Auditor

Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Overview

We are looking for home-based Auditors (with minimal travel for training and company meetings).

The Auditor will perform audits and analyze the competency, capability, and capacity of an entity, its employees, and products and services using required, requested, and submitted evidence on our systems and in the public domain. Day to day, you will prepare reports, perform risk management tasks to protect and improve safety, efficiency, and ensure compliance with appropriate standards and regulations. The outcomes of which will either meet the required standards against which the audit is being undertaken or will drive requirements for the face-to-face audit of the entity by the Lead Auditor.

You will be responsible for undertaking audits on suppliers registering to provide services through RSSB, using the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS) or Railway Industry Supplier Approval Scheme (RISAS).

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with scheme procedures by verification and examination of records, reports, operating practices, and documentation and adherence to business procedures.
• Undertake remote audits through verification and examination of required, requested, or submitted evidence against standards, procedures, and protocols.
• Acquire and gather audit evidence.
• Examine policies, procedures, training records, financial records, and other documentation submitted as evidence.
• Observe business procedures and continually update reports and findings and use analytics to assess operational business risks.
• Prepare or contribute to a final audit report, including making recommendations for improvements to systems and/or processes, or areas that the site-based audit should review (usually delivered by another assigned Auditor).
• Discuss conclusions and recommendations from the audit with the site-based Auditor.
• Complete audit reports by documenting audit tests and findings in a timely manner (in accordance with the scheme requirements).
• Appraise the adequacy of internal control systems by completing audit questionnaires.
• Maintain internal control systems by updating audit programs and questionnaires, recommending new policies and procedures.
• Communicate with a range of stakeholder levels including management to understand the business and their needs and to share audit findings by preparing a final report; discussing findings with the audit team.
• Comply with relevant standards, always acting in a professional manner whilst representing RSSB.
• Prepare special or remote audit and control reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating information, evidence, and trends.

Qualifications

Essential

• Proficient with IT including MS applications.
• Willingness and ability to be developed in and then maintain your knowledge of relevant RSSB Assurance, Infrastructure Manager Standards, The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015, and the rail industry in general.
• Willingness to undertake Auditor training.
• A proactive approach and ability to problem-solve.
• Effective communication skills including the ability to influence at all levels, provide instruction effectively, explain complex ideas and issues, and present to a varied audience.
• Ability to organize and plan as well as effectively manage own time.
• Attention to detail and the ability to make decisions and reach conclusions objectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively and share thoughts and ideas through methods appropriate to the audience.
• Adapts and responds effectively when embracing new opportunities, change, and in navigating uncertainty.
• Actively contributes as part of a team and works towards achieving team goals and outcomes.
• Takes responsibility and demonstrates accountability in completing tasks and achieving objectives, actively seeking to resolve problems and identify opportunities.
• Committed to customer service and placing customer satisfaction at the heart of our success to ensure we deliver against our shared goals.
• Builds effective professional relationships with stakeholders, understanding their unique goals and motivations, gaining credibility and effectively influencing to achieve desired outcomes.

Desirable:

• Experience of evaluating evidence or criteria.

We are committed to investing in our staff and offer formal and informal learning opportunities for development.

We value diversity and equal opportunities in employment and are committed to creating a workplace that is inclusive to everyone. As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we encourage candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria to apply for our jobs.

If you require any reasonable adjustments with respect to our selection process including information in an alternative format, please contact us at [e-mail].

We offer a competitive benefits package to ensure our staff can achieve their best throughout their journey with us. This includes 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays); a holiday buy and sell scheme; private medical and dental cover; a season ticket loan and travel subsidy; access to a cycle to work scheme; volunteer leave; a performance-related bonus and pension.