Internal Audit Director

Internal Audit Director

About The Role

Are you an ambitious Internal Audit Director looking to join a rapidly growing accountancy firm that is a certified Great Place to Work®? Join us in our new Birmingham office and play a pivotal role in shaping its success.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our West Midlands expansion. You will be joining a business that consistently demonstrates year-on-year growth and regularly wins audit clients from the Big 4 and Top 10.

We work with clients across a broad range of the public sector including further and higher education institutions, academies, housing and healthcare, as well as clients from the wider not for profit and corporate sectors. Working with a broad portfolio of organisations across some or all of these sectors, you will be looking beyond the core internal audit essentials and will be providing your clients with advice and sector best practice that will really help them deliver on their objectives.

We are keen to hear from individuals who want to take a leading role in the development and growth of our Birmingham office – you can have real input into our long-term strategic direction. We have big ambitions for our new Birmingham office and are looking for experienced Internal Audit Directors who are interested in being part of the journey, helping to develop our offering and contribute to the overall growth of our Birmingham office and our internal audit service line.

Responsibilities Will Include:

• Leading our West Midlands internal audit team to successfully deliver a broad range of public sector, not for profit and corporate internal audit engagements, reporting directly to the firm’s Head of Risk Assurance and Internal Audit
• Developing our internal audit team, including coaching and mentoring audit staff to become accomplished risk and control specialists and business advisors, and playing a part in recruitment to further expand the team
• Being instrumental in shaping and contributing to the delivery of our internal audit strategy and growth
• Working with our Partner team on our Birmingham strategic growth plans.
• Building relationships, managing client expectations, and winning work.

About You

To be considered for the role, you will need to be:

• ACA/ACCA/CIA qualified (or equivalent) with experience managing a diverse portfolio of internal audit clients across sectors.
• An excellent communicator capable of building rapport with people at all levels.
• A great people manager who enjoys developing and coaching their team.
• A strong business developer eager to build contacts and network within the Birmingham business community.
• Highly commercial with a drive to contribute to Bishop Fleming’s growth.

Why Bishop Fleming?!

Bishop Fleming is an award-winning and certified Great Place to Work® provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands. With a turnover of £48m, the firm saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. Currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.

From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors.

Bishop Fleming is also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

With 9 offices, over 47 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs. From owner-managed businesses to large businesses; to schools, not-for-profit and public sector organisations; and private clients we have the full-service expertise to advise our clients. 

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including: 

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off! 
• Hybrid working 
• A contributory Pension scheme 
• Life assurance 
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services 
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,000 perks and discounts 
• Yulife employee wellbeing app 
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events  
• Numerous opportunities for development 

Please contact Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential.  We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated. 

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.

As part of our recruitment process and our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we carry out background checks on all successful applicants. These checks will include verification of references, confirmation of right to work in the UK, and, where applicable, a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.