[Hiring] Senior Group Internal Audit Manager @Morgan Advanced Materials

Role Description

This role will provide continuity of leadership and delivery across the Internal Audit function, including management of two direct reports, execution of the audit plan and engagement with senior stakeholders across the Group. This role will continue to strengthen business partnerships and play a key role in delivering an audit programme that provides credible assurance across a broad range of risk areas, generating valuable insights for management and the Board.

This role requires strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead direct reports, influence beyond formal reporting lines and manage complex stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will have extensive Internal Audit, IT Audit or IT Compliance experience, with the ability to make an immediate contribution through leading complex assurance reviews, supporting team delivery and building credibility quickly with senior stakeholders. This role provides an opportunity to make an immediate impact within a dynamic global organisation, leading complex audit and assurance activities while supporting the continued evolution of the Internal Audit function.

Qualifications

• Experience in internal audit, IT Audit or IT Compliance.
• Previous experience managing, coaching or developing audit teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams in a collaborative and geographically dispersed environment.
• Experience operating in interim, contract or transformation environments desirable.
• Demonstrable ability to establish credibility and stakeholder relationships quickly.
• Broad internal audit programme experience beyond financial control and compliance audits.
• In depth knowledge of governance, risk identification and mitigation techniques.
• CIA, CISA, CRISC or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Experience of working in a manufacturing business highly desirable.
• Excellent written English and experience in writing reports that influence change.
• Experience of auditing or assessing IT General Controls (ITGCs), ERP environments or related governance and control frameworks highly desirable.
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), ERP implementations, post-implementation reviews, user access management, segregation of duties and related IT control frameworks highly desirable.
• Experience working at the interface between business processes, technology, governance, risk management and controls would be advantageous.

Requirements

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, development and performance management for two direct reports.
• Support the ongoing implementation of the Internal Audit strategy and contribute to its continued evolution.
• Use broader business context to anticipate internal and/or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues.
• Present audit findings and recommendations to the executive team.
• Support the refinement and embedding of audit processes and methodologies.
• Ensure the audit plan delivers on credible assurance and meaningful insight.
• Contribute to the development of internal audit’s risk-based audit plan.
• Act as deputy for the Director of Internal Audit & Risk as required.
• Identify risks, scope and design testing for audits identified in the plan.
• Recommend pragmatic, risk-based solutions to complex issues.
• Secure agreement on audit findings, recommendations and actions with relevant stakeholders.
• Coach and educate the wider business on the advantages of robust governance, risk management and control.
• Facilitate collaboration among audit team members.
• Ad hoc other areas of responsibility where capacity allows.

Company Description

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.

We help our customers push the limits of their processes and products to meet the demanding requirements they face, from higher process temperatures to higher product performance to increasing miniaturisation.

• Revenue: £1,100.7m (2024)
• ~8,000 employees
• Manufacturing in 20+ countries
• Global customer portfolio
• UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK
• Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index