Join Centrica as a Senior Internal Auditor on a 12-month FTC/secondment based in Reading/Flexible with Flexible First working arrangements. You will deliver impactful internal audits across retail businesses, transforming complex issues into clear recommendations.
Requirements
Experience in Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Assurance or related disciplines is beneficial but not essential.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
Ability to communicate complex risks clearly to diverse stakeholders.
Degree, relevant professional qualification (internal audit, accountancy, risk, compliance), or equivalent experience is beneficial.
Experience in regulated or customer-focused environments is an advantage.
Skills & Responsibilities
Data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI): Design and perform proportionate, risk-based audit testing and extract meaningful insights from data.
Stakeholder communication: Turn complex findings into clear, practical recommendations and build constructive relationships across the business.
Audit delivery: Manage end-to-end internal audits from planning to reporting, taking ownership of key review areas.
Independent judgment: Apply professional curiosity and sound judgment to highlight significant risks and ensure appropriate escalation.
Potential transition routes: People from compliance, risk management, or financial audit roles may bring transferable analytical and assurance skills, alongside meeting general professional competency requirements.
Job description
Join us, be part of more.
We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.
About your role:
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit team on a 12-month FTC/secondment, working across some of the most important and interesting areas of Centrica’s Retail businesses.
You’ll gain broad exposure across the organisation, working with colleagues to understand how the business operates, explore the risks that matter and provide practical insight that supports better decision-making.
From customer journeys and consumer protection to complaints, operational processes, regulatory compliance and transformation, you’ll work across a diverse portfolio and help turn complex issues into clear, meaningful recommendations.
It’s a role for someone who enjoys learning, asking thoughtful questions and looking beyond the obvious to understand what really matters to the business.
Location: UK - Reading/Flexible
With our Flexible First working arrangements, we empower our colleagues to work in a way that best suits them. The successful candidate will, however, need to be comfortable commuting to our Reading office on a weekly basis.
What you'll be doing:
Deliver high-quality internal audits from planning through to reporting, taking ownership of key areas of each review.
Build a strong understanding of business objectives, risks, processes and controls, using data and evidence to identify meaningful insights.
Design and perform proportionate, risk-based audit testing, focusing on the areas that matter most.
Turn complex findings into clear, practical recommendations that help stakeholders understand both the issue and the action required.
Build constructive relationships with stakeholders across Centrica, combining collaboration with the independence and professional curiosity expected of Internal Audit.
Lead smaller audit reviews and coordinate input from colleagues and subject matter specialists where appropriate.
Use data, technology and new ways of working to continually improve the quality and effectiveness of our audits.
Apply sound judgement and appropriate escalation to ensure significant risks and issues receive the attention they need.
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for someone who combines curiosity and analytical thinking with the confidence to ask the right questions, constructively challenge stakeholders and turn complex information into practical insight.
You’ll ideally bring:
Experience within Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Assurance or a related discipline is beneficial, but not essential.
A good understanding of risk, controls and assurance, with the ability to apply this thinking in a practical business environment.
Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data, including tools such as Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
The ability to communicate complex risks and findings clearly and confidently to a range of stakeholders.
Strong attention to detail while maintaining a clear view of the bigger picture.
A collaborative but independent approach, with the confidence to challenge constructively.
The ability to manage priorities and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
Experience within a regulated or customer-focused environment would be an advantage, particularly within customer conduct, consumer protection or regulatory compliance.
A degree, relevant professional qualification, or equivalent experience would be beneficial. This could include qualifications in internal audit, accountancy, risk or compliance.
Why should you apply?
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.
If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.
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