What is the opportunity?

Join Group Internal Audit as a Senior Audit Manager supporting New Ireland Wealth & Insurance. Group Internal Audit is the Bank of Ireland Group's third line of defence, providing independent assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and internal control frameworks. This is an excellent opportunity to lead impactful audit engagements, influence senior stakeholders, and provide valuable insight across a dynamic and highly regulated business. You will play a key role in helping Bank of Ireland make better decisions by identifying risks, strengthening controls, and supporting continuous improvement across the organisation.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of risk-based audit engagements across New Ireland and Bank of Ireland Insurance Services, from planning and fieldwork through to reporting and follow-up.
• Assess the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls, identifying emerging risks, trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Deliver clear, evidence-based audit opinions and reports for senior management, executive leadership, Boards and Audit Committees.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, providing constructive challenge, influencing positive outcomes and supporting the timely remediation of audit findings.
• Lead, mentor and develop audit colleagues while contributing to audit planning, control environment assessments, methodology enhancements and broader assurance activities.

What will make you stand out?

You will bring extensive experience within Internal Audit, Risk, or a related assurance function in a regulated financial services environment. A strong understanding of life insurance, wealth management and the associated regulatory landscape will support your success in this role.

You are comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and can communicate complex topics clearly and confidently to a range of audiences. Your ability to apply sound judgement, analyse information from multiple sources and translate findings into practical insights will help you make a meaningful impact.

Experience with the following will help you stand out but is not required to apply for this role:

• Leading audit engagements within insurance or wealth businesses.
• Using data analytics and innovative audit techniques to enhance assurance activities.
• Developing control environment assessments and assurance planning.
• Managing people and supporting team development within a professional environment.

Essential qualifications

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) qualification or a recognised accountancy qualification such as ACA or ACCA is required for this role.

More about the team

Group Internal Audit helps make Bank of Ireland better by providing independent assurance over the Group's key risks and controls. The New Ireland Audit Team works closely with Boards, Audit Committees, regulators, senior management and business leaders to provide insight and challenge that supports effective decision-making.

The team delivers assurance across a broad range of activities within Wealth and Insurance, helping the business respond to evolving risks and regulatory requirements. You will join a collaborative and supportive environment that values professional growth, continuous learning and diverse perspectives.

This is a hybrid role, based primarily at Baggot Plaza, Dublin. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.

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 Programme, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches.

We also encourage and support colleagues to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - People Manager
• Better together - People Manager
• Be Decisive - People Manager
• Take Ownership - People Manager
• Manage Risk - People Manager

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.

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.

Your Journey, Our Support

We believe that embracing the perspectives of all of our employees is a value that connects us with our customers and our communities, and makes it an even better place to work. We're building an organisation that is welcoming to all, which enables our colleagues to thrive and reach their full potential.

Neurodiversity

We are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We have recently partnered with Auticon, to improve inequalities in employment for neurodivergent adults.

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Gender Balance

Our Gender Balance Network creates an inclusive space where colleagues of all genders can connect, learn from one another, and work together to achieve our gender balance objectives.

Multicutural

We support colleagues from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. We want our colleagues to feel safe, included and experience a sense of belonging.

With Pride

Our objective is to drive representation and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, promote bringing your whole self to work, and increase visibility across locations, regionals and mediums.

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Flexible Working

We're committed to giving our colleagues the flexibility they need to thrive. Our hybrid working model is central to this approach, enabling more productive ways of working while supporting a healthier work-life balance.

For roles that offer hybrid working, we typically ask that colleagues spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person. Specific working arrangements will be confirmed with your recruiter to ensure they meet the requirements of the role and the team you will be joining.

Hear how flexible working has helped Helen find the balance that works for her:

Our Benefits

Every job at Bank of Ireland comes with...

Pay & Perks

Competitive pay package
Premium pension contribution
Pay reviews & profit-share scheme
Financial wellbeing coaches
Excellent healthcare contributions

Work-Life Balance

23 days annual leave
Flexible leave: buy or sell your days
6 months paid maternity leave
Fertility and surrogacy policies
Working parent and carer supports

Career Growth

Support for professional qualifications
Award-winning career framework
Clear pathways for development and progression

Hear what San San has to say:

"At Bank of Ireland there's a range of development programmes and supports. That brings fresh opportunities and the chance to futureproof my career."

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