Our client is a multinational financial services firm with offices based in Dublin. They are seeking a Director - Internal Audit & Risk for a 12 Months Fixed Terms Contract. This is a senior leadership role responsible for helping lead internal audit and risk assurance activities across the business, providing independent and objective evaluation of governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and reporting of risk-based internal audit engagements across the organisation.
- Oversee audit teams to ensure high-quality delivery of audits, including risk assessment, fieldwork, documentation, and reporting.
- Review and approve audit outputs, ensuring compliance with internal audit methodology and professional standards.
- Provide value-adding recommendations to strengthen governance, risk management, and internal control environments.
- Develop and maintain a multi-year, risk-based internal audit and assurance plan aligned to emerging business risks.
- Assess and monitor key risks across operational, financial, regulatory, technology, and conduct risk areas.
- Present audit findings and risk insights to senior management, Boards, and Audit & Risk Committees.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationships across the business, including liaison with regulators, external auditors, and assurance providers.
- Ensure adherence to audit quality standards, conduct QA reviews, and support continuous improvement of audit methodologies and tools.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development to internal audit and risk professionals, fostering a high-performance and accountable culture.
Requirements
- Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIA (or equivalent).
- Extensive experience in internal audit, external audit, or risk management within a regulated financial services environment.
- Demonstrable experience working in regulated sectors (e.g. banking, asset management, capital markets, insurance, fintech, or similar regulated industries).
- Proven track record of leading complex audit engagements and delivering high-quality assurance outputs.
- Experience presenting to senior management and governance committees.
- Strong understanding of risk management frameworks and internal control environments.
- Experience working in a multi-jurisdictional environment highly desirable.
Package
- Highly competitive base salary
- Completion bonus
- Comprehensive list of benefits including pension, health and death in service etc
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