Senior Auditor (Glasgow) (SEO)

Person specification

Required Qualifications

Candidates will need to demonstrate full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body as detailed below:

• Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland

 You must hold the chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered.  If you have passed all of the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.

No other level of internal audit qualifications meet the requirements for this post.

• Other Institutes of Internal Auditors that are part of IIA Global

 If you studied with the Institute of Internal Auditors in another country, you must hold the equivalent of the MIIA designation.  You should verify this with the IIA UK & Ireland prior to submitting your application, by e-mailing membership@iia.org.uk. 

(If invited to interview you will be asked to provide us with the IIA response and the designation certificate you hold, as your evidence of meeting the qualification criteria for this post.)

OR

• Accountancy 

 Fully Qualified, current member of one of the five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS and Chartered Accountants Ireland) or CIMA.

NOTE:  You will be required to provide the certificate of designation to us, to confirm eligibility.  This will need to be brought to interview.

(A sift will take place regarding how your application matches indicator 1 below.  Accordingly, you will be required to write a statement of 250 words setting out how your skills and experience meet the criteria, through giving a concrete example of when you have considered indicator 1 in the course of your work)

1. Be able to demonstrate strong understanding of governance, risk management, control and assurance issues.

2. Be a strong, analytical thinker who can solve problems and work out what needs to be done and take pride in doing it to conclusion.

3. Have strong writing skills and be able to communicate key messages clearly and succinctly to senior leaders, utilising a range of communication methods.

4. Be an independent thinker who can confidently express their views and make decisions, and be able to stand your ground when required.

5. Be an effective communicator, possessing excellent interpersonal skills which enable you to relate to people at all levels in an organisation demonstrated by experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of business and corporate stakeholders.

6. Have the ability to influence using evidence and negotiation rather than the exercise of authority.

7. Demonstrate resilience and tact in the face of challenging circumstances, dealing with conflict in a prompt, calm and constructive manner.

8. Be highly organised, with the ability to work on and manage multiple projects within tight timelines and with minimal supervision.

9. Have the ability to grasp issues quickly and arrive at considered recommendations.

10. Be a team player who is also able to coach and develop and manage others.

11. Be able to develop proposals to improve the quality of service involving a diverse range of staff, stakeholders or delivery partners.

12. Have experience of collecting and providing accurate, unbiased, relevant and sufficient information and evidence to support conclusions and recommendations.

Please note that while an understanding of the public sector is desirable, experience of working in or for the public sector is not essential for this role.

Initial Sift Process

All sifting is carried out anonymously.  This means your personal details will be removed from the application for this stage of the process and only your personal statement will be reviewed.

Sifting will take place on indicator 1 of the Person Specification indicators.

A 5 point scoring matrix is used as follows:
1. Little or no evidence presented
2. Some evidence presented
3. Good evidence presented
4. Strong evidence presented
5. Very strong evidence presented

If you do not score a three or more against any one indicator, your application will not progress to the next stage.

Eligibility

Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed and will need to have resided in the United Kingdom for 3 out of the last 5 years. The level of security needed is security check.

Nationality requirements
Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.  Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules.  If you're applying for a role requiring security clearance, please be aware that foreign or dual nationality is not an automatic bar. However certain posts may have restrictions which could affect those who do not have sole British nationality or who have personal connections with certain countries outside the UK.

Interview Process

We envisage interviews to be conducted during January 2019.  The interview will consist of the following:

 A presentation:  candidates will be asked to attend prior to their interview (details will be provided on the interview invitation) to prepare a presentation based on a scenario that will be provided on the day.

Interview:  Candidates will be asked questions in relation to the Person Specification indicators followed by a discussion related to your skills/experience that covers the Key Accountabilities detailed in the Role Profile.

Matching Process

IMPORTANT:  We will progress your application in merit order.  Please note that in the event of a tie, we will use the highest scores in the following order:

 1. Questions at interview
2. Presentation
3. CV

If there is still a tie, we will use the sift scores.

Reserve lists

We appoint in strict merit order, if you were deemed appointable but your score was not as high as the appointable candidates you will be put onto our reserve list for 12 months for any SEO roles that come up in Glasgow.

Additional Salary Information

New Entrants to the Civil Service:
Although new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to join at the minimum of the salary range, we have limited discretion to agree a higher starting point dependent on skills and experience.
Annual pay awards are made in line with current Civil Service directives.

Existing Civil Servants:
If you are successful and this is not a promotion, you will remain on your current salary and allowances will be considered on a case by case basis. If you are below the minimum you will be moved up to the minimum of the band. Normal Civil service pay rules apply.

If you are applying on promotion, your allowances will be considered on a case by case basis.

Working arrangements

Location
• This post is based in Glasgow.
• Given the nature of the roles and the fact successful candidates will be covering a range of departments/ associated bodies, a reasonable level of regular travel will be expected.

 Hours of Work
• The working hours of this post are 42 per week (including meal breaks of 1 hour a day).