About the role
As Edinburgh Airport continues to grow so too does the need to continuously improve internal controls, systems and processes and provide ongoing assurance to the Executive Team, Board of Directors, Audit and Risk Committee and other key stakeholders. Edinburgh Airport welcomed a new strategic investment partnership between Global Infrastructure Partners and VINCI Airports in June 2024, reinforcing the need for ongoing assurance, controls improvement and risk management.
Edinburgh Airport has decided to enhance its current risk and assurance activities through the recruitment of an Internal Audit Manager who will support the Head of Risk and Assurance with the ongoing assurance and risk management agenda. This is an excellent opportunity to support the business shape and define its internal controls under the new ownership structure and through a period of continued growth.
This is a broad and visible role that requires an individual of the highest calibre. The position will require extensive interaction with all facets of the business and demands a ‘can-do’ individual who is comfortable autonomously leading assurance reviews and presenting key findings and recommendations to senior management.
This role is more than ensuring compliance with basic internal control standards. It is about helping the business understand the value of best-in-practice risk management activities and providing commercial and actionable insights. The role captures a spectrum of internal control assurance activities, process improvement and risk management activities across all business disciplines. There may also be an opportunity to support the wider VINCI network with their assurance agenda, delivering assurance reviews to other VINCI airports.
Edinburgh Airport offers an excellent opportunity for an ambitious professional to develop their career in a fast paced and challenging environment.
About the Recruitment Process
The recruitment process for this role will be comprised of two in person interviews. You’ll get the chance to meet some of the key internal audit stakeholders, and we will ask you to complete a presentation/task at one of the stages – we will confirm the format on invite to interview.
You can find out more about our interview process and the type of questions we may ask here.
What you’ll be doing
Reporting to the Head of Risk and Assurance you will be responsible for:
- Designing and delivering the annual programme of assurance reviews
- Working autonomously to lead and deliver assurance reviews, with a focus on root cause analysis and value-add recommendations
- Communication - written and verbal - of key findings and recommendations for improvement at the conclusion of each assurance review to the relevant business stakeholders
- Providing support to the business to ensure agreed audit actions are concluded in a timely manner
- Preparing reports outlining the delivery of the assurance programme, key messages / findings and tracking of open issues to the Audit and Risk Committee
- Oversight and instruction of any outsourced specialist internal audit work to ensure timely delivery and maintenance of quality standards
- Working with the Head of Risk & Assurance to continuously improve and evolve internal audit methodology, processes and procedures, providing support to the Head of Risk and Assurance on other risk management activities, including enterprise risk management and insurance
- Proactively engaging with Internal Audit networks to identify developments and trends which could enhance the provision of assurance at Edinburgh Airport