Senior Auditor - Global Markets

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Auditor

Corporate Title: VP

Location: Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy. 

The Team:

Global Markets Operations (GMO) and Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting, Tax & Credit Reporting Operations (NTCO) Audit is a global team that covers operations processes across GMO and NTCO

Key functions performed by GMO and NTCO include trade capture validation, trade lifecycle events processing, trade confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, collateral management, reference data, fees & billing, corporate actions, client services, client reporting, client tax, transaction reporting and other NFRRs.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for executing multiple areas of test work during audit activities.
• Use analytical skills and/or technical expertise to execute assigned audit testing responsibilities and identify opportunities to automate testing or create continuous monitoring.
• Independently execute audit test work on assigned audits in a timely manner and with high quality.
• Identifies control deficiencies, discusses with line management and initiates control matter recommendations in assigned test areas.
• Demonstrate project management skills.
• Raise issues and concerns and make recommendations for severity ratings.
• Assesses issues for impact to business processes, controls, and strategies; recommends severity ratings and escalation of broad themes or trends, engages in discussions about risk and demonstrates business knowledge.
• Establish business partner relationships; primary engagement is with line management.
• Exercises critical thinking and judgment to effectively influence management to improve the control environment.
• Consistently strives to improve processes and challenge the status quo to improve existing operating environment.
• Supports teamwork as well as a positive and inclusive work environment.

What we're looking for:

• Working knowledge of Global Markets Operations and/or Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting, and associated laws and regulations
• Ability to quickly assimilate knowledge and analyse processes.
• Ability to learn complex subject matter, understand regulatory requirements, and build testing programs to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; attention to detail and accuracy. Able to develop and convey a point of view.
• Strong analytical / critical thinking skills.
• Professionalism, dependability, integrity, and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude. Able to thrive in a dynamic team environment.
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multitask and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines. Individual with desire to learn and teach others, high energy, positive attitude.
• Creative thinker who can map out creative solutions and lead their implementation.
• Strong project management / organizational skills.
• Strong and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with senior LOB stakeholders.
• Open to feedback coupled with motivation to address feedback and continuously improve technical and soft skills

Skills that will help:

• Experience in internal audit or risk management function
• Audit Qualification
• Degree level education in an audit or finance related subject

Benefits of working at Bank of America

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of adult-care per annum
• Ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, specified illness cover etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to free counselling through an Employee Assistance Programme and virtual GP services
• Opportunity to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to join our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.