Lead Auditor - Provider Audit Team

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Lead Auditor - Provider Audit Team
** Salary: £68,720 - £72,004 plus London weighting £3,566 (where appropriate)
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* Location:

Bristol or London (with regular travel to Bristol)
**** Generous Civil Service defined benefit pension
** We are the independent regulator of higher education in England. We aim to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers.

We’re proud of our people, our culture and the benefits we offer. We care about supporting and developing our staff. At the OfS we want to create a welcoming and engaging working environment which is free from discrimination.  We’re looking for skilled, committed people who care about students and their experience of higher education. Join us and you’ll be part of an energetic, forward-looking organisation with high ambitions and big opportunities for our people.
** About the role
** The Lead Auditor role is based in the Provider Audit Team, which delivers an assurance programme aimed at ensuring risks are anticipated and addressed, including risks relating to provider data and other key operational processes. The OfS’s regulatory approach utilises data obtained from higher education providers, so it is important data is fit for this purpose.

You will work alongside the Head of Provider Audit to develop and deliver an annual programme of work. You will deputise as required as line and activity manager for the Provider Audit Team and will coach and support team members, ensuring they perform to a high standard.

You will be responsible for overseeing audits and reviews of data accuracy and to explore how key processes impacting on students are designed and implemented, contributing to the OfS’s approach to regulating providers’ compliance with our regulatory expectations. You will be responsible for leading on the more complex audits undertaken by the team. You’ll work closely with staff at providers and will report findings both to the providers and to colleagues at the OfS.The

role involves regular travel to providers across England, including overnight stays.
** About you
** You’ll have worked in internal audit as a manager overseeing the delivery of audits and developing effective approaches to audit. Other similar roles managing assessments of the effectiveness of systems and processes, or compliance, may also demonstrate appropriate experience. You’ll be experienced in assessing risks and designing innovative approaches to testing these, and to changing your approach when necessary to ensure you can reach a robust audit opinion.

Essential experience required for the role:
* Experience in designing, managing and conducting exercises to test compliance and/or the effectiveness of systems and processes, such as internal audits, similar assurance work or investigations.
* Excellent numerical and data literacy skills.

Experience of working with data and an ability to understand new data definitions.
* A proven ability to communicate complex technical issues both verbally and in writing. Experience in reporting findings from audits or similar exercises and effectively tailoring communications to different audiences.
* Experience of planning the work of a team, including responding to emerging and changing priorities.
* Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and managing potential conflict while maintaining effective working relationships.
* Line management experience and experience in coaching staff.

Desirable experience:
* An understanding of regulation and/or the higher education sector.
* Experience of contributing towards investigations or similar activities.
** Application process
** There are 4 online application questions to complete, alongside providing a copy of your CV.
** Reasonable adjustment
** We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application stage, please…