The human element in the property world is all too easily overlooked. This is why Knight Frank believes in building long-term relationships with both clients and staff. This enables us to provide clear, considered and personalised advice on all areas of property whether commercial or residential.

Established in 1896, Knight Frank is a global network of 20,000+ people across 50 territories. We’ve built an internationally-connected, diverse organisation on a work ethos of collaboration, teamwork, leadership and adaptability. We have created a workplace where opinions are respected, everyone is invited to contribute and excellence is rewarded. As a result, our people are highly motivated. We want your experience of working with us to be the best that it can be.

We understand that the only way we will continue to thrive is through the commitment and passion of our people and their tireless delivery of excellent client service. That’s why investing in our people is as important to us as investing in our clients. That’s what makes Knight Frank different – the difference is our people.

We are looking for MRICS qualified individuals to deliver compliance audits across our UK agency and consultancy/non-transactional service lines in our Residential and Commercial directorates.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience of operational or audit delivery in one or more of the following service lines within a RICS regulated firm:

• Project Management & Building Consultancy
• Commercial Agency / Capital Markets
• Rural Asset Management / Rural Lettings / Rural Consultancy

The responsibilities of the Auditor will include reviewing documents and files which cover the end-to-end of an instruction, making an informed assessment of compliance against defined audit criteria, drafting audit reports which clearly articulate issues and risks to the business and recommendations for improvement, and communicating audit results to individual auditees. You may also be asked to contribute to the development of audit assessment criteria for one or more service lines.

You will deliver against an audit plan which will feed into the reporting to various governing bodies across the Firm. All audits and auditee meetings are conducted remotely, therefore access to a personal computer and internet connection, and a high degree of IT literacy, is essential. 

• Supporting the Audit Manager with the development of audit programmes and defining of audit criteria, as required
• Conducting independent audits by reviewing systems and documents and assessing compliance against defined audit criteria
• Identifying risks and issues
• Drafting reports with findings from each audit
• Communicating audit results to individuals and providing recommendations for improvement
   

• Leadership: I offer support to others and engage with people across the business to help them deliver positive outcomes for the brand
• Knowledge: I keep up to date with and develop my professional knowledge, and share it with others in order to improve our service
• Communication: I build collaborative relationships with my team and stakeholders by communicating openly and actively listening to others
• Advisory Mind-set: I use my expertise and knowledge to deliver advice with clarity and conviction in order to secure positive outcomes
• Adaptability: I am open to and will embrace changes in my specialist role, behaviour and approach
• Commercial Acumen: I take an active part in supporting the financial health of the business, ensuring projects and objectives set to me are met on schedule and within budget. I find solutions that are commercially sound.

Qualifications/Experience Required

• MRICS/ARLA qualified (essential)
• 5+ years' experience in an audit or operational role within a RICS regulated firm
• Knowledge and understanding of RICS professional standards
• Excellent communication and organisation skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Flexible, adaptable and cooperative with the ability to remain calm under pressure
• Excellent standard of English grammar and spelling 
• Takes pride in presentation of work with a fair and diligent manner  
• Dedicated with strong attention to detail and time management skills

Systems & IT competence

• High degree of IT literacy (essential)
• Microsoft Office
• Power BI (beneficial but not essential)
• Audit systems (beneficial but not essential)

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