Overview
Hours:
35 hours per week
Hybrid working
Closing Date:
Sun, 14 Sept 2025
This is a great opportunity to join the Group Internal Audit (GIA) team of one of the largest Building Societies in the UK on a permanent basis. The Senior Specialist Auditor – Prudential and Financial Risk role will focus on Prudential and Financial Risk, with the successful applicant working on a varied portfolio of audit assignments across the Skipton Building Society (SBS) Group.
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
You will be joining the Prudential and Financial Risk team, consisting of eight prudential and financial risk auditors, within GIA. In GIA you will work closely with other members of the function, the Senior Leadership Team, and the Group Chief Inter
nal Auditor providing feedback and sharing insights and opinions. You will deliver a varied portfolio of audit assignments across the Skipton Group which in addition to the Society includes: the Connells Group which is a fully owned group and is the largest Estate Agency in the UK and other Group companies within the UK, Channel Islands and New Zealand. The role will require you to communicate, collaborate, inform, influence and negotiate with stakeholders across the SBS Group, at all levels up to and including Senior Management.
What’s In It For You?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
- Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
- A commitment to training and development
- Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
What Will You Be Doing?
In this role you will lead and support assignments to review the effectiveness of systems and controls in place across the Group, with a particular focus on Prudential and Financial Risks. You will be responsible for delivering audit assig
nments from initial planning, through to final report and the follow-up of management actions, providing feedback to stakeholders on risks and supporting them in developing action plans to mitigate material areas of risk. You will develop strong working relationships with stakeholders, particularly in the Group Finance and Group Risk areas. You will work collaboratively with other GIA teams and assurance partners in other parts of the Group. You will also coach and support other GIA team members to successfully deliver audit work.
Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for the delivery of a range of prudential and financial risk focused reviews.
• Work closely with stakeholders in the business to agree the scope of work; shape and perform tests to assess the design and operating effectiveness of key controls; and produce audit reports that are impactful, balanced and address the root cause of issues.
• Responsible for the review of all support auditors deliverables on your audit assignments. You will coach, guide, and support other GIA team members, providing in the moment, constructive feedback.
• Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders to agree appropriate actions to address risks identified through your assurance work.
• Responsible for the monitoring of internal and external risk data and associated key risk indicators and emerging regulation specifically in relation to Prudential and Financial Risk.
• Contribute to and champion GIA being recognised as a high-performing and trusted team, through proactively supporting GIA’s continuous improvement culture.
What Do We Need From You?
Skills
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels.
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to raise queries and challenge existing practices and negotiate to achieve the right outcomes.
- Ability to assimilate and seek out the critical information quick
ly, considering the bigger picture and tailoring your approach with minimal direction. - Effective communication skills (both verbal and written) and listening skills.
- Ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders and co-source partners (where required) to ensure the successful delivery of audit work.
- Enthusiasm and self-motivation to drive delivery and provide excellent customer service.
- Embracing agile principles to plan and effectively re-prioritise your workload and deliver, managing multiple priorities seamlessly.
Knowledge
- Experience/understanding of a Prudential and Financial risk environment with a strong desire to be a SME. Experience gained through either working within a Financial Services audit team, or through a role within the first or second line.
- Qualified or nearly qualified accountant or other similar qualification.
Experience
- Be able to lead on complex and sometimes challenging assignments simultaneously with limited direction and supervision.
- Experience of working in an Internal Audit Environment and/or relevant field in Financial Services or Banking, with a focus on Prudential and Financial risk. This can either be in an external or internal audit capacity, or within first or second line.
- Awareness/ understanding of Capital Management; Liquidity; Model Risk Management principles; RAF; ICAAP; ILAAP; Regulatory reporting and returns; Credit risk; and Finance function operations.
Working Practices
We support hybrid and flexible working, with an emphasis on spending purposeful time in the office (e.g. stakeholder and team meetings, collaboration with team members). We expect team members to be in the office at least one day a week.
In addition, this role may require you to work away from home when required to do so. [Note: This is not expected to be more than 20% of a typical working
year.]
Salary: £Competitive plus benefits
Job ID:VP2B5C70E9
