Senior IT Auditor Stratford-upon-Avon

NFU Mutual; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000

Job description

Working pattern: Full-time (Part-time hours considered)

• Strengthen NFU Mutual’s risk and control environment.

About the role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Senior IT Auditor to join our Internal Audit team, where you’ll play a critical role in identifying and mitigating risks across our IT functions. Reporting to the IT Audit Manager, this role will see you planning and executing high-quality IT audits and producing insightful reports that drive improvements to processes and controls, ensuring NFU Mutual’s IT governance remains best in class.

In this role, you will:

• Analyze IT risks and develop prioritized annual audit plans.
• Conduct detailed IT audits covering areas such as general controls, application controls, disaster recovery, and IT governance.
• Test and evaluate internal controls to detect deficiencies and ensure compliance with policies, standards, and regulations.
• Deliver high-quality audit reports with actionable recommendations to address risk and control weaknesses.
• Provide assurance on IT projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry standards.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to promote a robust control environment.
• Stay updated on emerging IT risks, trends, and regulatory developments, ensuring NFU Mutual remains ahead of the curve.

About you

You are a driven and experienced IT audit professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for delivering actionable insights. You possess strong analytical and communication skills, enabling you to identify risks, challenge processes, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

You will bring:

• Qualifications: Chartered Internal Auditor / Chartered Accountant or equivalent, and CISA qualification (essential).
• Technical Skills: Proven expertise in IT audits, including assessing risks, testing controls, and providing assurance on IT projects.
• Experience: Strong knowledge of general and application controls, disaster recovery, and IT governance within financial services.
• Analytical Ability: Proficiency in audit analytics techniques to uncover inefficiencies, fraud, or non-compliance.
• Communication Skills: Ability to write clear, high-quality audit reports and communicate complex technical details in plain English.
• Relationship Management: Skilled at building positive working relationships with stakeholders to influence improvements in risk and control environments.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteering in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.

We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1 billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.

Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation. Talented people like you.