Risk Management, Governance & Compliance

• Partner with governance teams to ensure IAM requirements are defined, measured, reported, and enforced.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory and audit requirements.
• Provide executive-level reporting on identity risks, control gaps, and remediation progress.
• Support audit engagements, issue remediation, and sustainable control design.

Collaboration & Influence

• Build partnerships across GIS, Core Technology, Application Development, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and Third-Party Management.
• Influence solution design and drive adoption through credibility, collaboration, and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Clearly communicate risks, decisions, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Drive alignment across teams operating at different speeds and maturity levels.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in identity and access management within large, complex organisations, ideally in financial services or similarly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated success leading or influencing enterprise-scale IAM programs.
• Deep expertise in authentication and authorization technologies and standards, including:
  • OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, WS-Federation
  • LDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS
• Experience with IAM platforms such as Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD), Ping, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting or governing identity and access in cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of API security and identity patterns, including service-to-service access and token-based authentication.
• Understanding of AI identity and access patterns, API authentication, AI/ML authorisation models, and NIST-aligned governance.
• Experience aligning IAM controls with application and platform engineering teams.
• Understanding of identity risk within regulated environments.
• Familiarity with frameworks and regulations such as NIST, ISO, FFIEC, SOX, and SOC.
• Proven ability to interpret policy and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical controls.

Skills that will help:

• Proven ability to brief and influence senior leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver executive-level presentations.
• Analytical, decisive, and comfortable operating in ambiguous and evolving environments.
• Skilled at prioritizing competing demands and driving outcomes.

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills, and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

UK

• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.
• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave, and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work, etc.
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations, and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause, and pregnancy & parenthood
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes, and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills, and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants, or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.”

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.