Internal Audit Manager

Job Type:  Permanent

Location: Birmingham, Edinburgh or London /Hybrid, with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home. We believe that benefits both you and our business, helping ensure that you can balance a successful career with your life outside of work while maximising the value of face-to-face stakeholder engagement.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing Date: 27 June 2024; 23:59

Salary and benefits: from £90,000 per annum, plus 30% bonus up to 60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

We have an incredible opportunity at Phoenix Group to join our Group Internal Audit Team as a Senior Internal Audit Manager – Data Science & Reporting

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 business that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

About the Role

As a Senior Internal Audit Manager – Data Science & Reporting, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to Phoenix by providing Data Science and reporting expertise to support our strategic audit assurance, enhancing our capability to provide influential insight which challenges the effectiveness of the risk, governance and control environment, across the group.

You will lead a team of professionals to provide crucial data analytics, systems, board reporting and annual planning services to GIA. Your team will support the transformation and continuous improvement of GIA, aligned to GIA’s strategic vision.  Key responsibilities will include:

• Management of the delivery of the Data Analytics (DA) development plan (including Data Science support such as Data sourcing, Data Analytics, Data Visualisations, AI, management of DA/AI tools)​
• Data Governance & Systems development (e.g. Annual Planning, Working paper and Scheduling)
• Annual Planning & Management Committee reporting, including Opinion Reporting and action tracking framework
• Providing internal project management support (including IA systems migrations, as and when required).

We expect you to make an immediate impact, establishing influential relationships with a wider range of senior stakeholders and demonstrating your ability to generate trust, provide insight and adapt to gain buy in, especially around developing DA and AI initiatives which build GIA capabilities.

Working for a large organisation like Phoenix can seem daunting at first – fear not! Whilst this is an autonomous role, you will be a key member of our leadership team. We have a lean flat structure, and you will have the guidance and support from the rest of the team, with access to a wide range of skills and experience for support across Group Internal Audit.

What is in it for you?

Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.

We are a small team covering a wide remit, which means huge opportunities for your learning and growth.  You will:

• Be part of an audit team who are well respected, trusted and relied upon by the Board to bring an independent view of the business and help influence positive outcomes.
• Build your network across Phoenix and have access to Senior Leadership from day 1 to develop relationships.
• Use your experience to think strategically to assess how business units and functions are working together and contributing to the Group Strategy.
• You will help drive innovation and thought leadership to keep Phoenix a safe and sustainable organisation for the long term.

And finally, you will be part of a truly collaborative, high performing and diverse team where people development is at the heart of what we do and we want everyone to thrive and succeed.

What We’re Looking For

Personal Attributes and Skills:

• A strategic mindset, focused on outcomes, root causes and aligning work to the long term strategy and key control outcomes.
• Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills, with a keen eye for detail. Managing multiple priorities at once and having the courage to make tough decisions.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management and communication skills, knowing your audience, building trust and making an impact by challenging the status quo.
• Able to successfully resolve difficult issues and gain buy-in, using your influence, creative thinking and negotiation skills.
• Leading from the front, inspiring, building optimism, enthusiasm and creating confidence.
• Resourceful and pragmatic, able to take on new challenges and exceed expectations.
• Proven experience to thrive on change, with an ability to adapt, flex and grow.
• A strong willingness to continually learn and contribute to the growth of the team.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree, ideally in applied maths subject (e.g. Data Science / AI, Statistics, Computer Science, Big Data, Engineering, Physics, Economics, Maths) with Post Qualified Experience.
• Knowledge of developing and embedding data analytics / AI tools.
• Knowledge of data analysis tools such as Python or R, SQL, Big Data, BI tool (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, QuickSight, Qlik) would be desirable
• Good regulatory awareness, understanding the impact of regulations on your portfolio.
• Previous Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Assurance experience required, ideally within a large Financial Services organisation

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

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