Manager - Internal Audit & Risk

The ISO Internal Audit &Risk Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth running and maintenance of a comprehensive internal audit system and providing support on various operational matters and projects.

Responsibilities:

- Carrying out regular internal audits for ISO certifications

- Monitoring the audit cycle programme to ensure it remains effective and up to date

- Acting as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement of the requirements of these four certifications

- Producing and submitting a full audit report on each audit undertaken

- Producing audit summary reports for each audit undertaken

- Ensuring any non-conformities are listed on the appropriate non-conformities log and corrective actions are assigned to the appropriate party

- Conduct follow up audits / checks to monitor non-conformities and ensure other actions are completed

- Engaging with continuous knowledge development regarding each certification's requirements, recommended best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards

Person Specification - experience and attributes required:

- Experience of conducting internal audits for ISO standards

- Experience of ISO 9001 and 27001 standards preferable

- Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and to compile detailed reports

- High attention to detail and excellent analytical skills

- Project co-ordination or assistance experience

- Experience preferably in a legal or professional services environment

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential including the ability to relate to people at all levels

- Ability to manage assigned tasks in an assertive, efficient and timely manner

- Exceptional interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all dealings

- A spirit of co-operation and a positive - can do- attitude

- Ability to effectively prioritise, excellent organisation

- Ability to multi-task, use initiative and to work well under pressure / to deadlines

- Personable, but professional

- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

- The flexibility to work outside normal office hours may be required from time-to-time