Audit Associate

This vacancy is open to permanent and fixed-term BAE Systems employees only. While agency workers have access to relevant permanent opportunities, this role has been designated as an internal opportunity and therefore only permanent and fixed-term employees of BAE Systems are eligible to apply.

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

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The Internal Audit department within Head Office are pleased to share this early Exec-level opportunity for an Audit Associate. This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your career within BAE Systems due to exposure gained across multiple business areas.

As an Audit Associate, you will plan and lead in the delivery of a portfolio of compliance audit assignments and support the planning and delivery of complex audits as part of the annual audit programme. Initial focus would be on compliance and/or single business unit audits.

You should present as an experienced professional with in-depth knowledge of the IM&T discipline. The role requires a specialised field of knowledge, and use acquired expertise to analyse and solve problems within established precedents.

Your main responsibilities as Audit Associate will be to

·Lead the delivery of compliance audits in accordance with the Global Audit Process (GAP), dependant on functional/technical expertise.

·Support the communication of audit findings to senior management, ensuring observations are supported by substantive evidence and issues are articulated clearly.

·Collect and analyse multiple sources of information. Identify weaknesses, determine and agree value added recommendations through the delivery of the audit report.

·Produce professional comprehensive audit reports per Internal Audit guidance.

·Monitor recommendation closure.

·In the capacity of a Support Audit Manager, aid the delivery of complex audit assignments with responsibility for specific elements of audit testing (e.g. sample testing, review of policy to assess /test controls, review contracts), as requested by the Lead Audit Manager.

·Support the Lead Audit Manager with the communication of audit observations to senior executives, ensuring they are supported by substantive evidence and issues are articulated clearly.

Your skills and qualifications

• ·Experience of delivering IM&T (Data, Digital, Cyber) compliance audits to a high standard that are impactful to business and add value.
• ·Knowledge of governance and controls in a complex environment.
• ·Understanding of BAE Systems’ lines of business construct and operating model.
• ·Knowledge and experience in a discipline or function (i.e. engineering, project management, commercial, supply chain, quality)
• ·Adept at supporting colleagues when managing senior stakeholders, up to and including the Board and Executive Committee.
• ·Recently qualified in CRISC, CISA or CISM (or equivalent) with requisite 3-5 years of experience.
• Location: Flexible, UK + domestic and international travel as necessary.
• Grade: GG11

Head Office

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of the Head Office team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

There are endless opportunities to grow at BAE Systems, and we will build upon the diversity of your experience through supporting your movement across our organisation. Our mission is to support our colleagues reach their full potential and so you’ll always find something new that will continue to inspire and provide an exciting and varied career that continues to play a crucial role in creating a secure tomorrow for generations to come.

We believe when you bring together different people and different perspectives it inspires creativity and drives innovation. It helps us fulfil our purpose and it's integral to our culture. We want everyone to be heard and respected, allowing us all to develop in an inclusive workplace and thrive together. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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