Internal Auditor

Internal Auditor

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

Finance at Primark
What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.



What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as an Internal Auditor
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Scope and deliver complex, agile audits from beginning to end, including execution/review of test work, exit meetings and final report.
• Identify gaps and improvement opportunities to design and deliver effective, efficient and where applicable automated processes that will enhance business outcomes, reduce risk and systemise the control environment.
• Provide independent assurance to management that all key risks are managed effectively through the evaluation of the quality of management processes, systems of internal control and corporate governance.
• Ensure Head of Internal Audit and Internal Audit Senior Manager are informed on a regular basis on the progress of the audit and relevant audit findings.
• Work as an effective team member during an audit by communicating relevant issues and requesting feedback.
• Assess risk and influence stakeholders on actions for remediation and improvement.
• Build trusted and effective relationships with relevant stakeholders within Primark and ABF. Such communication channels are an essential input for executing work in a reliable and collaborative fashion and sharing best practice.
• Support in the development of the annual audit plan and deliver a portfolio of risk-based, end-to-end audits.
• Prepare high quality written reports on relevant governance, risk management and control issues, communicate these to management, and agree appropriate action plans. Produce clear working papers to address the in scope risk areas.
• Monitor management responses and the application of all recommendations.
• Support the Internal Audit Senior Manager and where necessary, lead the preparation of quarterly progress reports to Primark and ABF management.
• Conduct ad-hoc reviews or investigations as required. Communicate project health and progress to key stakeholders through insightful and accurate reporting.
• Record, track and monitor agreed actions from all meetings and work with the relevant stakeholders to ensure key milestones are achieved.
• Maintain expert knowledge of internal audit industry best practices, new technologies and advancements and provide strategically sound recommendations.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Professional qualification (ACA / ACCA) required.
• Previous experience in external and/or internal audit is essential, ideally working in the Big 4 and/or industry.
• Experience of performing business process walkthroughs of complex areas/functions, identifying risks, and scoping associated controls.
• Proficient in applying a risk-based audit approach and testing expected internal controls.
• Excellent communication skills enabling effective engagement with a diverse stakeholder group both across the business and externally.
• Strong report-writing skills, with ability to focus on high-level summary for senior executives.
• Curious, self-starter, with ability to adapt to change and multi-task.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills, ability to multi-task, plan and prioritise work schedule for self and team and work within agreed timescales.
• Collaborative team player demonstrating high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to push back with professionalism.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of accountability.
• Commercial mindset, organising workload with emerging risk at the forefront.
• Sound judgement and unquestionable ethics with high degree of transparency and trust.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.



About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

137843BR