Internal Audit - Professional Practices & Quality Assurance - Vice President - London London, England
Job description
The Professional Practices QAIP’sGroup’s mission is to:
- Support the delivery of high-quality, consistent and risk-focused assurance work through the execution of quality assurance reviews
- Improve processes to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness with which assurance work is executed, by undertaking quality assurance reviews of the end-to-end Internal Audit activities, driving audit skills training and maintaining audit methodology and policy
- Be the clearing house for methodology-related initiatives through partnership and collaboration with other IA department working groups/initiatives
The QAIP Group is appropriately positioned to effectively and independently execute its mission of:
- supporting the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and risk-focused assurance work through the execution of quality assurance reviews
- improving processes to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness with which assurance work is executed. This is done by undertaking Quality Assurance Reviews (QARs), providing training to address QA feedback, and providing input for changes to audit methodology and policy; and
- influencing change for methodology-related initiatives through QA results and related on-going feedback
PPG is primarily comprised of quality assurance and practices. The candidate will primarily be responsible for performing quality assurance reviews of project files to determine whether the work adheres to the GS Internal Audit Stages Framework and the policies and procedures contained within the Internal Audit Manual. Reviews also include verifying that project files include sufficient evidence to support the assurance provided. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for performing other targeted thematic reviews of the department’s work, assisting with other policy and methodology related matters and developing and delivering specific training based on results of these reviews.
Responsibilities include:
- Execute quality assurance reviews of completed audit projects to assess adherence with audit methodology, and effectively communicate results to stakeholders
- Proactively monitor for changes to industry and regulatory requirements, guidance, and pronouncements
- Perform targeted thematic reviews of the department’s work, and assist with other policy and methodology related matters
- Collaborate with the practices and learning and development teams to identify and contribute to the development of continuous improvement opportunities, including the enhancement of methodology and development of guidance or training for specific topics
- Identify/develop/deliver specific training based on results of quality assurance reviews and observations
- Respond to ad hoc queries raised by auditors
- Participate in selected departmental initiatives
