Internal Auditor Job Description
Cpl is proud to partner with a leading body in the public sector who are seeking an Internal Auditor. This role offers a combination of office-based and remote working.
Key Responsibilities
1. Verification Checks and/or Audits:
* Conduct routine verification and/or audit checks on various organisations to ensure programme funding is spent for its intended purpose.
* Perform verification/audit checks in accordance with CAR procedures, programme/scheme requirements, and internal quality assurance processes.
* Evaluate the accounting systems of organisations to ensure a transparent audit trail between expenditure returns submitted and financial records maintained.
* Assess the eligibility of all monies spent to ensure compliance with programme rules and terms.
* Monitor actual expenditure against agreed budgets and highlight any significant variances.
* Assess systems of internal control.
* Evaluate performance outputs and value for money issues.
* Assess annual financial statements and other returns submitted to the Companies Registration Office.
* Check adherence to key programme rules, such as contractual agreements, operating manuals, and best practice guidance.
* Maintain detailed audit working paper files.
* Identify and report common issues in funded organisations to mitigate and/or prevent risk.
* Conduct and/or assist with risk audits where specific problems affecting organisations are suspected or identified.