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About the Role

The Chief Internal Auditor is a pivotal senior leadership role at the heart of the FCA, reporting directly to the Chief Executive and Chair of the Audit Committee. This role contributes to the FCA’s most senior decision-making forums and provides independent assurance, insight, challenge, and foresight to senior leaders and the Board. The Chief Internal Auditor will shape the next evolution of Internal Audit and assurance across the organisation, strengthening alignment and harnessing data, technology, and AI to build a digitally enabled, forward-looking Audit function.

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver a long-term strategy for Internal Audit, aligned to the FCA’s ambition to be a more data-led, innovative, agile and assertive regulator.
Shape the FCA’s approach to assurance, ensuring Internal Audit provides independent insight that strengthens governance, risk management and the control environment.
Identify opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness and business performance.
Develop and deliver a digitally enabled audit operating model, using internal and external expertise while maintaining appropriate budgetary control, coverage and quality.
Embed internal auditing standards and requirements into day-to-day practice, further developing the quality assurance and improvement programme across Internal Audit.
Monitor the function’s effectiveness and efficiency, with regard to the Principles of International Standards for Internal Auditing and relevant corporate governance and financial services requirements.
Build and maintain effective relationships with Risk, management, and relevant external stakeholders and professional networks, to ensure appropriate coverage of the FCA’s key business risks and a coordinated approach to assurance.
Support the FCA’s annual external audit process, including effective engagement with the National Audit Office.
Participate proactively as an expert adviser to key management, board and committees throughout the FCA.
Provide clear and effective reporting to the Audit Committee on Internal Audit activity, significant findings and the wider assurance and control environment.
Oversee the FCA’s internal whistleblowing arrangements.
Act as an effective team member and corporate leader, working collaboratively with stakeholders and peers to achieve business goals.
Lead, direct, coach, motivate and continuously improve the capability of the internal audit function.
Foster an environment of knowledge sharing, challenge and continuous learning within the function, helping the team capture and apply relevant best practice.
Advance change within the organisation by supporting new initiatives that improve audit and assurance and reinforce a continuous improvement mindset.

Requirements

Credible independent advisor with experience influencing Boards, Audit Committees and executive-level stakeholders on audit, assurance, governance, risk and control.
Strong commercial and organisational awareness, with the judgement to operate effectively in a complex, regulatory, political or public-interest environment.
Significant senior leadership experience within an internal audit / assurance function in a large and complex organisation, with a particular focus on fast moving technological and data orientated environments.
Experience of developing and delivering a risk-based internal audit strategy, plan and operating model; translating organisational strategy and risk into clear audit and assurance priorities, plans, and measurable outcomes, through technology, data, analytics, AI or other innovative approaches.
Evidence of leading, developing and motivating multidisciplinary teams and building an inclusive, high-performing culture, and communicating effectively with diverse audiences.
Experience of internal audit or assurance in a complex, highly regulated environment, covering areas such as operational resilience, cyber security, AI, financial crime, third-party risk or data analytics.
Enterprise leadership & collaboration: Builds trusted relationships and empowers others to deliver organisation-wide outcomes.
Strategic thinking & judgement: Navigates complexity, connects strategy and risk, and exercises sound judgement in making balanced decisions.
Influence & constructive challenge: Builds credibility with senior stakeholders, communicates clearly and provides effective, evidence-based challenge.
Leading change & innovation: Champions new thinking, leads change effectively and creates momentum for continuous improvement.
All applicants to the FCA are required to demonstrate that they do not have other interests likely to conflict with their responsibilities as an employee of the FCA.
Must obtain and retain SC Clearance if successful.

Skills

Data analytics
AI
Technology
Risk management
Governance
Control environment
Audit
Assurance
Operational resilience
Cyber security
Financial crime
Third-party risk
Communication

Location

Edinburgh
London
Leeds

Work Type

Hybrid working
Onsite (minimum 60% of time)

Experience Level

Senior leadership experience
Director level

Education Level

Relevant audit, risk, assurance or accountancy qualification

Salary/Compensations

£200,000 - £275,000 (London)
£180,000 - £248,000 (National)

Benefits

30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Private healthcare with Bupa
Non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary (increasing with age up to 12% at 35)
Life assurance of eight times basic salary
Income protection
Personalised benefits package

About the Company

The FCA is creating a fair and more resilient financial system, establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.
The FCA is on an exciting journey driving significant organisational, people, process, and technology transformation to become a more forward-thinking, proactive regulator.
The FCA will use data more effectively to drive better regulatory decisions and build greater cohesion across its broad financial services remit.
Significant improvements in digital enablement, business intelligence, market data and information management maturity are being pursued to maintain its position as a world leader in financial services regulation.
The FCA launched a new 5-year strategy in March 2025 to deepen trust, rebalance risk, support growth and improve lives.
The FCA's four priorities are: Be a smarter regulator; Support sustained economic growth; Help consumers navigate their financial lives; Fight financial crime.

Equal Opportunity

The FCA is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of its organisation.
The FCA particularly welcomes applications from women, disabled, and minority ethnic candidates as under-represented groups.
As an inclusive employer, the FCA is open to considering flexible working arrangements, including job shares.
The FCA is committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments for candidates with accessibility requirements, disabilities, or conditions.