Audit and Assurance Manager Specialist Services

Job Description

About usASW Assurance is a leading not for profit NHS consortium, delivering Internal Audit, Counter Fraud and Consultancy Services to Healthcare organisations including Acute, Mental Health and Foundation Trusts, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Social Enterprises.We are the largest provider of specialist internal audit, assurance, counter fraud and consultancy services to healthcare organisations in the South West.Job OverviewAs organisations look for audit and assurance services to provide added value through the use of audit and assurance specialists, the purpose of this role is primarily to manage, control and deliver highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance andconsultancy reviews.The post holder will be the Consortium Strategic Lead for a portfolio of highly complex and high visibility audit and assurance specialisms and consultancy reviews and will be:

• As part of a specialist services team, the responsible lead for the delivery and development of highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews within audit specialisms and for developing specialist audit and assurance servicesfor current and future consortium clients.
• Applying risk management and assurance principles to the planning and delivery of audit and assurance work, at both an operational and strategic client level, advising Directors, senior managers and other client staff on a range of complex issues.
• Controlling and managing a large range of highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews ensuring that suitable assurances are given. Audit and assurance assignments must be undertaken in line with Public Sector Internal AuditStandards and the ASW Assurance Audit Manual and to agreed timescales.

Main duties of the job

• Controlling and managing the delivery of highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews in the audit and assurance plan to clients, ensuring that audit and assurance work is delivered with a minimal level of line managementsupervision. This will include the ongoing review of the relevancy of planned areas, achievement of plan delivery and the identification of in year changes to the plan. Audit and assurance work will include risk and systems-based audits, consultancy workand special investigations covering all aspects of audit work providing a service to organisations
• To assist in the production of internal audit briefings and papers, in a format specified by the Director of Audit and Assurance Services in respect of audit and assurance activities and related subjects. To attend Audit Committees and other committees(e.g. Governance Committee, Risk Management Committee) as required in an advisory capacity
• To work collaboratively with ASW Assurance client leads in the management of the audit team, as required, controlling and managing the delivery of highly complex and high visibility audit, assurance and consultancy reviews of the clients annual Audit andAssurance Plan including
• Supervision and coaching of new and less experienced colleagues in own work areas.
• Input to staff IPRs
• Monitoring and authorising staff expenses and/or agency/bank staff time sheets as required
• Providing local training or mentoring.
• Health & Safety matters

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