Internal Auditor

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Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the role

At HL, we are committed to safeguarding our clients, assets, and reputation while driving sustainability across the organization. Our Internal Audit team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the effectiveness of our controls, governance, and risk management frameworks. We are looking for a dynamic and driven Internal Auditor to join our team and help us maintain the highest standards of operational integrity.

This is a fantastic development opportunity as you'll be joining a strong audit team who can offer excellent coaching and mentoring.

What you'll be doing

As an Internal Auditor you will use your own initiative and apply analytical skills to assess business processes, test the design and operation of controls and diagnose issues, producing clear audit findings and recommendations that management is willing and able to implement. Working independently or as part of a small team you will be responsible for delivering high quality audit work that will cover the full audit cycle from planning and scoping to fieldwork and reporting. This will include:

• Conducting interviews with stakeholders as part of audit engagements
• Documenting walkthroughs of processes and controls
• Testing the effectiveness of key controls following best practice
• Documenting test results in accordance with audit methodology
• Communicating proactively with the audit lead and senior stakeholders
• Tracking and validating the closure of audit issues
• Contributing to the achievement of other team-based projects and tasks, including taking the lead on key tasks
• Supporting ongoing relationship management with key stakeholders across HL

About you

• Experience of working in an Audit role within a commercial organisation and liaising with all levels of stakeholder. Additional experience of working in a regulated and financial services environment will be supportive to your success in this role.
• An effective and engaging communicator, able to present complex information in simple context, adapting your style to suit your audience
• Accomplished in forging effective relationships at all levels, skilled at influencing, negotiating and managing challenging conversations
• An aptitude for analysing data and using it to provide unique insights
• Able to work in a team or alone and collaborate to achieve common goals plus the ability to self-manage competing workloads & effectively prioritise

Interview process

This will entail a 2-stage interview process including competency-based questions.

Working Schedule

This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is a permanent role, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern allowing flexibility of working from home and working in the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday (during annual enrolment window, if eligible depending on start date)
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista & deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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