Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our audit teams for motivated individuals with excellent communication and people skills.
Position: – Principal Trainee Auditor –Band 6 – £38,682 – £46,580 (Annex 21)
Hours: – 37.5 (Monday to Friday) Contract: Permanent
Location:
Role 1: Hybrid working– To work across Merseyside and Warrington clients.
Role 2: Hybrid working – To work across Wirral, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and North Wales clients.
Role 3: Hybrid Working – To work across Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester clients.
The Successful Applicant
We want driven people who think creatively about their work, embrace challenges and can resolve complex problems.
We are looking for individuals with the following skills and competencies:
- Ability to organise and prioritise workloads.
- Demonstrates strong analytical and research skills.
- Takes ownership of assigned tasks and adopts a pro-active approach.
- Participates in meetings, providing information and ideas with clarity and persuasiveness.
- Ability to build relationships.
- Respects differences in people and values diversity of ideas
- Actively seeks to enhance own expertise and knowledge.
- Demonstrates drive and commitment to self-development.
- Strong IT skills
Main duties of the job
Perform a broad range of audit assignments of a complex/ad-hoc and non-financial nature in addition to a broad range of routine audit assignments.
Apply risk management and governance principles to the planning and delivery of audit assignments at both an operational and strategic client level.
Supervise and coach junior staff.
Respond to a broad range of sensitive and complex queries from clients and staff.
Support Audit Managers with a wide range of operational requirements, client queries and support.
Using the latest approaches, this post provides a real opportunity to develop your career with one of the best-regarded internal audit teams within the public sector.
The post-holder will need to have a clean driving license and access to a vehicle, as whilst there is an element of home working there is also a requirement to travel to clients on a regular basis.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- To demonstrate an understanding of NHS structure, policy, functions and systems together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge.
- To demonstrate an understanding of audit and corporate governance principles and practice together with the aptitude to build on that knowledge.
Skills
Essential
- You must have an interest in becoming a Qualified Accountant / Chartered Auditor and ideally, your qualifications will be in areas such as Accounting/ Finance and Business, however other subjects will be considered
- Flexibility
- Demonstrates strong analytical and research skills
- Takes ownership of assigned tasks and adopts a pro-active approach
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Produces accurate and timely work
- Participates in meetings, providing information and ideas with clarity and persuasiveness
- Ability to build relationships
- Respects differences in people and values diversity of ideas
- Actively seeks to enhance own expertise and knowledge
- Demonstrates drive and commitment to self-development
- Ability to travel to a range of sites and work in a range of environments
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum / expected 2.2 Degree and 3 ALevel qualifications grade A-C or equivalent qualification (including English and Maths at GCSE GRADE 5 MINIMUM ) OR
- Experience – High quality interpersonal skills, team spirit and a focus on achieving objectives. Demonstrable experience of working within a team and managing competing priorities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 07 December 2025
