Trainee Internal Auditor

at  Places for People

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we’re looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we’re more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That’s someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise, we don’t discriminate based on any protected attribute. In fact, we’re dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.
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More about your role
This role is part of our 2024 graduate programme, known internally as our Emerging Talent programme. As our Trainee Auditor you’ll support the centralised delivery of auditing within our leisure centres. Places Leisure operate or own 100 leisure centres across England.
The two-year programme will support you to develop the core skills, behaviours and technical ability to develop into an Auditor with the opportunity to undertake Auditing qualifications.
This is a new role to our Business Assurance team and will see you working within our Leisure Centres undertaking auditing activities around retail and cash transactions. As our Trainee Auditor, you’ll contribute towards the continuous improvement of both performance and customer service across the business by reviewing risk, making sure processes are as effective as they can be, and ensuring that appropriate levels of control and compliance are in place.
This role is Agile / Site based role with the successful candidate being required to travel between our Places Leisure sites on a weekly basis. A driving license and means of mobility is essential. There is considerable travel as part of this role with the successful candidate required to travel on a weekly basis.
The stat date for this role is the 16th September and includes a welcome induction week from our Leeds office.
For more information, please download our job profile available on our website.
More about you
You’ll be educated to a graduate-level with a degree within a related specialism such as Business Management, Maths or Accounting/Finance. You’ll know how to balance the books and have an understanding of cash and banking.
Strong mathematical and excel skills are essential to success in the role and these skills will be assessed throughout the process. A willingness to travel nationally on a weekly basis is essential for this role, so access to a car or other means of mobility & full driving license is required.
This is a largely independent role however support will be provided from our Business Assurance team. The ability to work independent and motivate yourself is key.
This role has numerous opportunities for long-term development and if the candidate shows interest could be supported to pursue professional auditing qualifications.
The application process is designed to support you to showcase your personality, strong communicators and candidates who embody our People Promises will be looked upon favourably.
Benefits
You will be provided with opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, business insight and sector specific knowledge. You’ll learn a lot and quickly, you’ll get exposure to some of our senior leaders. You’ll be encouraged and empowered to flourish and thrive within a nurturing environment. Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that’s why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse ad pioneering environment.
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there’s always more we can do to make you smile, that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%

What’s next?
Hopefully what you’ve read here has got you excited and wanting to apply. The first step of the application process should take around 20 minutes. You’ll be asked to complete your personal details, academic history and provide us some additional supporting information about you. Don’t worry you should know all of the answers. The next part of the application form is asking you to complete a few additional questions, these will ask you to consider your reason for applying, what you want out of the Emerging Talent programme and how you would address current societal issues. Take your time over these, your answers will be shared and may lead to additional questions throughout the application process.
Finally, you’ll be asked to upload a CV, this should include an overview of your work history so far, don’t forget to include any volunteering you’ve done. You will need to make sure this includes all of your academic achievements, from GCSE to your most recent qualifications.
Once we’ve been able to review your application and CV, successful candidates will be sent invites to complete a video interview. This gives you the opportunity to give us more information and offer insight into the person behind the CV

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2