Strategic Audit Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Audit Manager to join our team in Dublin. As an Audit Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of audits, collaborating with audit team members across Group Audit. Your role will involve driving risk assessment and audit planning, determining the right audit scope, key risks, and suitable techniques.

You will deliver audit outcomes of excellent quality and drive and support others on the team to do the same. You will identify themes, trends, and systemic issues in results, develop high-quality audit reports, and influence key stakeholders in broader actions. Additionally, you will support reporting to Group and local Boards and Audit Committees.

You will work in and support a collaborative, learning, and supportive team environment. You will contribute to strategic priorities and co-create a leading audit function, utilizing innovative audit approaches, new world skills (Data Analytics, IT fundamentals, and GenAI) and Agile methods.

• Audit Plan & Coverage: Implement leading audit practices to define and evolve the risk-based audit plan. Help ensure coverage requirements and emerging risks are promptly addressed.
• Audit Delivery: Support the delivery of the audit plan by completing your assigned portfolio of audits with quality, on time, and within budget.
• Stakeholder Relations: Build and maintain strong, transparent, and constructive relationships with stakeholders during audits and through broader interactions.
• Reporting: Prepare and deliver audit reports to senior management and the Life Audit Committee, sharing key insights, themes, trends, findings, and risk mitigating actions.
• Regulatory Relations: Together with your leader, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and contribute to addressing any items raised by them.
• Learning Culture: Take ownership of your development in business technical, new world, and human skills, actively role-modeling a growth and learning mindset.
• New World Skills: Actively enhance your new world skills: Data, IT, and GenAI. Recognize their importance in delivering optimal audit outcomes and future-proofing your skillsets.
• Working AsOne: Lead by example. Show an AsOne mindset by collaborating and engaging with team members across the global Group Audit function.
• Ethics and Integrity: Promote a culture of ethics and integrity within the organization. Conduct audit work in line with the Audit Methodology and applicable standards and consider improvements raised through Quality Assurance reviews together with your leader.

Requirements:

• Rlevant bachelor's or master's degree and/or professional qualification, e.g., chartered accountant, CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent, MBA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience, including at a Manager or Senior Auditor level, e.g., within Internal Audit, Risk Management, or Compliance. Preferably within Insurance or Financial Services.
• Experience within complex, fast-moving, and international organizations.
• Strong understanding of Internal Audit Standards and methodology and internal control frameworks. Strong report writing skills.
• Strong relationship management skills, with proven record of working with and influencing stakeholders across various levels.
• Experience in dealing with regulators and/or other external stakeholders preferred.
• Strong understanding of Life Insurance, P&C insurance also a plus.
• Good experience/understanding of the power and application of new world skills (Data, IT, and AI).
• Strong project management skills, ability to organize teams, prioritize tasks, guide, and coach other team members to deliver on time to high-quality standards.
• PASSION and enthusiasm to continue to grow yourself and others around you.
• Fluent verbal and written English language skills.

About Us:

At our company, we foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our purpose and values are designed to protect, inspire confidence, and help our employees reach their full potential. We value and defend what is right and promote opportunities for equity among our professionals, regardless of gender, disability, LGBTQ+, race, ethnicity, generations, belief, etc. Our talent acquisition and hiring processes respect this commitment daily. Join us and be part of this culture.