Senior Risk & Assurance Analyst - Investment Banking

About Goodbody

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

About the Risk & Assurance Analyst Role:

IB Risk supports governance, risk management, regulatory compliance and operational resilience across the Investment Bank. This first line of defence (1LOD) role provides senior advisory support to IB management, coordinates core risk activities, and helps ensure procedures and controls remain effective, proportionate and aligned to regulatory and firm-wide frameworks.

The role requires sound judgement, strong attention to detail and the confidence to influence stakeholders to deliver agreed actions and outcomes. The successful candidate will work with a high degree of autonomy, provide constructive challenge, escalate material issues where appropriate, and support continuous improvement of 1LOD risk and control arrangements. The role sits within the Investment Banking Strategic Enablement & Risk Governance function.

Risk & Assurance Analyst Accountabilities include:

Procedures, Controls & Ongoing Monitoring

• Lead the development and ongoing maintenance of the Investment Banking procedures and controls universe, partnering with business management to identify gaps, drive standardisation and agree pragmatic remediation actions.
• Oversee and support individual IB teams to maintain adequate, accurate and up-to-date procedures that meet regulatory, policy and framework requirements, providing guidance, constructive challenge and quality assurance.
• Deliver a risk-based quality assurance and monitoring programme to assess adherence to key policies and procedures, identify themes, control weaknesses and areas for improvement, and support timely remediation.
• Coordinate engagement with Assurance, Compliance and Audit teams across the three lines of defence, supporting the assessment, action planning, tracking, evidence collation and escalation of findings, including overdue or higher-risk items.

Regulatory, Governance & Policy Support (1LOD)

• Provide first line advisory support to the business on the practical application of relevant regulatory requirements and internal standards, including MiFID, AML, MAR, TPRM and key internal policies.
• Lead or support impact assessments for new and updated policies, standards and guidelines, identifying process and control impacts and coordinating delivery of required changes with accountable owners.
• Drive the effective embedding of policy and control changes through clear implementation planning, stakeholder communication, adoption tracking and appropriate evidence retention.
• Support the IB Risk Manager in delivering the annual 1LOD work plan and governance cycle, including MI and reporting packs, risk register and RCSA oversight, KRI monitoring, governance forum materials and Reasonable Steps documentation for relevant PCF roles.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in financial services (or other regulated environment) in a risk, control, governance, assurance or compliance-facing role.
• Experience working within policy, procedure and control frameworks, with strong documentation discipline and an understanding of audit and regulatory evidence expectations.
• Strong understanding of risk and control concepts (including issue management and thematic analysis) and how they are applied within a first line operating model.
• Advanced Excel (including MI from datasets) and strong Word/PowerPoint skills; eGRC experience (e.g. Shield/Archer or equivalent) desirable.

Ideal Characteristics

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence to influence, challenge constructively and provide clear updates to senior stakeholders.
• Improvement-focused, able to identify and drive practical enhancements to processes, controls and MI.
• Delivery-focused, with strong ownership, prioritisation and attention to detail.
• Collaborative and able to work independently; supports knowledge-sharing and development of junior colleagues.
• Able to interpret regulation (e.g. MiFID/MAR) and apply sound, risk-based judgement to business processes and controls.

Employee Value Proposition

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.  Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please include a note in your application or email us directly at HR@Goodbody.ie 

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Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland. Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Goodbody by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role. Goodbody operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the HR team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. Goodbody is a member of the group of companies headed by AIB Group plc.

For AIB Employees: Please note there are specific controls in place for transfers between AIB and Goodbody. Goodbody is part of AIB Group and you must inform your AIB line manager and HR BP in advance of making an application to Goodbody.