Internal Audit Manager
Job Description
Job Title: Internal Audit Manager
Salary: £53,460-£61,638 per annum
Grade: G
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
About the department
Part of the wider Audit, Risk, Insurance and Counter Fraud Team managing a small internal audit team under the Head of Audit, Risk, Insurance and Counter Fraud.
About the Role
As an Internal Audit Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Manage a team of audit staff to deliver internal audit reviews from agreed audit plans to specified quality and timescales. To coach and develop staff to deliver the highest quality service. To act as the client management contact and audit specialist for a range of council service areas and external clients.
- Lead by example in modelling and embedding the council’s values and behaviours to help build a sustainable highly effective organisation and develop our reputation as a successful council delivering great value for its residents.
- Provide outstanding leadership and direction to the service, driving service transformation and ensuring excellent joint working with Members and other stakeholders.
This role offers the chance to make a real difference by providing outstanding leadership and direction to the service, driving service transformation and ensuring excellent joint working with Members and other stakeholders
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Significant relevant experience in a management position with a record of measurable success leading and developing a significant organisational function or service in a large multi-disciplined organisation with comparable scope, budgets and resources including experience of producing a full statement of organisational accounts and all arrangements leading up to that.
- Demonstrable success at inter-agency working establishing and building partnerships and productive working relationships within a complex policy and service environment with senior managers and councillors, and a wide range of other bodies, such as partner organisations, communities, public agencies and statutory bodies.
Essential qualifications: Full CCAB accounting qualification or MIIA (or equivalent CIIA qualification) and Educated to degree level or equivalent or comparable experience
DBS Check: NA
Benefits of Working with Us
At Thurrock Council, we value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities (where applicable)
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
- Staff discounts and local offers
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
Important Dates
Closing Date (Redeployment Only): 11th September 2025
Closing Date (Internal & External): 21st September 2025
Interview Date: Week Commencing: 22nd September 2025
Additional Information
If you have any questions about the role or interview process, please contact:
Satinder Jas, Head of Internal Audit, Risk, Insurance and Counter Fraud
To view the Job Profile and Person Specification, please follow the link below:
Download Job Profile (PDF Document)
About us
Why Thurrock?
Working at Thurrock Council gives you the opportunity to join an organisation that is changing at pace, one where you can make a real difference to the lives of the people we serve.
Thurrock Council is moving towards a new community leadership approach which involves linking with local partners and communities as we shape our improvement for the years ahead.
This is an exciting time to join us, to shape the future success of our changing organisation and to have a positive influence on our borough.
Our location
Thurrock is located on the north bank of the river Thames. Our urban centres are a vibrant mix of established towns and new young communities, with a diverse and growing population of around 160,000 residents.
We are an emerging cultural and arts centre, home to the production centre for the Royal Opera House and the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills. We have excellent retail and leisure opportunities, including Lakeside Shopping Centre, country parks, forests, and marshes.
Thurrock is just half an hour journey away from the centre of London by train and well connected by road.
Staff benefits
We offer lots of staff benefits, including a generous annual leave entitlement and hybrid working. We champion flexible working and job share applications are welcome.
Further information can be found here Employment benefits | Working for the council | Thurrock Council
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Thurrock Council is committed to equal opportunities. As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled people will be offered an interview where they meet all essential criteria on the person specification.
We serve a diverse community where people are different yet equal. Diversity underpins everything we do.
For further information about Thurrock Council please visit our website: Thurrock Council
Salary range
- £53,460 - £61,638 per year