Job summary
Technology Risk Assurance Auditors - Band 6
We are looking for one qualified, enthusiastic and forward-thinking IT audit professional who is ready to take the next steps in developing their IT audit career by joining our successful team.
Main duties of the job
Job purpose:
1. To perform a broad range of IM&IT audit assignments of a complex/ad-hoc nature in addition to a broad range of routine IM&T audit assignments.
2. To apply risk management and assurance principles to the planning and delivery of audit assignments at both an operational and strategic client level.
3. To supervise and coach junior staff and contractors, as appropriate.
4. To respond to a broad range of sensitive and complex queries from clients and staff.
To keep abreast of, and take account of, the latest technology risks and mitigating controls.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
Scope of job / key elements
Communication is central to the job and is built upon the provision and receipt of routine, complex and sensitive information of a confidential nature. This will require tact and persuasion as well as a deep appreciation and understanding of complex client risks, NHS systems and existing guidance. Discussions with senior and non- finance staff forms a substantial element of the job often concerning contentious and complicated IM&T, control and governance issues at a corporate level. Communication will involve negotiating with external agencies. The job involves significant involvement in persuading and negotiating the reasoning behind recommendations with senior staff, up to and including Board level, across a range of disciplines in order to arrive at an agreed position. Communication of audit findings and advice will be delivered through the drafting of discussion documents, reports and formal presentations.
Work is managed rather than supervised, with the jobholder working within procedures, broad policies and guidelines as defined by the Quality System, but having the freedom to act with autonomy. The nature of the work necessitates a thorough and concentrated focus on the gathering, testing and evaluation of evidence whilst balancing competing priorities. There is extensive scope for decision making in respect of planning and organizing the personal work schedule, managing priorities, forming judgments on the adequacy and effectiveness of systems, and producing recommendations to deliver improvements. These decisions will be based upon detailed analysis and evaluation of complex systems issues and options across a range of systems. Such analysis will incorporate an assessment of potentially conflicting and multi-layered information e.g. option appraisals, serious disciplinary cases.
There will be a supervisory role of staff in the function encompassing work scheduling, coaching, individual and function training, and assignment review. This will include coordination of resources across competing priorities in order to achieve agreed objectives
The Agency operates in a unique competitive trading environment requiring a professional customer-focus at all times and a range of commercial skills of the post holder. This trading environment creates a business model that requires income to be secured in open competition against multinational consulting and accountancy firms. Income needs to be secured, and retained, on a regional and national basis to maintain operational and strategic viability.
There is a requirement to adapt to a range of working conditions at different client sites which will also involve frequent travel.
A substantial element of the job involves utilizing a number of productivity and technical software products with a high level of expertise to generate quality deliverables. These would include Microsoft Office, Audit Electronic Work paper solutions (Teammate) and technical tools like Idea, MBSA, etc.
Please also refer to the Job Description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
Scope of job / key elements
Communication is central to the job and is built upon the provision and receipt of routine, complex and sensitive information of a confidential nature. This will require tact and persuasion as well as a deep appreciation and understanding of complex client risks, NHS systems and existing guidance. Discussions with senior and non- finance staff forms a substantial element of the job often concerning contentious and complicated IM&T, control and governance issues at a corporate level. Communication will involve negotiating with external agencies. The job involves significant involvement in persuading and negotiating the reasoning behind recommendations with senior staff, up to and including Board level, across a range of disciplines in order to arrive at an agreed position. Communication of audit findings and advice will be delivered through the drafting of discussion documents, reports and formal presentations.
Work is managed rather than supervised, with the jobholder working within procedures, broad policies and guidelines as defined by the Quality System, but having the freedom to act with autonomy. The nature of the work necessitates a thorough and concentrated focus on the gathering, testing and evaluation of evidence whilst balancing competing priorities. There is extensive scope for decision making in respect of planning and organizing the personal work schedule, managing priorities, forming judgments on the adequacy and effectiveness of systems, and producing recommendations to deliver improvements. These decisions will be based upon detailed analysis and evaluation of complex systems issues and options across a range of systems. Such analysis will incorporate an assessment of potentially conflicting and multi-layered information e.g. option appraisals, serious disciplinary cases.
