Auditor with Data Analytics

Position description

As an Auditor focused on using Data Analytics, 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 all ESB business areas 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 data informed 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 an Auditor using Data Analytics, you’ll work with a skilled audit team and a dedicated fraud risk management function to deliver a diverse portfolio of assignments across all ESB Business Units.

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.

- Lead Data-Driven Auditing: Apply data analytics and data-enabled audit methodologies to support and accelerate assurance and Fraud Risk Management activities.

- Deliver Risk Assessments: Conduct data-driven risk assessments to inform audit scoping and planning activities.

- Enable Continuous Monitoring: Support the establishment of continuous monitoring for assurance and Fraud Risk Management activities.

- Develop Analytics Capability: Enhance Internal Audit’s data analytics capability through dashboards, automated testing routines, and continuous auditing techniques.

- Engage Stakeholders: Collaborate with business stakeholders to obtain, analyse, and interpret data, translating findings into actionable audit insights and recommendations.

- Collaborate for Delivery: Work closely with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver the audit schedule efficiently and contribute to ESB’s overall success.

- Champion Best Practice: Apply industry-leading data analytics methodologies, drive process improvement, and continuously develop professional skills in auditing, analytics, communication, and stakeholder engagement.

- Communicate Insights: Present findings and recommendations to management, supporting issue resolution and informed strategic decision-making.

- Support Integrity and Wellbeing: Participate in investigations as required and promote ESB’s values relating to health, safety, and wellbeing.

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

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

- Minimum of 5+ years' professional experience overall, including at least 3 years in internal audit, external audit, finance, risk management or governance roles

- Proven capability in the use of industry-standard data analytics methodologies

- Strong analytical capability, with experience using data analytics and visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, SQL, Python, Alteryx, Excel or similar) to extract, analyse and interpret data in support of audit, risk management and assurance activities

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

- Good understanding of governance, risk management and audit frameworks

- Strong stakeholder management, communication and teamwork skills

Desirable

- Institute of Internal Auditors Certification

- Recognised professional Data Science / Data Analytics 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.

Smart Working at ESB is designed to make ‘in-person’ time together as purposeful as possible while also enabling the effective use of digital tools and hybrid arrangements to preserve our commitment to flexibility. The successful candidate may work flexibly within the jurisdiction where they have been employed, with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration at least two days per week . All Smart Working arrangements are subject to regular review based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the business.

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

€59,900 - €70,500 per annum, dpeending on experience.

Closing Date

11th November 2026

Interview

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will complete a Behavioural Interview based on each of the following Behaviours, which underpin how we work at ESB and are critical to delivering our strategy:

- Accountable and Ethical

- Collaborative

- Growing and Adaptive

- Proactive

- Respectful and Supportive

More information available on Our People Promise

Notes

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

The successful candidate will be required to evidence their right to work in the Republic of Ireland prior to commencement of employment.