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Senior Audit Manager Risk Specialist - Data Privacy

Dublin, Ireland | Hybrid
Permanent | Full time
Closing date:  May 21 2025

Senior Audit Manager Risk Specialist - Data Privacy

  • Dublin, Ireland
  • Full time
  • Closing on: May 21 2025

What is the opportunity?

As a high-performing Internal Audit team, GIA provide independent, challenging and risk focused assurance, insight and opinion to the Group and support the Group in achieving its strategic objectives. In this role you will lead assurance activity and provide subject matter expertise relating to key risks. This is a visible and impactful position within GIA, reporting into a Head of Audit, and you will develop a broad range of relationships with key partners across the organisation.

In this role, you will:

  • Act as the Senior Risk Expert for Privacy Risk
  • Accountable for providing ongoing monitoring and contribute to our periodic audit Control Environment opinion in relation to your assigned risk area and support broader assurance planning
  • Deliver effective audit opinions with agility and in a changing environment;
  • Responsible for leading individual assurance projects from scoping through to reporting.
  • Build strong and sustainable relationships across Bank of Ireland in accountable divisions;
  • Work closely with Leadership to ensure that an appropriate assurance programme is devised and implemented to provide objective and challenging assurance on a range of key risks across the Bank.
  • Work with colleagues in GIA to evaluate internal controls and processes in order to provide objective and challenging risk based assurance through the planning, execution and reporting of audits/reviews;
  • Develop & maintain an in-depth understanding of the key priorities, risks & challenges for the accountable risks.

What will make you stand out?

  • Extensive subject matter experience in the relevant risk area
  • Extensive experience in Internal Audit in an FS environment, with solid understanding and experience working in the context of a large complex organisation, developing strong organisational relationships and leading through influence are keys to success.
  • Advanced reporting writing skills, critical thinking skills, with the ability to convey complex information in a simple manner that generates practical insights for Executive and Board audiences.
  • Highly adept in navigating governance processes and working cross-functionally with a broad group of partners to achieve an outcome.
  • Commercially savvy with a strong knowledge and understanding of Bank of Ireland.
  • Strong people manager skills & experience building high performing teams.

Knowledge and experience in the auditing the following areas, would also be advantageous:

  • IT
  • Transaction processing and financial services payments requirements
  • Cloud
  • Programme Risk / Change
  • Privacy
  • TPRM
  • Data management

Essential Qualifications

  • Certified with relevant qualification Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA); or Certified Internal Auditor - CIA; or Accountancy qualification ACA/ACCA
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) / Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) / ISO 27001

More about the team

GIA forms the 3rd line of defence for the Bank of Ireland Group. GIA's purpose is 'to Help Make Bank of Ireland Better', including providing independent assurance to key partners on the effectiveness of the Group's risk management and internal control frameworks. To fulfil this purpose, GIA carries out risk based assignments, covering Group businesses and functions. We provide additional insight through its attendance at key governance fora and committees across the Group. Key partners include the Board, the Group Audit Committee, key subsidiaries' audit and risk committees and senior management, as well as other key parties, including the Group's regulators and external auditors. GIA's findings are communicated to senior management and other key partners, with remediation plans monitored for progress against agreed completion dates. We have a Group-wide remit and, as a result, have a deep insight into all of the Group's activities and access to the most senior levels within the Group.

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.

Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)

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Key Competencies

  • Customer Focused - People Manager
  • One Group, one team - People Manager
  • Agile - People Manager
  • Accountable - People Manager
  • Manage Risk - People Manager

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

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