Senior Auditor

Senior Auditor (North & Mid Wales Area)

Salary: PS1 £41,177 – £43,149 per annum

Hours: 37 per week (hybrid working)

Based at one of the following locations: Halkyn, Conwy, Bangor, Llandrindod, Dolgellau, Aberystwyth, Newtown

• To assist the Audit Manager in developing, implementing and managing a comprehensive Audit strategy and programme for the whole range of Agency functions and activities.
• To assist the Internal Audit function in providing assurance on the effectiveness of the control environment and governance arrangements.
• To assist the Audit Manager to undertake confidential/sensitive audits and investigations on behalf of the Agency Senior Management Team.
• To assist the Audit Manager on Systems Thinking projects across the Agency in order to improve services, reduce waste, and deliver in line with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

Special Circumstances

• Ability to act appropriately where fraud is identified, including liaising with the Police and preparing reports and evidence as required.
• The need to work outside normal working hours to meet the requirements of the Service.
• Visit construction sites.
• Attend meetings in other parts of the UK (e.g. Llandrindod, Cardiff).

If you have any specific queries relating to the above post, please contact Rodney Jones on 01286685178.

For this post, the ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable.

Closing Date: 10am, 10/11/2026.

Personal Attributes – Essential

• Confident, conscientious, ability to work unsupervised and meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively and discuss the work of Internal Audit with Agency officers, and with external customers where necessary.

Qualifications and Relevant Training – Essential

• Degree, or part-qualified with the IIA or a CCAB body.

Qualifications and Relevant Training – Desirable

• Specialist audit training in one or more of the particular areas relevant to the post.

Relevant Experience – Essential

• Experience of audit, risk management or compliance work.

Relevant Experience – Desirable

• Experience of local government internal audit.

Skills and Specialist Knowledge – Essential

• Planning and completing work without supervision, report writing and production.
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Word.

Skills and Specialist Knowledge – Desirable

• The use of electronic management systems and/or data analysis software.

Language Requirements

• Listening and Speaking – Higher: Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.
• Reading and Understanding – Higher: Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.
• Writing – Higher: Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).