EMEA Audit Reporting and Business Support

Job Description:

Job Title: EMEA Audit Reporting and Business Support

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

Location: London or 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:

London:

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

Dublin:

Overlooking the spectacular Iveagh Gardens with access to all amenities in the beating heart of central Dublin is our Park Place office. Travel options include the LUAS, Dublin Bus networks as well as the Dublin Bikes station, positioned just outside our front doors. As part of our commitment to supporting staff travel to and from work in the most sustainable way possible, we also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package which means getting to work has never been easier.

The Team:

The Business Support and EMEA Audit Reporting team supports the General Auditor for Global Markets (GM), Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB), Market Risk (MR) and International with the administration of the function and is also central to supporting the EMEA Regional Heads of Audit in meeting all of the local governance and regulatory reporting requirements. Reporting prepared by the team focusses on three key elements: summarised results of recent audit work and the impact on audit’s assessment of the control environment of each legal entity, metrics and trends to assess the effectiveness of the management of audit issues and Corporate Audit’s performance, including delivery of the audit plan, staffing and quality assurance results.

Role Overview:

This role will report to the GM, GCIB, MR and International Corporate Audit COO and will work as part of a team to deliver the portfolio of monthly and quarterly reporting as well as providing ongoing and adhoc support to the GM, GCIB, MR and International Corporate Audit teams.

The Business Support and EMEA Reporting team have broad interaction across the function, including interaction with senior members of the Management team, and this role will provide the opportunity to learn about the international business activity of Bank of America, how Corporate Audit assesses risk and control effectiveness and how this is reported to Executive Management and Governance committees.

The Business Support and EMEA Reporting team consists of five team members in addition to the COO and is split between London, Dublin and the US. The team forms part of the wider GM, GCIB, MR and International Audit team which comprises of approximately 200 associates across the US, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Required Experience:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good analytical skills, including ability to extract, analyse and interpret data
• Team player who is able to produce high quality, accurate output under tight timescales
• Intermediate Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build partnerships across the global Audit team
• Organised and able to manage workload efficiently
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Appetite to continuously learn and develop
• Degree level qualification required.

It would be an advantage to have a basic understanding of Internal Audit processes and legal entities or experience in financial or risk reporting.

Benefits of working at Bank of America –
 UK

• 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 back-up adult care per annum
• The 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, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access 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

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is 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 sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependents or 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.