Internal Audit Manager

Job Description

About the role

We are looking for an ambitious individual to join us in our new Birmingham office as an Internal Audit Manager 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.

As we grow, our people-first culture remains central. We’re committed to being a responsible business, supporting healthy people, communities, and the environment.

From day one, you’ll be trusted, empowered, and supported to reach your full potential through diverse, challenging work, interesting clients, and structured development – all within a collaborative, friendly, and high-performing environment.

We work with clients across a broad range of the public sector and corporate sectors.

Working with a broad portfolio of organisations, 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.

This role will suit an experienced Internal Audit professional and you will be encouraged to share ideas and will play a key role in our expanding audit team. As part of the role, you will be given the opportunity to continue to develop your broader management and business development skills.

Your day to day responsibilities will include

Leading, planning and delivering a broad range of public sector and corporate internal audit engagements, reporting directly to our local Internal Audit Director

Helping to develop our internal audit team, including coaching and mentoring staff to become accomplished risk and control specialists and business advisors, and playing a part in recruitment to further expand the team

Monitoring budgets and agreeing fees for each assignment

Managing client relationships and expectations, building strong relationships with your clients and ensuring that a quality service is delivered

Contributing to business development activities in the sectors in which you operate

About You

To be considered for the role, you will have

CIA/ACA Qualification (or equivalent)

Experience of managing a broad portfolio of audit clients across some or all of the public sector, wider not-for-profit and corporate sectors

The ambition to be a great people manager who enjoys developing and coaching their team

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to build rapport with people at all levels

Strong organisational skills, enthusiasm, with a systematic approach and the ability to work to deadlines

A willingness to travel as required

A collaborative, team-focused mindset, with a desire to contribute to the overall success of Bishop Fleming

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 49 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

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Extra time off at Christmas - in addition to your annual leave entitlement, we close between Christmas and New Year

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

Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events

Numerous opportunities for development

Please contact Grace Harris, Recruitment Advisor if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including 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.