Audit and Compliance Manager

Reporting to the Head of Risk & Audit as Audit and Compliance Manager, you will be delivering audit and compliance strategy across CPA. Ensuring compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements including governance of UK policies and processes. Providing clear leadership and vision on our approach identifying, reporting risk and making recommendations to mitigate it.

You will be …

Delivering the Risk Assurance strategy, ensuring policy and procedures are implemented across the business to improve operating controls and compliance and ensure our management teams manage risks within the business effectively.

Providing strategic direction and management of internal audit and contract compliance so the CPA accurately interprets the requirements of its contracts both at contract commencement and during any variations

Ensuring robust fraud prevention and investigation activities exist to reduce the threats of employee and contract fraud and protect our reputation and revenue streams.

Conducting or directing the internal investigation of compliance issues through to completion

Ensuring appropriate development and implementation of policies and practices to achieve required accreditation's and ensure ongoing compliance

Maintaining a broad level of strategic risk assurance best practice knowledge and approaches so that the business can benefit from new market trends and developments from compliance, accreditation view.

Producing accurate and timely reports based on findings from internal audit, governance & risk and compliance.

Maintaining a database of corrective actions and monitoring the progress made to implement these across the business escalating risk to the Head of Risk & Audit.

Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications

Regional leadership experience within Compliance.

Experience of implementing best practices in Audit and Compliance, Quality Management, Information Security, Business Continuity.

Excellent written and spoken communication skills and experience of interpreting contracts.

Excellent understanding of the requirements of risk management, corporate governance and internal control systems

International Compliance Association (ICA) Level 7 Diploma - open to those with a degree or appropriate professional qualification, or who hold the Advanced Certificate

Knowledge and experience of the employability sector would be desirable, though not essential

What's in it for you…

Hours and days of Work: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday.

Salary offered £32 - £36k depending on experience

Holidays: 31 days' holiday, inclusive of bank holidays in your first year of service, increasing to 35 days at 5 years and 38 days at 10 years' service.

A two-week Induction and Training programme.

In-house Health and Wellbeing team.

Pension Scheme - contribution of 4%

Life Cover x 4 annual salary.

A generous sickness package inclusive of 13 weeks full sick pay 13 weeks half sick pay, following completion of a 6-month probationary period.

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay following completion of the probationary period.

Laptop and mobile phone to allow remote agile working.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your cv