Internal Audit Director (Remote)

We’re looking for a senior internal audit professional with strong experience either in regulated financial services or in leading assurance through large-scale transformation and change.

This is a senior leadership position — not suitable for first-time managers or those without demonstrable senior internal audit experience.

It’s an excellent opportunity for someone currently operating at Senior Manager or Director level (in practice or industry) who is ready to lead a strategically important internal audit function across two high-impact environments: a regulated financial services BPO operation and a public-facing savings and investments account with a high standard of accountability and governance.

You’ll lead a skilled internal team, manage co-sourced audit delivery, and work closely with the Audit Committee, executive leadership, and client governance forums — providing meaningful challenge, insight, and support at the most senior levels.

Your job in a nutshell:

Role:

As Internal Audit Director, you will lead a small, skilled Internal Audit team and manage a co-source partnership across two distinct environments: a financial services business process outsourcing (BPO) operation delivering services on behalf of multiple private-sector clients, and a high-accountability financial services public service client account focused on savings and investments.

This is a key leadership role providing independent assurance to the Board and Audit Committee, ensuring effective governance, risk management, and internal controls across a complex, multi-client operating environment.

You’ll lead a skilled internal team and coordinate activity with a co-sourced audit partner, delivering a risk-based audit programme that meets both regulatory and public accountability expectations. You may also support or oversee the coordination of external assurance activity, including SOC 1 and SOC 2 engagements, ensuring seamless collaboration and high-quality outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

The role requires a confident, credible senior audit leader with the judgement to operate across complexity, the integrity to maintain independence, and the interpersonal skills to build trust and influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities:

• Provide independent assurance on risk, control, and governance effectiveness across both the private-sector BPO business and the public service contract, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations, public sector accountability standards, and contractual commitments.
• Lead the development and execution of a robust, proportionate internal audit plan covering operational, financial, regulatory, and IT risks.
• Manage, coach, and develop the internal audit team, and oversee co-sourced audit delivery to ensure quality, coverage, and value.
• Maintain the Internal Audit Charter, methodology, and supporting procedures in line with IIA standards and business-specific needs.
• Coordinate and support external assurance activities, including SOC 1 and SOC 2 engagements, ensuring effective planning, collaboration, and delivery.
• Attend and contribute to internal and client governance forums to provide audit insight and support assurance strategies.
• Report clearly and effectively to the Audit Committee, executive stakeholders, and client governance groups, highlighting emerging risks and control improvements.
• Track and validate the completion of agreed actions and provide assurance on the implementation of key control enhancements.
• Support integration with broader risk, compliance, and assurance frameworks, including the three lines of defence model.
• Lead or support unplanned reviews or investigations requested by senior leadership or client stakeholders.
• Uphold professional and accountability standards, maintaining independence, integrity, and high-quality audit delivery at all times.

Requirements

• Senior internal audit experience, operating at Senior Manager level or above, ideally with prior leadership responsibility for audit planning, delivery, and stakeholder engagement.
• Proven expertise in either regulated financial services (e.g., pensions, insurance, banking) or in providing assurance during periods of major operational or transformational change.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks, and ability to apply professional standards (e.g., IIA IPPF) in a pragmatic and business-relevant way.
• Track record of managing and developing audit teams and/or coordinating co-sourced delivery to a high standard.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with confidence engaging at Board and Executive level, and representing the function in external or client forums.
• Professional audit or accounting qualification (e.g., CIA, ACA, ACCA), or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience providing assurance in outsourced service delivery environments is desirable but not essential.
• Demonstrates sound judgement, professional integrity, and a commitment to continuous improvement and high-quality outcomes.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave with an option to purchase more through our Flexible Benefits.
• Flex benefits system – an exciting opportunity to choose your own benefits.
• Retail discounts.
• Pension - matching contribution up to 10%.
• Private Medical Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Enrolment in our Share scheme - subject to scheme eligibility criteria.
• Unlimited opportunities to learn in our training platforms.

Location: This position offers remote working with ocasional travel to Edinburgh office space.

As a Disability Confident employer, we aim to ensure that people with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments and changes as needed to the application and assessment process to remove or reduce any disadvantage associated with a person's disability.

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