Senior Audit Lead – People and Risk Culture

About the role

The Senior Audit Lead – People & Risk Culture drives complex risk‑culture reviews, delivering independent assurance and actionable insight to senior business stakeholders and the Board.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engagements assessing risk culture and behavioural risk, ensuring delivery within approved timelines and budgets.
• Contribute to audit planning for the People & Risk Culture portfolio, providing input on emerging people risks and regulatory expectations.
• Apply data‑enabled audit techniques to enhance quality and efficiency of assessments.
• Engage with business stakeholders throughout audit delivery, maintaining effective relationships and escalating critical matters.

Required profile

• Deep expertise in assessing behavioural risk, governance, leadership practices and people‑related controls.
• Proven track record delivering medium to high‑complexity audits with defensible outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, able to communicate audit conclusions to senior leaders.
• Understanding of internal audit methodology, evidence standards and global audit standards.

Required skills

• Experience using data and analytics to support audit scoping, testing and insight.
• Professional qualifications such as CIA, CA or CPA are advantageous.