Internal Audit Manager

Core Responsibilities

• Oversee execution of audit testing across offshore workstreams. 
• Ensure audit workpapers meet firm methodology and documentation standards. 
• Coordinate engagement activities with onshore engagement managers and directors. 
• Review testing outcomes and validate supporting evidence. 
• Support the articulation and refinement of audit observations and findings. 
• Monitor progress of offshore workstreams across engagements. 
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies, and resource requirements. 
• Compile draft internal audit reports in accordance with the firms delivery methodology and quality standards, overlaying specific client expectations with respect to format/ style of reporting 
• Escalate issues appropriately and support resolution with engagement leadership. 
• Support training, development, and performance management of offshore team members. 

Capability Expectations 

Engagement Delivery Oversight 

• Oversees multiple workstreams across engagements while maintaining delivery quality and timelines. 

Quality Assurance 

• Ensures audit workpapers and testing outputs meet firm methodological and documentation standards. 

Technical Expertise 

• Demonstrates strong understanding of internal audit methodology, risk assessment, and control frameworks. 

Global Delivery Coordination 

• Coordinates offshore delivery within a distributed engagement model. 
• Ensures effective collaboration between offshore and onshore teams operating across time zones. 

Communication & Leadership 

• Demonstrates strong written and spoken English communication capability suitable for professional services environments. 
• Communicates clearly with engagement leadership regarding progress, risks, and deliverables. 

Remote Delivery Discipline 

• Ensures structured communication and working practices across distributed teams. 
• Maintains sufficient working-hour overlap with onshore engagement leadership to support timely coordination and issue resolution. 

Experience & Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Risk, or related discipline. 
• Typically 7+ years’ experience in internal audit, risk advisory, or professional services. 
• Professional certification such as CIA, CPA, ACCA, or CISA strongly preferred. 
• Strong understanding of internal audit methodologies and control frameworks. 
• Experience supervising audit teams and reviewing engagement deliverables. 
• Excellent written and verbal English communication capability suitable for collaboration with international engagement teams. 
• Demonstrated experience working within global delivery or distributed engagement models. 
• Availability to maintain scheduled working-hour overlap with Irish business hours to support engagement coordination.