JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a First Line Risk and Compliance Lead to join our AXA Ireland Team. In this pivotal role you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing the Operational Risk Framework aligned with regulatory standards and business objectives.
The department’s primary objective is to foster a strong risk and compliance culture across retail operations, ensuring effective control environments, regulatory adherence, and timely remediation of issues. The team aims to support sustainable growth by providing risk and compliance guidance, promoting transparency, and embedding best practices in risk management and governance. Through proactive oversight, stakeholder engagement and collaboration, the department strives to safeguard the firm’s integrity, meet regulatory obligations, and deliver value to customers while maintaining AXA’s values and high performance standards.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You’ll work majority of your week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our head office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:

The role expects the individual to lead by example in promoting a customer-first, compliant, and high-performing team culture. They are responsible for ensuring effective risk and compliance oversight, regulatory adherence, and the continuous evolution of risk frameworks. A key expectation is to provide expert advice, support decision-making, and drive accountability across the business.

• Develop and maintain the Operational Risk Framework aligned with AXA and regulatory standards.
• Oversee day-to-day risk management, including monitoring risk registers, controls, and incident management.
• Provide timely legal and compliance guidance to support business decisions and ensure regulatory adherence.
• Support the implementation of policies, standards, and controls; lead assurance activities and report on risk and compliance status.
• Promote a strong risk and compliance culture through stakeholder engagement, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives.

ABOUT YOU

• 5-7 years of total work experience is essential.
• 3 years of management experience in an insurance business environment is essential, some previous experience in a risk, compliance governance type role is desirable
• A degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Statistics or other related subject or the equivalent combination of education and experience (Essential).
• Professional Certificate in Insurance (APA) with commitment to progress further in insurance/compliance exams is essential.
• Strong working knowledge of key processes, structures and controls within the company essential.
• Knowledge of all relevant regulatory requirements including Consumer Protection Code, Consumer Duty, Minimum Competency Code, Data Protection Acts, relevant applicable general legislation and any other regulatory requirements issued by the Central Bank of Ireland of or the FSA (Essential).
• An ability to understand, articulate, challenge and influence key stakeholders on risk and compliance related topics, is essential.
• Enthusiastic approach with a high level of personal drive and energy.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
  This role is an allocated Controlled Function under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements. You can find more information on axa.ie/careers.
  As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.
  This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• AXA employee discounts
• Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.

AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.
At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.
We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
AXA Insurance dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.
Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.
In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.
Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities

• Develop and maintain the Operational Risk Framework aligned with AXA and regulatory standards.
• Oversee day-to-day risk management, including monitoring risk registers, controls, and incident management.
• Provide timely legal and compliance guidance to support business decisions and ensure regulatory adherence.
• Support the implementation of policies, standards, and controls; lead assurance activities and report on risk and compliance status.
• Promote a strong risk and compliance culture through stakeholder engagement, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives