Business Unit:  Internal Audit
Salary range: £52,800 - £66,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location:  UK Remote with occasional travel to a hub
Contract type: Permanent

Get out of your comfort zone. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

Internal Audit give the Board and senior management the independent view of what is working and what isn’t. As what VM does becomes more reliant on technology and automated processes, so the opportunity and the need to use data to provide insight and analysis to support our opinions has grown. The data analytics team within IA provide the technical expertise and insight to the wider function on audit work to help deliver better, more insightful opinions that help keep our customers and colleagues safe.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide DA expertise on audits:
• Work with audit teams to identify opportunities to use on audits.
• Liaise with technology and business stakeholders to understand and obtain data for audit work.
• Execute robust data analytics extracts and tests to support audit work.
• Provide audit teams with a clear articulation of work performed and its conclusions to support audit workpaper write-ups.
• Act as a champion for DA within the department to drive adoption of a data-driven approach to assurance.
• Develop a strong understanding of the VM data environment to enhance audit planning and execution
• Support and develop internal reporting tools to support internal and external reporting needs.
• Help increase DA capability across the department through on-audit coaching and group learning.

Note: whilst the data analytics team work closely with audit teams, this role is aligned to the ‘Utilising Our Data’ career direction and is not a conventional auditor role.

We need you to have

• Strong technical skills including advanced expertise in at least one of SAS, SQL, Python, R, Power Query/M. Advanced Excel skills required and experience of SharePoint useful.
• The ability to quickly understand how data is structured, where it is sourced from and how to use it to achieve the goals for each audit.
• Excellent communication skills to be able to articulate the results of data analytics work to non-technical audiences.
• Strong collaborative skills to work with audit teams and technical teams across the Bank.
• A drive to find opportunities to use data analytics effectively to deliver as much value as possible on each audit.
• An ability to work across multiple projects and successfully deliver quality results on time.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Good understanding of risk and control.
• Experience of data visualisation techniques and tools.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.