Internal Audit Specialist (German Speaking Role) - Permanent- CLGS

Why Irish Life Internal Audit?

At Irish Life Internal Audit, we know it’s our people that set us apart. That is why we are passionate about fostering an environment where our people can grow to their fullest. By joining Irish Life Internal Audit, you will have the opportunity to work in global audit team that pushes boundaries, values collaboration, embraces change and innovation and delivers quality work through high performing people.

Irish Life Internal Audit is part of the global Great-West LifeCo Internal Audit team of circa 170 people across Canada, UK, US and Ireland. As well as having direct responsibility for audit activity of Irish and German Operations, Irish Life Internal Audit also participate in and lead global audits, initiatives and benchmarking reviews. 

As part of the companies’ third line of defence, a key part of our job is to provide assurance that the organisation is progressing on the course of action charted by management and the board. We also work to alert management and the board to risks which may prevent the organisation from achieving its objectives.
 

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting the effective execution of audits for Canada Life Assurance Europe, and other businesses in the Irish Life and Canada Life group of companies.
  
They will work in conjunction with the Management team and the Chief Internal Auditor to develop and maintain annual plans that are aligned to business strategies. The role holder will also establish and maintain professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including Management in Canada Life Assurance Europe, demonstrating political sensitivity and organisational awareness. This position also requires interaction with stakeholders across the global Group.
 

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Leading and contributing to audit assignments for Canada Life Assurance Europe (German Division) and other related entities within agreed timescales.
• Building trust and credibility with senior management within the business by demonstrating a professional approach to auditing and a sound knowledge of governance, risk management and control.
• Driving the delivery of the audit agenda, identifying the critical issues to the achievement of delivery targets, and consistently communicating them to Internal Audit Senior Leadership and the team.
• Involvement in annual planning, continuous monitoring and risk assessment and scheduling risk based audits.
• Inputting into the audit opinion in a manner that is consistent with Internal Audit’s standards, methodologies and processes.
• Preparation of high-quality written reports on relevant governance, risk management and control issues and communicating these to Management, agreeing action plans and tracking such issues for resolution with agreed timelines; 
• Input to delivery of Audit Committee reporting; and
• Contributing to the development of Internal Audit – locally and globally, being a key contributor of IA projects.
   

The Person

Ideally the successful candidate will have the following:
 

• Strong work ethic along with ownership for all deliverables;
• Hold a position in internal/external audit or similar risk based role, working with multi-disciplined teams of professionals in the execution of risk-based assurance work;
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management and control issues; 
• High level of organisational ability and is proactive in monitoring successful delivery of objectives against relevant criteria.
• Fluent in both English and German;
• Strong blend of technical ability, judgement, and commercial awareness.
• A relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CMIIA, ACCA); 
• Ideally have experience in the use of Data Analytics.
   

Key Competencies