Internal Audit Officer

Internal Audit Officer

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic Internal Audit Officer to join the Mary's Meals Risk & Assurance team. Reporting to the Internal Audit Lead you will have responsibility for planning and delivering assurance reviews across our school feeding programmes worldwide. As Internal Audit Officer, you will have an amazing opportunity to develop your skills in internal audit, witness first-hand the impact of our feeding programmes and influence the development of processes that ensure we keep our promise to feed each child every school day.

About you

A self- starter, you will be passionate about collaborating with others to drive continuous improvement and to develop practical solutions. The ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues in different countries and settings, will be key to success in this role. With fantastic communication skills, both written and verbal, you will be confident in imparting your findings and recommendations in person, over the phone and via concise, high-quality reports.

1-2 years audit experience and good knowledge of the charity sector would be desirable but not essential. We will offer comprehensive training to candidates who are aligned to our values, passionate about our work and can demonstrate relevant experience of, working collaboratively with stakeholders, analysing large quantities of data and producing detailed reports. You must have a strong, analytical approach with the confidence to make objective decisions and challenge where needed.

This is a remote role however there will be between 5 and 6 audit field trips per year, each lasting between 1-2 weeks, so you must be happy to travel regularly as part of your role.

Principal duties

The role is primarily focused on planning and delivering work for a structured plan of reviews across the network. As a junior member of the Internal Audit team, you will conduct these reviews and follow up of any agreed actions with the support and coaching of the Internal Audit Lead. 

With the support of the Internal Audit Lead you will have responsibility for mapping the processes under review, assessing the quality of our control frameworks to manage risk and testing the effectiveness of our controls in practice. This includes:

• Performing initial scoping work on the process (and related sub-processes) under review 
• Preparing draft terms of reference for discussion with relevant management and staff 
• Mapping the processes under review 
• Identifying and evaluating controls within these processes 
• Carrying out sample testing, in accordance with appropriate methodology, to form a view on the effectiveness of controls in practice
• Highlighting opportunities with staff to enhance and strengthen the design and operation of existing controls, or to introduce new controls
• Maintain good communication with auditees throughout the process, including keeping them abridged of any delays to the completion of assurance work
• Manage competing priorities to deliver all assurance work in line with expected timescales and reporting deadlines
• Document all assurance work in a concise, thorough and accurate manner, meeting reperformance standards for all testing
• Under the guidance of the Internal Audit Lead, clearly articulate initial findings and recommendations with relevant management and staff
• Agree management actions and timescales for implementation, providing challenge to proposals as required to ensure they are relevant, achievable and realistic
• Draft high-quality reports to summarise findings and make clear recommendations

For more information, please refer to the job description below.

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