Trainee Auditor

Role Responsibility

Are you looking to start or continue your training as an Internal Auditor?  Are you committed to studying towards a professional internal auditing qualification?   If so, we want to hear from you. 

We are delighted to be able to recruit a Trainee Auditor to strengthen our Internal Audit and Counter Fraud team.  

Are you looking for a new challenge, with a willingness and commitment to study, or continue studies towards a professional internal auditing qualification we would love to hear from you.

Our Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Team has recently won the Excellence in Public Sector Audit at the Public Finance Awards, and has responsibility for independently reviewing one of the largest Council’s in the UK, alongside providing internal audit services and a grant certification service to several external clients and trading companies.   

The successful candidate will have:

• Degree qualification or equivalent
• A commitment and enthusiasm to study towards / complete a professional internal auditing qualification
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Experience of working effectively with colleagues 
• Experience of working as a team player to support others as needed
• A good level of IT literacy 
• Experience or commitment to utilise data analytics 
• Excellent numeracy and finance skills
• The ability to manage their own workloads, whilst meeting multiple deadlines
• An understanding of the role of internal audit
• The ability to produce work to the required standard and within agreed timelines
• Great organisational skills and be self-disciplined, self-motivated and reliable
• An enthusiastic, positive, and flexible approach
• An understanding of the need to maintain high levels of confidentiality and integrity at all times 

If appointed to the role, you will be joining a highly respected, successful, supportive, and innovative team, which has received a positive external quality assessment against the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.

Working for the largest County Council in the country will give you the opportunities for a whole range of experiences and an in depth understanding 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 major role in how we continually move our service forward.

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. 

This role will be based in Maidstone, although remote working is central to how we operate. It will be expected that the post holder will attend the office on a regular basis for team meetings and team days.

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

This role attracts the benefit of flexible working (including both hours and location of work) and a wide range of other employment benefits.

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

Interviews will be face to face and are planned to be held week commencing 17^th March 2025.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

richard.benjamin@kent.gov.uk 

03000 415841  

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.