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Join an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Internal Auditor

This role will ideally be based within in the Essential Energy footprint with the ability to work from home in a hybrid work environment.

As a Senior Internal Auditor, you’ll lead end-to-end audits and advisory reviews across business processes, systems, and functions, ensuring alignment with best practices and internal standards. You’ll oversee Internal Auditors and co-sourced providers, deliver high-quality audit outcomes, and provide strategic advice on risk, controls, and process improvements. The role also involves contributing to audit planning, continuous improvement initiatives, and promoting a culture of integrity, inclusion, and excellence across the organisation. This role will report to the Head of Internal Audit.

About You

You’re an experienced internal auditor with 4 – 6 years gained in a professional service or industry. Successful in leading complex audits, managing stakeholders, and mentoring teams. You bring industry knowledge across sectors like energy and infrastructure, and are skilled in data analytics, audit methodologies, and regulatory frameworks. With excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills, you thrive in fast-paced environments and deliver high-quality outcomes with precision and attention to detail.

About your skills

• Strong knowledge of internal audit methodologies, systems, and techniques
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Advanced report writing and project management capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic query applications
• Effective time management and attention to detail

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Business or related discipline, or demonstrated capability through past employment experience and/or relevant qualifications
• Drivers Licence

Desirable

• Relevant post-graduate qualifications e.g. CPA, CA, CISA, CIA

Why Essential Energy

We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 16.5% superannuation.

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits through our corporate partnerships with organisations such as Qantas, Optus, nib and Mildura Health Fund. You will also gain access to our Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. Visit our employee benefits page for more information.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women.

We’re a business with a huge range of operational and corporate roles aimed at connecting our communities.

As a pivotal player in the energy future of NSW and the country – we cover 95% of NSW and parts of southern QLD - we are an organisation with a wider variety of roles than you may first think.

Whether you want to work remotely, in a coastal region or rurally, we will invest in you, develop you and help you shape a career in energy that will give you future opportunities you may never have realised in a sector where there is so much to explore.

For further information please contact Matthew Brandt, Head of Internal Audit, on 0438 299 947.

Applications close on 9th November 2025 at 11:55pm.

Passionate people. Global thinking. Regional heart.

Building a better energy future.

Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.

At Essential Energy, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to Essential Energy (including alternate formats of application forms or alternate ways for accessibility). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact careers@essentialenergy.com.au or call us on 1800 255 777. or call us on 1800 255 777.