Third Party Risk Oversight and Governance Manager

at  AXA

About You

• Proven experience in Third-Party Risk Management and Governance, with 5+ years’ experience working on Outsourcing, TPRM, or in a Supplier/Vendor management role in a regulated environment, preferably within the Finance Industry. Advantageous to have an understanding of the Health insurance market, key competitors, and trends.
• 5+ years’ experience directing internal stakeholders on Supplier onboarding and continual due diligence and governance requirements.
• Third level business degree or within a relevant discipline.
• Strong understanding of regulated CBI guidelines to outsourcing and TPR.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to design and implement governance frameworks and control programs.
• Strong analytical and qualitative analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of CBI Guidelines on Outsourcing, EIOPA guidelines on Cloud Outsourcing, and AXA Group Standards.
• Understanding of how to drive and deliver transformative projects, driving new ways of working, design thinking, agile and lean methodologies, and Business Change.
• Ability to provide direction to executives, outsourcing and TP Risk senior executives, and internal departments at all levels.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, to act with integrity, and support mitigation of TP Risk

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Outsourcing Governance in compliance with the AXA Ireland Outsourcing & Third arty Risk (O&TPR) policy and ensuring adherence to CBI and AXA Group requirements. If you believe you possess the skills and experience necessary to excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and become a part of our team at AXA Ireland.
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 at least 40% of your week away from home, at our Dublin head office location.

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee the governance and compliance of the O&TPR Policy to ensure AXA Ireland Health business is compliant with CBI and AXA Group requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert on outsourcing and TPR, providing expert guidance during the ongoing management of health outsourcing arrangements.
• Execute and implement Governance and Oversight control programme through the Outsourcing Committee and Vendor Risk Committee.
• Participate in planned audits in coordination with the Head of Health Relationships.
• Design standardised governance templates and toolkits and embed them across the business to ensure a consistent and robust level of governance is maintained.
• Develop “governance” specific KPIs to inform MI reporting on policy compliance.
• Perform qualitative analysis of governance meetings and execute “thematic reviews” based on findings.
• Deliver training to ensure understanding and effective implementation of the outsourcing framework.
• Maintain the Outsourcing Policy and governance framework for AXA Ireland, ensuring compliance with CBI and AXA Group requirements, and the changing outsourcing landscape along with meeting changes in regulatory requirements.
• Represent AXA Insurance DAC at any AXA Group outsourcing forums and committees, contributing to the strategy and direction of these bodies.

Your Profile

About You

• Proven experience in Third-Party Risk Management and Governance, with 5+ years’ experience working on Outsourcing, TPRM, or in a Supplier/Vendor management role in a regulated environment, preferably within the Finance Industry. Advantageous to have an understanding of the Health insurance market, key competitors, and trends.
• 5+ years’ experience directing internal stakeholders on Supplier onboarding and continual due diligence and governance requirements.
• Third level business degree or within a relevant discipline.
• Strong understanding of regulated CBI guidelines to outsourcing and TPR.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to design and implement governance frameworks and control programs.
• Strong analytical and qualitative analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of CBI Guidelines on Outsourcing, EIOPA guidelines on Cloud Outsourcing, and AXA Group Standards.
• Understanding of how to drive and deliver transformative projects, driving new ways of working, design thinking, agile and lean methodologies, and Business Change.
• Ability to provide direction to executives, outsourcing and TP Risk senior executives, and internal departments at all levels.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, to act with integrity, and support mitigation of TP Risk.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.
About AXA
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.
About the Entity
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.
What We Offer

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 Ireland 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