Senior Internal Audit Manager - (IT, Finance & Enterprise)

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Senior Internal Audit Manager - (IT, Finance & Enterprise)

• Salary: Competitive per annum
• Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
• Location: Hybrid – 3 days a week at our VHQ, Crawley
• Contract: Permanent
• Closing Date: 20th July 2025

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic, we don’t just fly—we elevate experiences. As we navigate a bold future, we’re looking for a commercially-minded audit leader who’s ready to shape how risk, assurance, and governance evolve in a fast-moving, customer-led business.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with industry experience in a large organisation, who thrives in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment and brings a track record of leading teams and driving meaningful impact. Whether your background is internal audit, risk, or finance, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling confident, informed decision-making across the business.

You’ll lead delivery of our audit plan, coach a talented in-house team, and be a trusted advisor to senior leadership and Board-level stakeholders. If you’re looking to make your mark in a business that values innovation, pace, and purpose—this is your runway.

Day to day

• Lead delivery of the audit plan while developing and coaching your team of Senior Internal Auditors.
• Personally deliver complex or high-impact audits, including those requiring sensitive judgement or cross-functional coordination.
• Own and evolve our internal audit methodology, reporting processes, and assurance quality standards.
• Manage co-source partner relationships and in-house assurance capabilities.
• Partner with senior leaders across the business to embed best-practice risk and control frameworks.
• Support enterprise-level risk workshops and provide structured insights to the Executive and Board.
• Oversee the Group’s whistleblowing policy and coordinate investigations involving serious misconduct or fraud.
• Champion continuous improvement and drive advisory work that enhances efficiency, strengthens control, or unlocks commercial value.
• Support training, risk education, and enterprise risk compliance across directorates.

About you

You're a dynamic, strategic audit or risk professional with the ability to influence, lead, and deliver in a complex organisation. You bring a commercial lens, a pragmatic mindset, and the confidence to operate at pace.

You’ll have:

• Experience in internal audit or risk within industry or commerce, ideally in a large or complex business.
• Strong team management experience, with a collaborative leadership style and ability to develop high-performing teams.
• A professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIA, CISA/ISACA) and at least 5 years' post-qualified experience.
• Proven ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders, from Exec to Board.
• Deep understanding of risk, control, and assurance frameworks, aligned to IIA standards.
• Strength in navigating cross-functional change, resolving ambiguity, and influencing outcomes.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

Desirable (but not essential):

• Exposure to the C-suite or Audit Committee
• Expertise in one or more specialist areas such as:
• Fraud investigation or forensic audit
• Cybersecurity or IT audit
• Data analytics and continuous audit automation
• M&A or commercial due diligence

Our recipe for leadership

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Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ([email protected]) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.