Job Description

Requisition ID: 278425

Salary Range: € - €

The salary range provided is an estimate based on current market data and internal benchmarks. It does not constitute a formal offer or guarantee of compensation. Actual pay may vary depending on factors such as experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity. All compensation decisions are subject to the Bank’s policies and approval processes.

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Audit Manager, Internal Audit – Scotiabank Ireland DAC

Global Banking and Markets

Provide independent assurance. Strengthen risk management. Help protect the Bank’s operations.

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine risk-based auditing, regulatory knowledge and stakeholder management within a leading global banking platform?

We’re seeking an experienced and analytical Audit Manager, Internal Audit to join the Scotiabank Ireland DAC Internal Audit team. Working alongside senior audit leaders and global colleagues, you’ll support the delivery of audits across Global Banking and Markets and Treasury, assessing the effectiveness of controls across front, middle and back-office functions.

This is an exciting opportunity for an audit professional who enjoys evaluating complex banking activities, identifying emerging risks and delivering meaningful insights that strengthen business controls and operational processes.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a key member of the Ireland Internal Audit team, you will:

• Plan and lead risk-based audits, ensuring appropriate scope, timing, resources and procedures.
• Assess the effectiveness of controls across Global Banking and Markets, Treasury and related support functions.
• Perform audit testing, document findings and ensure conclusions are supported by high-quality evidence.
• Identify control weaknesses, determine root causes, assess business impact and escalate higher-risk issues.
• Prepare clear audit reports, present findings and support audit closing discussions with stakeholders.
• Monitor outstanding audit issues and follow up with stakeholders to support timely corrective action.
• Conduct special projects, investigations and quality assurance reviews while monitoring emerging business, regulatory and industry risks.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships while supporting Scotiabank’s risk culture, professional standards and inclusive working environment.

Why This Role?

This role offers the opportunity to develop your audit leadership, risk assessment and stakeholder advisory capabilities within a collaborative global platform.

You’ll gain:

• Hands-on responsibility for audits covering Global Banking and Markets and Treasury.
• Exposure to corporate lending, trade finance, capital markets and treasury operations.
• Opportunities to evaluate controls across front, middle and back-office functions.
• Experience working closely with senior audit professionals and business stakeholders.
• Increasing ownership across audit planning, execution, reporting and issue resolution.
• Opportunities to identify emerging risks and influence improvements to business controls.
• Experience supporting special investigations and quality assurance initiatives.
• Collaboration with audit colleagues across Ireland, London and Toronto.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for an intellectually curious and experienced audit professional who combines strong technical knowledge with sound judgement, integrity, attention to detail and a collaborative approach.

You will ideally bring:

• An undergraduate degree in Business, Accounting or an equivalent discipline, with relevant professional qualifications or training preferred.
• Internal or external audit experience within a non-retail bank or financial institution.
• Experience auditing wholesale banking activities, including corporate lending, trade finance, capital markets or treasury.
• Knowledge of capital markets products, trading activities, treasury risk management and general banking controls.
• Knowledge of the Irish and European Union regulatory environment.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based auditing standards, practices, techniques and methodologies.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including proficiency with data analytics or visualization tools.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively across global teams.

Join a Global Platform

The Internal Audit Department plays an important role in the Bank’s risk management framework by providing independent and objective assurance over the design and operation of controls and operational processes. The team also delivers advisory services designed to strengthen the Bank’s operations and support effective risk management.

This is an opportunity to join the Ireland Internal Audit team within a global functional operating model, working across Scotiabank Ireland DAC, Global Banking and Markets, Treasury and wider audit teams in Ireland, London and Toronto.

If you’re analytically strong, professionally curious and excited by the opportunity to strengthen banking controls across a complex international business, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and take the next step in your Internal Audit career.

Inclusion and Belonging

We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow and participate through our voluntary Employee-led Resource Groups, which are open to all and span diverse identities, backgrounds, abilities and experiences.

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations

• We value the unique skills and experiences every individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. Scotiabank continually works to identify, prevent and remove barriers while meeting applicable accessibility requirements.
• Accommodations, including accessible interview locations, alternate formats, sign-language interpretation or assistive technology, are available upon request. Please let us know at any stage of the recruitment or interview process if you require an accommodation.

Location(s): Ireland : Leinster : Dublin

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.