⌕ Job Overview:

This temporary Audit Assistant role (initial 2-month period) supports the Business Operations Team by reviewing historical records and tracing data through internal systems to ensure information is accurate, organised, and audit-ready. You'll work methodically across key administrative areas, including Finance, Ops and HR, helping prepare documentation to a specified audit framework, maintaining records such as the NDA repository, and improving the quality and consistency of written materials.

The role suits someone who is highly organised, proactive, and comfortable handling varied tasks in a fast-paced, changeable environment, with the potential to be reviewed for a permanent position at the end of the initial term.

✎ What you'll be doing:

• Track back through company systems and historical records to verify accuracy, completeness, and compliance in preparation for a structured company audit.

• Audit and support internal bookkeeping processes, ensuring data is well-organised, traceable, and aligned to the agreed framework.

• Compile expenses reporting for the Senior Management Team, checking supporting information and presenting it clearly and consistently.

• Maintain and organise the legal repository of NDAs, ensuring documents are properly filed, easy to locate, and up to date.

• Complete HR document check-listing, validating that required records are present and correctly stored, and flagging gaps for follow-up.

• Proofread policy and process documents for duplication, grammatical errors, and inconsistencies, helping keep documentation accurate and audit-ready.

• Collate information from colleagues across the business into clear, well-structured documentation, communicating progress proactively and meeting agreed deadlines.

• Support ad hoc administrative tasks across Finance and HR as priorities shift, adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

𓏗𓏗 What we're looking for:

• Strong organisational skills and a methodical approach to working through historical records, systems, and datasets with accuracy and consistency.

• Experience supporting finance and administrative processes (e.g., internal auditing/bookkeeping, expenses reporting, or document management) and comfort working across multiple functions such as Finance and HR.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Word, with the ability to structure information clearly and maintain well-organised documentation.

• Clear communicator, able to gather information from colleagues and translate it into concise, audit-ready documentation, as well as provide progress updates proactively.

• Naturally detail-oriented and vigilant, with a strong eye for spotting inconsistencies, duplication, missing documents, and grammatical errors when proofreading policies and records.

• Able to manage deadlines and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment, with flexibility to take on ad hoc activities as needed.

✧ Even better if you have:

• Experience supporting administrative and/or finance processes, with a methodical approach to checking and organising records

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel, Word and Outlook) and confidence working across multiple internal systems and datasets

• Excellent attention to detail, including the ability to proofread documents for accuracy, duplication and grammar

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collate information into well-structured documentation

• Ability to manage deadlines, track progress and proactively flag risks or gaps in information

• A flexible, proactive mindset and comfort taking on ad hoc tasks in a fast-paced environment

• Availability to work on-site at 100 Park Drive, Milton Park, OX14 4RY for an initial 2-month temporary period