Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Fixed Term – 35 hours a week
Location: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham or Oswestry) – typically 2 days in the office per week
Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan
Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals—GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers—secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you.
Find out more about who we are: careers.wesleyan.co.uk
Make a Difference in Corporate Audit
Corporate Audit provides an independent, objective assurance and consulting service to the Society and its subsidiaries, reporting to the Audit Committee. The team adopts a risk-based approach to help strengthen governance, risk management, and internal controls while supporting the business to operate sustainably and effectively.
Your Impact
Here’s how you’ll make a difference:
- Lead and deliver risk-based internal audit reviews across finance, life and pensions, ensuring alignment to professional and internal standards.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business to influence, challenge and drive improvements in risk and control environments.
- Produce high-quality audit reports that provide clear insight, value and practical recommendations to senior leadership.
- Contribute to audit planning by identifying key risks, emerging themes and opportunities for improved assurance coverage.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives within Corporate Audit, enhancing methodologies, tools and overall efficiency.
What You’ll Bring
- You’re a credible and commercially aware internal audit professional who thrives on influencing stakeholders and delivering meaningful insight in a regulated environment.
- Demonstrable internal audit experience, ideally within financial services or a commercial setting.
- Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles within financial services.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge constructively.
- Knowledge of modern audit techniques, risk management and regulatory frameworks.
- Strong analytical thinking, decision-making capability and attention to detail.
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIIA or equivalent).
- Experience within professional services or Big 4 and exposure to data analytics (desirable).
Benefits That Work for You
We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here’s what you can expect:
- Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.
- 28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) – rising to 30 days with service.
- Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.
- Company pension scheme – matched plus 2% (up to 10%).
- Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).
- Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter – to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials.
- Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.
Why Wesleyan?
We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options.
If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.
What to Know Before Applying
- Right to Work: We’re unable to provide VISA sponsorship, so you’ll need the legal right to live and work in the UK.
- Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks but may close early if we receive a high volume of applications—apply early to avoid disappointment.
- Regulatory Requirements: As a financial services organisation, we adopt the highest standards. This role is subject to regulatory checks, including criminal record and credit checks, and ongoing assessments under the SMCR Framework.
Ready to Shape Your Future?
Apply today and join us in creating brighter financial futures—for our customers, our members, and you.