Group Internal Auditor

Location: Persimmon Plc

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Closing Date: 20 October 2025

Salary: Competitive salary and package

Specific Hours: 34.5

Group Internal Auditor

Job Title: Group Internal Auditor

Location: (Initial Assignment)

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Group Internal Auditor and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Group Internal Auditor, you’ll benefit from:

  • Competitive salary
  • Bonus
  • Car Allowance or Company Car
  • Hybrid Working
  • 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
  • Healthcare
  • Life Cover & Contributory Pension
  • Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
  • Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Group Internal Audit Team. This role reports to the Group Senior Internal Auditor.

The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of internal audits, thereby supporting the Group in assessing the effectiveness of our governance, risk management, and control processes.

What you’ll do as a Group Internal Auditor

  • Participate in the planning, execution and reporting of internal audits, to ensure the audit plan is delivered in a timely basis.
  • Perform repeatable core audit and compliance work to ensure high standards of corporate governance are met across the Group.
  • Undertake data interrogation analysis to drive evidence-based findings.
  • Support the delivery of the Group’s whistleblowing provision.
  • The role will involve an element of travel away from home involving overnight stays to our Operating Companies across mainland Britain (no more than 10%).

What experience do I need?

  • Previous internal audit or related experience in a large organisation, preferably within a commercial, risk or audit environment.
  • Knowledge and understanding of internal auditing standards and techniques.
  • Able to demonstrate a professional approach to the working environment and possess strong communication skills.
  • Have the ability to work confidently on own and as part of a wider team, taking a supporting role in risk and audit assignments.
  • A current UK Driving Licence is essential.
  • Ideally qualified to degree level.
  • Must be willing to study, or already be studying, for a recognised professional qualification (e.g. CIA/AAT/ACA/ACCA).
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