There will be a supervisory role of staff in the function encompassing work scheduling, coaching, individual and function training, and assignment review. This will include coordination of resources across competing priorities in order to achieve agreed objectives
The Agency operates in a unique competitive trading environment requiring a professional customer-focus at all times and a range of commercial skills of the post holder. This trading environment creates a business model that requires income to be secured in open competition against multinational consulting and accountancy firms. Income needs to be secured, and retained, on a regional and national basis to maintain operational and strategic viability.
There is a requirement to adapt to a range of working conditions at different client sites which will also involve frequent travel.
A substantial element of the job involves utilizing a number of productivity and technical software products with a high level of expertise to generate quality deliverables. These would include Microsoft Office, Audit Electronic Work paper solutions (Teammate) and technical tools like Idea, MBSA, etc.
Please also refer to the Job Description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- QiCA/CISA qualified plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- MIIA plus PQE plus knowledge, experience and expertise which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Experience could also be either in a general assurance role or a relevant specialist area experience e.g. capital, IM&T, consultancy, security, fraud, plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- Part qualified professional accountancy (CCAB) or qualified technician accountant (MAAT) plus knowledge and skills plus demonstrable relevant experience which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Experience could also be either in a general assurance role or a relevant specialist area experience e.g. capital, IM&T, consultancy, security, fraud plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- Relevant degree plus significant relevant experience which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Or demonstrable specialist experience e.g. capital, IM&T, security, consultancy, fraud plus experience knowledge and skills.
Experience
Essential
- Preferably to have supervisory experience. Knowledge
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of NHS structure, policy, functions and IM&T systems together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of audit principles and practice together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge.
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of fundamental IM&T risks, good practice and mitigating controls together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge
Skills
Essential
- Must have very good oral and written communication skills to enable complicated audit and IM&T issues to be explained to a range of NHS staff, often at a senior level.
- Must have the ability to negotiate and persuade, sometimes in a setting that is unresponsive or hostile to audit findings.
- Must have a good level of numeracy and keyboard skills.
- Must have the ability to make judgements and recommendations in the context of complex systems and risk and materiality of findings.
- Must have good time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines whilst managing competing priorities
- Must have the ability to travel to a range of sites and work in a range of environments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- QiCA/CISA qualified plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- MIIA plus PQE plus knowledge, experience and expertise which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Experience could also be either in a general assurance role or a relevant specialist area experience e.g. capital, IM&T, consultancy, security, fraud, plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- Part qualified professional accountancy (CCAB) or qualified technician accountant (MAAT) plus knowledge and skills plus demonstrable relevant experience which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Experience could also be either in a general assurance role or a relevant specialist area experience e.g. capital, IM&T, consultancy, security, fraud plus experience knowledge and skills OR
- Relevant degree plus significant relevant experience which could be in audit (either internal, external, clinical or some form of specialist compliance/assurance function) or a financial role. Or demonstrable specialist experience e.g. capital, IM&T, security, consultancy, fraud plus experience knowledge and skills.
Experience
Essential
- Preferably to have supervisory experience. Knowledge
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of NHS structure, policy, functions and IM&T systems together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of audit principles and practice together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge.
- To demonstrate a full and mature understanding of fundamental IM&T risks, good practice and mitigating controls together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge
Skills
Essential
- Must have very good oral and written communication skills to enable complicated audit and IM&T issues to be explained to a range of NHS staff, often at a senior level.
- Must have the ability to negotiate and persuade, sometimes in a setting that is unresponsive or hostile to audit findings.
- Must have a good level of numeracy and keyboard skills.
- Must have the ability to make judgements and recommendations in the context of complex systems and risk and materiality of findings.
- Must have good time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines whilst managing competing priorities
- Must have the ability to travel to a range of sites and work in a range of environments
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
