{"id":18223,"date":"2025-06-20T14:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?page_id=18223"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:00:39","slug":"audit-assistant-job-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/about\/careers\/vacancies\/audit-assistant-job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit Assistant &#8211; job description"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Department: Internal Assurance&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job Title: Audit Assistant&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grade: B&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsible to: Audit and Compliance Manager&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date: May 2025&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    \n\n<p class=\"file\">\n            <a class=\"file__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Audit-Assistant-Accessible-job-description.pdf\" download=\"Audit-Assistant-Accessible-job-description.pdf\">Audit Assistant &ndash; 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