Manager Audit Services

**Manager Audit Services**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000**About us**:
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.
We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.
We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all of our people feel respected, valued and supported to be the best they can be.

**About the Role**:
The Manager Audit Services plays an important role in assisting the company to improve the internal control environment and business efficiency.
Reporting to the Head of Audit Services, this is a very hands-on role requiring extensive business and senior stakeholder engagement, critical/analytical thinking and attention to detail in conducting internal audit assurance and advisory projects.
You will be part of a highly skilled team, and use your strong stakeholder engagement, communication (both written and verbal), and project management skills (from planning to reporting) to succeed and make this role your own.
Read on to find out more about the role, about the business, and the part you can play.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Lead and participate in planning and executing internal audits (operational, financial, IT, project governance, fraud investigation, risk and controls and compliance)
- Proactively engage management, external auditors and co-sourcing parties to optimise assurance and audit efforts
- Deliver internal audits on time, budget and exceed expectations
- Provide expertise on internal controls and business process improvements
- Proactively liaise with management to enhance business knowledge, understand key stakeholder perspectives when formulating recommendations, and to ensure that key risks are identified
- Maintain knowledge, skills and disciplines necessary to carry out audit responsibilities and maintain professional accreditation
- Provide coaching and leadership for other members of the audit team
- Develop self by seeking challenging developmental opportunities, willingly accepting new responsibilities, and displaying confidence in own knowledge, skills and ability
- Demonstrate accountability by taking responsibility for actions, outcomes and deliverables, displaying commitment to work, and handling issues with mínimal guidance

**To succeed in this role you’ll have**:

- Tertiary qualification in Business/Commerce, as well as Accounting Qualifications (CA or CPA)
- Strong internal audit technical experience (operational, financial, IT, project governance, fraud investigation, risk and controls and compliance)
- Strong experience in both leading and executing internal audits
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience in data analysis (e.g. Tableau, ACL, advanced Excel)
- Ability to think strategically, taking a whole of business approach to decision making, analysis and problem solving
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with management and employees
- Experience in the electricity industry or similar is desirable but not essential

**Your career with us**:
We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and Employee Resource Groups like our Women in Power networking group, Sparkle our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network and InteractAbility - our disability network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

OUR VALUES: Live safely, Be Customer and Community Minded, Succeed Together, Be The Best You Can Be, Improve Our Business

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