Audit Manager

Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

Do you have drive, enthusiasm, and a passion to help continually improve Internal Audit? If yes, then come and be part of our amazing team here at Kent County Council.

We are delighted to be recruiting into the Audit Manager role as part of our Internal Audit team. We have a highly respected, successful, supportive and innovative Internal Audit team providing audit services for Kent County Council and clients including other Councils, Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Local Authority Owned Companies.

Working for the largest County Council in the country will give you the opportunities for a whole range of experiences of how a large public sector body works. We aim to make a real difference to support and protect our stakeholders and our range of clients, and you will play a key role in how we continually move our service forward and be empowered to fully display your skills to make this difference.

You will be joining a service which is fully committed to your development. We also want to make a difference in your life, well-being and your career, and it is not just the technical nature of the job that will play a role in how you advance – it is the team and the culture that will be key to your job satisfaction and the advancement of your career development. 

The ideal candidate will have:

• A forward-looking, innovative, value adding and business thinking outlook.
• Extensive knowledge and application of forward-thinking internal audit approaches.
• Communicates with impact and gravitas.
• Knowledge of professional standards.
• Stakeholder relationship management experience.
• Experience of supervising and motivating staff.

What we Offer/ Benefits

• Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders and clients.
• Training and Development opportunities to enhance your career prospects.
• A competitive salary.
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of health and wellbeing support options

This role will be based in Maidstone, however remote working is central to how we operate.

There will be a requirement to visit external clients across the County.

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, we look forward to hearing from you.  

Interviews are anticipated to be held week commencing 2^nd April 2024

As part of the interview process for this role you may be required to complete additional testing.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Jonathan Idle – Jonathan.Idle@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.