Position Overview
Are you ready to join the Fearless? To lead and deliver high-quality internal audit and controls assurance activity across the Group, while acting as a key support to the Head of Internal Audit & Risk. The role is responsible for ensuring audit quality, coordinating delivery, and supporting the Group’s risk management and internal control framework. This role bridges audit execution and leadership, ensuring alignment to principal risks, material controls (Provision 29), and governance requirements.
Audit Delivery & Engagement Leadership
- Lead and deliver risk‑based internal audit engagements end‑to‑end
- Perform scoping, walkthroughs, testing and reporting
- Take ownership of complex and high‑risk audits
- Apply appropriate audit and data analysis techniques
Quality & Review Responsibility
- Review audit workpapers and testing outputs
- Ensure compliance with audit standards and methodology
- Challenge depth of testing, evidence quality and conclusions
Internal Controls & Provision 29 Support
- Support identification and documentation of material controls
- Perform controls testing for Board assurance requirements
- Contribute to development and consistency of RACMs
Reporting & Insight Generation
- Produce clear and high‑quality audit reports
- Articulate control weaknesses, root causes and risk impacts
- Identify themes and trends across audits
Stakeholder Management
- Build relationships with senior stakeholders
- Challenge management constructively on risks and controls
- Support agreement and tracking of audit actions
Support to Head of Internal Audit & Risk
- Support audit planning and prioritisation
- Translate risks into audit scopes
- Assist with Audit Committee reporting and insights
- Identify emerging risks and assurance gaps
Coordination & Team Support
- Provide guidance and coaching to junior auditors
- Support coordination of audit activities
- Drive consistency in audit approach and documentation
Qualifications
- Strong internal audit or controls experience
- Experience leading audits independently
- Understanding of risk management and internal control frameworks
- Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to operate independently and influence stakeholders
- Qualified to CIA standard or equivalent professional qualifications
- Operate in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards, demonstrating integrity, objectivity, professional judgement and a commitment to continuous improvement
Benefits
- Frasers Champion – Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer‑nominated scheme where eight winners receive double their pay for a month in which they have lived the Frasers Group values.
- Retail Reconnect – In order to build the planet’s most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, head office employees gain insights by spending one to two days in one of our stores or the warehouse, learning how the work you do impacts our frontline teams and bringing ideas back to improve office collaboration.
- Fearless 1200 – Fearless 1200 recognises our growth. It is bold, ambitious, and designed to reward colleagues across the business for living our values and delivering impact. It links performance to reward – see the video for details.
- Frasers Fit – Our Everlast Gyms team is on a mission to keep the workforce fit. We run free gym classes and offer discounted memberships. The Frasers Fit wellbeing programme supports Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing, providing an app with training, nutrition and lifestyle advice at no cost.
- Retail Trust – Employees receive free access to the Retail Trust charity, which provides a 24‑hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.
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