Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - Financial Services, Dublin 2

IT Search; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Search is seeking a senior Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager for Dublin, Ireland. This role focuses on GRC reporting across the local and EMEA cybersecurity teams, delivering board-ready insights and automated dashboards using Power BI and related MS tools.

The ideal candidate has extensive regulated-industry experience, strong knowledge of COBIT, 27001 and NIST, and exceptional communication to influence senior management decisions. EU eligibility required.

Qualifications

• 10/15 years of commercial experience in a highly regulated environment, especially Cybersecurity GRC.
• Deep knowledge of COBIT, 27001 and NIST frameworks.
• Proven board-level reporting with decision papers and visuals.
• Ability to define and improve frameworks over time.
• Strong skills in Power BI and Power Platform for automated reports.

Responsibilities

• Own all GRC reporting within local and EMEA Cybersecurity teams; liaise with Senior Management.
• Adapt and improve reporting frameworks using key risk indicators and controls.
• Maintain visibility of regulatory posture and reporting after regulatory changes.
• Own CISO KPIs/KRIs with actions tied to thresholds.
• Define analytical patterns to produce board-ready actionable reports.
• Automate processes relating to controls and audits using MS-based tools.

Skills

GRC Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Communication

Regulatory Awareness

Board-level Reporting

Tools

Power BI

Power Platform

Job description

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - Financial Services, Dublin 2

Our client is a global Financial Institution, with its Dublin base managing acting as European hub for various subsidiaries. They have engaged us to speak to Senior Security Engineers with significant GRC Reporting expertise within the Financial Services Sector.

The role:

• Take responsibility for all GRC Reporting within the local and EMEA Cybersecurity team, liaising closely with Senior Management to enable swift and accurate decision making
• Adapt and improve existing reporting frameworks through tools, key risk indicators and frameworks while bringing expertise and experience to areas such as compliance, audit and ongoing posture improvements
• Adapting to regulatory changes, maintaining strong risk visibility, resolution processes and reporting
• Ownership of all CISO team metrics (KPIs, KRIs etc) with built in actions relating to defined thresholds
• Define analytical patterns that result in actionable reports to Board level
• Utilise specific (MS based) tools to automate processes relating to controls/audits etc
• Take overall responsibility for cross functional reporting and analysis, e.g. DORA commitments

Requirements:

• 10/15 years of commercial experience ideally, in a highly regulated environment specifically within Cybersecurity GRC and related areas
• Deep knowledge within a range of standard environments, e.g. COBIT, 27001, NIST
• Demonstrated track record of board level reporting, producing decision papers, visualisations and thought leadership/recommendations for Senior Management
• Ability to define frameworks, taking existing models and improving over time
• High level of technical competence on tools such as Power BI, Power Platform etc. bearing in mind the focus on automation of reports and analysis where possible
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills a vital component of the role

This is a senior position attracting a significant package and workload with outstanding potential for growth within our client's group, locally and globally.

Please note we can only accept applications from candidates eligible to work in the EU.