Join Pets at Home as an Internal Audit Lead on a 6-month fixed term contract based on a flexible and hybrid arrangement with travel to stores and head office. You will plan and deliver practical internal audits, act as a trusted business partner, and help shape the internal audit plan.
Requirements
Minimum four years of experience in internal audit (in-house or practice).
Professional qualification or working towards one (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA, or similar).
Comfortable leading audits and managing own workload.
Preferred: Retail, veterinary/clinical, or multi-site business experience, and an interest in data-driven audits.
Skills & Responsibilities
Internal Audit: Plan and deliver internal audits across stores, vet practices, and support functions to identify risks and improve processes.
Business Partnering: Act as a trusted partner, discussing findings collaboratively and building positive relationships at all levels.
Process Review: Review processes and controls to suggest clear recommendations and follow up on agreed actions.
Risk Management: Help shape the internal audit plan by highlighting emerging risks and themes.
Potential transition routes: People from financial auditor or risk analyst roles may bring strong analytical and compliance skills, alongside meeting the core internal audit experience requirements.
Job description
Location: Flexible / Hybrid (with some travel to stores and head office)
About the role
We’re looking for an Internal Audit Lead to join our team on a 6 month fixed term contract. This role is all about helping the business run better — spotting risks early, improving ways of working, supporting teams across our business to do their best work and to get things right the first time, every time.
You’ll work closely with colleagues in stores, distribution centre, and the support office, delivering audits that are practical, forward-facing, and genuinely helpful (there is no box-ticking for the sake of it).
What you’ll be doing
Planning and delivering internal audits across our stores, vet's practices and support functions
Getting to know how the business really works and identifying what’s going well — and where things could be improved
Acting as a trusted business partner to the wider business
Reviewing processes and controls, and suggesting clear, sensible recommendations
Talking through findings with teams in a collaborative, supportive way
Helping shape the internal audit plan by highlighting emerging risks and themes
Following up on agreed actions to make sure improvements happen
Working alongside wider IA team including the co-source auditors
What we’re looking for
Minimum four years of experience in internal audit (either in-house or from practice)
Comfortable leading audits and managing your own workload
Flexible and adaptable, to meet the evolving needs of the business and a responsive IA plan
A practical mindset — you understand how businesses operate and focus on what really matters
Confident communicator who can build positive relationships at all levels
Organised, curious, and happy working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment
A professional qualification (or working towards one) — ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA, or similar. Pets at Home will not fund any completion of a qualification.
Nice to have (but not essential)
Retail, veterinary/clinical or multi-site business experience
An interest in using data to make audits more insightful
We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.
