Methodology upgrade. Contribute to the development and implementation of our industry-leading Audit Methodology.

• Engage with colleagues to enhance their understanding and application of our methodology. Assisting them in achieving excellence as auditors.

• Play a key role in accelerating our automation and AI journey. Find opportunities to use AI solutions to automate work, simplify tasks, and derive greater insights across Group Audit.

• Influence and support GA's senior leaders, working directly with the Senior Audit Manager for Methodology & Atlas and the Head of Audit for Methodology and QA.

• Guide the function to comply with Global Internal Audit Standards, IIA Code of Practice, and applicable regulations such as the Financial Services Code.

• Engage across the industry, implementing best practices and supporting our journey to be the leading internal audit function.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We're on an exciting journey, and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What You'll Need:

• Experience working within an audit function having led several complex audits.

• Confidence to forge ahead with work independently or within a team.

• Knowledge of Global Internal Audit Standards, Code of Ethics, and applicable regulations such as the Financial Services Code.

• Experience of developing and leading audit methodology focused training sessions

• Experience and confidence to answer complex, ad-hoc questions on how to apply audit methodology

• A passion for identifying and developing the use of AI across the audit function

• If possible, experience working alongside engineers to design and test system enhancements.

About Working for Us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organizations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.