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Auditor in Charge

 
Vacancy Number:  27693
Category:  Business
Job Type:  Full-time
 

 

 

Position description 

 

As Auditor in Charge, you will play a pivotal role in supporting ESB’s commitment to achieving NetZero by 2040 for the customers and communities we serve. Through your work across key business areas—including Customer Solutions, Group Finance, and People & Sustainability—you will help ensure that ESB’s strategic transformation and operational activities are aligned with our ambitious decarbonisation goals, continued financial strength and customer empowerment. By delivering high-impact audits and shaping risk management practices, you will provide assurance that our initiatives are aligned with strategy, robust, risks are proactively managed, and opportunities for innovation are identified and acted upon. Your insights and recommendations will directly contribute to ESB’s journey towards a low-carbon future, supporting the organisation’s resilience, agility, and leadership in the energy transition.  

 

Join ESB Group Internal Audit in a role that places you at the centre of strategic transformation and operational excellence. As Auditor in Charge, you’ll work with a skilled audit team to deliver a diverse portfolio of assignments initially across Customer Solutions, Group Finance, SIT, Company Secretary and People & Sustainability. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence how ESB manages risk, drives innovation, and achieves its strategic objectives. 

 

You’ll collaborate on projects that enhance ESB’s resilience and agility, gaining exposure to a wide range of strategic, technological, and operational activities. Your insights will help shape decision-making and support continuous improvement across the organisation. 

 
 

 

 

Key Responsibilities 

 

  • Deliver High-Impact Audits: Plan, manage, and deliver audit assignments that support ESB’s strategic priorities and operational goals 

  • Shape Risk Management: Maintain and develop the audit universe for key business areas, ensuring proactive coverage and effective risk oversight 

  • Enhance Professional Skills: Benefit from ongoing investment in your development, including training in internal auditing, stakeholder engagement, communications, and analytical thinking 

  • Collaborate for Success: Work closely with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure the efficient delivery of the audit schedule and contribute to ESB’s overall success 

  • Champion Best Practice: Support the delivery of a professional audit service by applying industry-leading methodologies and driving process improvement 

  • Communicate Insights: Present findings and recommendations to management, helping to resolve issues and inform strategic decisions 

  • Support Integrity and Wellbeing: Participate in investigations as needed and promote ESB’s values around health, safety, and wellbeing 

 

 

 

Experience and Qualifications 

 

Essential 

  • Recognised professional or third-level qualification, or equivalent experience 

  • Minimum of 7+ years' professional experience overall to include a minimum of 3 years in internal audit, external audit, finance, risk management or governance roles. 

  • Ability to plan and organise work at scale, delivering to required timescales and quality 

  • Good understanding of governance, risk management, and audit frameworks 

  • Great stakeholder management and analytical skills 

  • Effective communicator and team player 

 

Desirable  

  • Institute of Internal Auditors Certification 

  • Recognised professional accountancy qualification 

  • Industry certifications in governance, risk management or compliance 

  • Project management qualification 

 

 

 

Location  

 

This position will be based in ESB Head Office, 27 Fitzwilliam, Dublin 2. 

ESB is committed to smart working – combining digital tools with a culture of trust and empowerment to enable flexible ways of working. The successful candidate may work flexibly within their jurisdiction with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration on at least two anchor days per week. All smart working arrangements are subject to manager approval and ongoing review, based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the individual. 

 
 

 

 

Reporting To 

 

This role reports to the GIA Audit Manager for Portfolio. 

 
 

 

 

Why Work with Us? 

 

  • Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition to net zero carbon future 

  • Career development through mentoring and training  

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities 

  • Sports and Social Clubs 

  • Networking opportunities 

  • Credit Union 

  • Generous Pension 

  • Access to staff well-being programmes 

  • Generous parental leave entitlements 

  • Strong values-based and inclusive culture  

  • Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion  

  • Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted 

 

 

Salary 

 

€71,900 - €84,600 per annum, depending on experience.

 

 

Closing Date 

 

31st December 2025.

 

 

 

Your application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role. 

 

 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

ESB is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of society and ensure that no one is discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnicity or nationality, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law. 

Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, recruitment@esb.ie.  

About ESB

Join us in our mission to achieve a net-zero electricity system by 2040. ESB is Ireland’s leading energy utility, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission and distribution, energy supply, energy services and international consultancy. Operating in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain, we invest over €1 billion each year to deliver a new energy future based on reliable, affordable zero-carbon electricity.
 

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