Internal Assurance Manager

Strengthen Our Resilience – Internal Assurance Manager

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking an Internal Assurance Manager to lead internal audits and drive our assurance strategy across functions and projects. This is a key role within the Risk & Assurance team, where you will help ensure the organisation operates with confidence, transparency, and integrity.

You will be responsible for delivering a proactive, risk-based assurance plan that assesses and enhances the effectiveness of our internal controls. Working closely with senior leadership, you will influence strategic decision-making and help embed robust assurance practices across the business.

What will the role look like? 

You will lead on:

• Designing and delivering functional and project assurance plans, including planning, executing, and reporting on internal audits.
• Identifying control gaps and areas for operational improvement, and recommending effective, pragmatic solutions.
• Leading follow-up reviews and ensuring agreed actions are completed in line with timelines and expectations.
• Providing clear, timely assurance reporting to senior stakeholders and supporting wider risk and compliance activities.

What skills & experience are we looking for? 

• Demonstrable experience in internal assurance, audit, or risk management, ideally within a medium-to-large organisation.
• Strong knowledge of audit methodologies, risk assessment tools, and compliance frameworks.
• Leadership capability, with experience managing audit teams and engaging with senior stakeholders.
• A relevant degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field; construction sector experience is desirable.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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