Contract type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park, Edinburgh - Waverley Gate, London
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
This is an exciting opportunity to join Group Internal Audit (GIA), a high performing team that supports the Board in protecting the assets, reputation and sustainability of Royal London Group while creating value through impactful assurance and insightful advice. The function plays a critical role in helping the organisation achieve its strategic ambitions through independent assurance, challenge, foresight and thought leadership.
As a Head of Internal Audit, you will be a senior leader within both GIA and the wider Royal London Group, responsible for leading a portfolio of audits, developing and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships, and helping to shape and deliver the future vision and strategy of Internal Audit.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead an established team and influence the future direction of internal audit with scope to modernise assurance through data, analytics and AI. You will have enormous variety in the role and exposure to Board and Executive Committee members within a supportive and collaborative environment.
As Head of Internal Audit, you will:
The skills, experience and qualities we're seeking include:
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re Royal London, the UK’s largest customer-owned provider of pensions, investments, insurance and protection.*
As a mutual, we’re owned by our customers - not shareholders, so we focus on long-term value, not short-term profits. We help people shape their financial future. Whether that’s saving for retirement, investing with confidence, or protecting what matters most.
We work with financial advisers and employers to offer products and services that support people through life’s big moments. From award-winning pensions and protection to tools that build financial know-how, we’re here to help.
Our purpose - Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together, we are mutually responsible.
💼 Learn more about working with us: royallondon.com/about-us/working-at-royal-london
📞 Contact us: royallondon.com/existing-customers/contact-us
*Based on total 2022 premium income. ICMIF Global 500, 2024
