Deputy Head of Internal Audit (Specialist Services Unit (SSu))

Key Responsibilities

• The role will primarily be to support the Deputy Director (SSu) in providing an independent and objective opinion to the Accountable Officers, the Boards and the Audit Committees of respective NHS Wales organizations on the degree to which risk management, internal control and governance arrangements support the achievement of the organizations’ agreed objectives.
• The post will also be responsible for helping to provide an independent and objective consultancy service specifically to help management improve the organization’s risk management, internal control and governance arrangements through the systematic and disciplined evaluation of policies, procedures and operations that management have put in place to meet the organizations’ objectives.

Qualification & Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Relevant Professional qualification (CCAB qualified accountant or MIIA qualified auditor) with post qualification experience or equivalent knowledge and competence
• Experienced senior finance or audit manager level having gained a high level of special knowledge across a range of areas
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Highly specialist knowledge of:
  • Professional Internal Audit Standards
  • Risk Management and Assurance Frameworks
  • Corporate Governance
  • NHS Capital Investment requirements
  • Construction contract management
  • Capital and alternative funded projects
  • NHS Estate Infrastructure, Facilities Maintenance and Management
  • NHS construction and project procurement regulations and guidance
  • Controls Assurance
  • Control Frameworks
  • Stewardship & Probity

Desirable Criteria

• Management Qualification
• Prince 2 Practitioner
• Knowledge of:
  • NHS Wales governance and finance regimes
  • NHS Counter Fraud & Corruption Arrangements
  • NHS clinical governance

EXPERIENCE

Essential Criteria

• Extensive experience with numerous years at a management level in the NHS or equivalent complex organization
• Experience of resource and staff management including work prioritization and planning.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of the principles of effective financial control systems, corporate governance and Internal Audit.
• Experience of working with board level management and Non-Executive Directors.
• A proven track record of dealing with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objective.
• Presentation of complex and potentially sensitive information where management may be resistant to findings.
• Experience of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organization.
• Experience of highly complex and political projects/ programs.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of various contract forms e.g. NEC, JCT, ICE, MIM and their application.
• Experience of working with NHS Infrastructure and Investment requirements through all stages of project/program development.
• Evidence of successfully influencing management and working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Report preparation and presentation of detailed, complicated and confidential information.

Desirable Criteria

• NHS Internal Audit experience at a management level.
• Risk assessment and the development of audit plans and strategies.
• Specialist knowledge of internal audit, financial and risk management aspects of NHS legislation and policies.
• Working with client or partner organizations and liaison with External Audit.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential Criteria

• Ability to plan, control and manage complex assignments.
• Ability to identify systems weaknesses and to use knowledge and experience to provide management with practical solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
• Highly developed analytical, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex, confidential and sensitive information.
• Demonstrable ability to work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints.
• Ability to operate on a nationwide basis.
• IT literate with practical computer application skills covering Microsoft products including Excel and Word.
• Maintain professional and technical credibility, at the highest level, within Welsh Government, NWSSP and NHS Bodies.
• Ability to market and promote internal audit services.
• Demonstrable project management skills including work planning, organization and prioritization.
• Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working, continuously striving to improve systems and performance.
• Highly developed motivation, persuasion and negotiation skills, and ability to facilitate the development of others.
• Highly committed and self-motivated, with high professional standards.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders.
• Effective Leadership and team building skills.
• Emotionally resilient and able to respond to exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload for you and your team.
• Need for intense concentration over a sustained period of time.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Ability to interact with patients and the general public.

Desirable Criteria

• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.

OTHER

Essential Criteria

Benefits

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