Senior Audit Manager

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a Senior Audit Manager to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary and car allowance.

You play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Asset Management business with a focus on Private Markets.

What you’ll be doing:

• Conducting annual risk assessments and updating the audit plan
• Executing risk-based audit plans and managing audit resources
• Identifying opportunities to use technology for audit efficiency
• Communicating audit results and agreeing on actionable recommendations
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
• Monitoring regulatory and business changes and proposing audit responses
• Providing input to senior management on significant risk areas
• Supporting the development of junior team members through coaching
  
  

Who we’re looking for:

• Professional auditing, accounting, or actuarial qualification (CIIA, ACA, ACCA, IFoA) or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of internal audit standards, risk management, and corporate governance
• Experience in managing internal audit delivery within financial services
• Proven leadership skills in directing audit programmes and quality control
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities
• Ability to adapt to change and manage multiple priorities
• Strong analytical and judgement skills
• Commitment to treating customers fairly and embedding these principles in audit practices

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart
  
  

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.