Audit Executive Full Time

🔍 We’re Hiring: Audit Executive 📊

London Borough of Barnet | Colindale (Hybrid)

Are you a qualified auditor looking to make a real impact in local government? Join our Internal Audit team and become a trusted advisor across one of London’s most dynamic boroughs.

About the role: As an Audit Executive in our Assurance & Public Protection Directorate, you’ll be a leading point of audit advice and assurance across the Council. You’ll deliver flexible, risk-based audits, drive continuous improvement, and play a key role in safeguarding public value.

What you’ll be doing:

✅ Planning and delivering audit assignments end-to-end (scoping to final report)

✅ Conducting compliance and systems-based reviews unsupervised

✅ Applying a risk-based approach aligned with Global Internal Audit Standards

✅ Supporting and developing junior auditors

✅ Providing technical and professional advice across the Council

✅ Maintaining links with our Corporate Anti-Fraud Team (CAFT)

What we’re looking for:

🎓 CIPFA, CCAB, AAT or IIA qualification (or equivalent)

🎓 Degree or equivalent

💼 At least 5 years’ internal audit experience in a public sector organisation

📚 Strong knowledge of risk-based internal auditing

🏛️ Solid understanding of Local Government finance (S151, statutory requirements, codes of practice)

🤝 Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills

💻 Confident with Microsoft Office

Why Team Barnet? We live our values every day Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, and Collaborative. You’ll join a supportive team that invests in your CPD, offers hybrid working, and gives you the autonomy to shape how we deliver assurance across the borough.

📩 Interested? Apply now or share with someone in your network who’d be a great fit!

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