Audit Manager

Contract type: Permanent Location: Alderley Park Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based This is an exciting opportunity to join Group Internal Audit (GIA), a team that supports the Board to protect the assets, reputation, and sustainability of Royal London Group, and create value through impactful assurance. As an Internal Audit Manager, you will contribute to delivering impactful audit work, strengthening risk and control culture, and helping shape GIA's strategy. You'll be part of a forward-thinking audit function that provides core assurance and insightful advice, offering exposure across the Group, senior stakeholder engagement, and the opportunity to influence decisions that genuinely matter. About The Role

• Responsible for delivery of audits to time, cost and quality, along with other experienced auditors within the GIA team.
• Contribution to developing the annual audit plan and department wide initiatives.
• Builds credible and powerful relationships with stakeholders, demonstrating robust judgement and insight.
• Ability to generate recommendations which improve business process and demonstrate commercial awareness. Provide impactful and insightful assurance and advice.
• Identify and assess key controls and the management of them.
• Coordinate audit delivery with other controls testing teams and Group Risk & Compliance. About You
• IA and / or risk management qualification / experience preferred.
• Qualified Actuary or Accountant desirable.
• Good knowledge of life and pensions insurance products and/or asset management throughout their lifecycle (e.g. from design to launch, sales, experience and understanding of the distribution of insurance products to customers) is desirable.
• Sound knowledge of the recent developments and challenges that the Insurance and asset management industry faces and can assess how best to respond to the resultant risks.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience of data analytics, and use of AI, in a risk or assurance setting is desirable About Royal London We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We've always been prod to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. Inclusion, diversity and belonging