Audit Manager
Publication date:
26 September 2024Workload:
100%Contract type:
Unlimited employment- Place of work:Belfast
New opportunity to join our Internal Audit team as Audit Manager.
Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, the Audit Manager is focused on helping the Board and Executive Management protect the organization's assets, reputation, and sustainability by providing independent and objective assurance to improve its operations. This involves evaluating and improving risk management, control, and governance processes in line with professional standards for internal audit.
The job requires a good understanding of the business and influencing business managers to develop and maintain an effective risk and control environment.
Responsibilities includeYour Profile
• Leading and executing audit assignments, staying informed about industry developments and regulatory requirements, and supporting audit teams in delivering constructive feedback within a complex organization.
• Effective communication with shareholders is also important to ensure clear and transparent sharing of information for their understanding and improvement.
• Manage the completion of all phases of the audit process for assigned multiple concurrent audits to the required Group and IIA standards and in line with the audit plan approved by the AXA UK Audit Committee.
• Deputise for the Head of Audit and relevant committees and boards, as required.
• Performs risk assessments for the area of the business covered, contributing significantly to the entity’s annual internal audit plan
• Works with management in tracking action plans to assist with timely resolution. This includes obtaining periodic updates on remediation progress to support GIA reporting and validating remediation activity undertaken by the business
• Build relationships and share expertise within the wider Global Internal Audit family.
About the Person
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an internal/external audit environment, ideally with some exposure to compliance/regulatory matters.
• University Degree and/or Professional Qualification in Accountancy i.e. ACCA, FCA, ACA, CIMA, CIA, PIIA, AAT. Internal audit qualification.
• Significant knowledge of audit practices and techniques
• Strong overall leadership skills with a pragmatic, common sense attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships, influence at all levels throughout the organisation especially ability to develop senior reciprocal relationships
• Skilled at communicating complex matters in a simple manner, adopting style to suit the audience and situation, while being respectful and sensitive to the organisational and individual impacts of change.
• Strong problem-solving skills and decision making skills - Thinks objectively demonstrating sound judgement
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Ability to influence upwards with AXA
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home based in one of our office locations - Dublin, Derry or Belfast. Regular travel to our Dublin Head Office will be required.
This role is allocated as CF2 under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements. You can find more information on axa.ie/careers.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.
This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.About AXA
Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.
In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.
About the Entity
Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities.
What We Offer
One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:
• Competitive salary with annual review
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• AXA employee discounts
• Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.
AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.
At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.
We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
AXA Ireland dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.