Internal Audit Manager - Change Assurance

This role requires strong stakeholder management skills to build relationships, challenge risk and control activities, and lead internal audit work assuring large-scale strategic change programmes. You will develop and deliver risk-based audit plans, influence senior stakeholders, manage work independently, and produce clear reports, drawing on experience in audit or consulting within complex, ideally financial services, environments. 

For this role you’ll need to have: 

• A Chartered Internal Audit (CIIA), IT Audit (CISA) or other recognised certification / qualification from project management body.
• Significant internal / external audit experience including experience of delivering change assurance engagements to time and quality.
•  Comprehensive knowledge of risk and control frameworks within complex project and programme delivery, underpinned by substantial experience assuring these when associated with large-scale business and technology change.
• Good stakeholder management experience and skills, being comfortable engaging with senior leadership teams to undertake assurance engagements.
• Broad experience of preparing high quality audit reports for senior management review.
• Good experience in managing and supervising colleagues.

Experience in these areas would be helpful: 

• Experience in a similar role within a financial services organisation 

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK’s original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey. 

Trusted by over four million people, we’re a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues. 

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.  

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us. 

Flexibility and why it matters 

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.                                                                                                    

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer 

We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria. 

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