Internal Audit and Risk Manager

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The Council&©s Finance, Commercial and Performance Services is responsible for maintaining financial control and ensuring value for money by providing financial and commercial advice to those teams delivering services.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Internal Audit Team within Finance, Commercial and Performance Services. You should have a relevant technical qualification (CCAB or CIA, or other relevant professional qualification) or appropriate experience in an audit or financial environment. Evidence of continuing professional development, demonstrating an awareness of best practice developments and industry standards.

You will be expected to adhere to the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) and will be required to undertake/supervise all aspects of an internal audit review, from scoping through to the discussion of findings and issue of final reports. There is a requirement to understand the risk-based auditing approach and techniques.

You will manage the annual Internal Audit planning process for assigned Directorate(s).

This includes meeting Senior Officers, reviewing Risk Management Plans and the Annual Governance statement and considering best practice and learning from Core Cities/benchmarking activities to identify high risk areas for inclusion in the annual Workplan.

A key skill is to provide strong challenge where necessary $ú highlighting areas of poor control - including to senior officers and service managers.

You will be required to work with colleagues at all levels within the organisation to provide assurances on the control framework, and where required make recommendations to contribute to service improvements.

You will be required to build and maintain collaborative and positive relationships which build credibility and trust with managers, internal and external customers, and stakeholders.

We are seeking a strong leader who shares our internal audit values of objectivity and independence. You will need excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, a collaborative mindset, and a strong understanding of internal audit, public sector council services and the risk profile of the council.

You will be required to lead, manage and coach staff to achieve high performance and effective service delivery, including identifying learning and development needs, developing and improving staff capability and morale ensuring their health, safety and wellbeing at work to create a sustainable workforce for the future.

You will be required to monitor and manage performance of the assigned team against Performance Indicators and benchmarking targets and report to senior management.

We require good analytical abilities and high levels of numeracy and literacy.

We require excellent ICT skills and have the ability to prioritise tasks and supervise a team with conflicting demands on your time.

The post is located in Sheffield City Centre, but we operate a hybrid and flexible working arrangement subject to service needs. Occasional site visits may be required.

Interviews are scheduled for Friday 30th July 2025

For informal queries please contact Stephen Bower 0114 474 2595 Stephen.Bower@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

All successful candidates will be required to complete a Basic DBS check.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.