Internal Audit at Lloyds Bank GmbH is entering its next phase of development in a growing, ECB-supervised environment.
As Head of Audit, you will be accountable for the effectiveness and strategic direction of the Internal Audit function, ensuring robust governance, risk management and independent assurance across the organisation. This is a senior high-impact role with direct exposure to Executive Management, the Audit Committee and the Supervisory Board.
You will provide independent, objective challenge and insight—supporting the bank in maintaining strong controls, meeting regulatory expectations and operating with discipline and resilience as it continues to evolve.
What you’ll be doing
You will set the direction for Internal Audit across Lloyds Bank GmbH and ensure our audit plan is risk-based, forward-looking and focused. You will work closely with senior stakeholders while maintaining full audit independence.
Your key responsibilities include
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Leading the Internal Audit function as the bank’s third line of defence.
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Shaping and delivering a high-quality, risk-focused audit plan.
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Presenting clear audit insights to the Audit Committee, Executive Management and senior governance forums.
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Ensuring material and emerging risks are identified, challenged and escalated appropriately.
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Leading, developing and inspiring a strong audit team.
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Building constructive relationships with senior stakeholders, regulators and Group colleagues.
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Providing Board-ready reporting with clear conclusions, judgement and impact.
The team
You will join and lead the Internal Audit team at Lloyds Bank GmbH, a team with an important mission: providing independent assurance, challenge and insight across the bank.
The team works closely with senior leaders, risk functions, business areas and regulators. It is a role for someone who enjoys both strategic influence and hands-on leadership. You will set the tone, build capability and help create an audit function that is trusted, respected and future-focused.
You will lead, mentor, and guide a team of 11 audit professionals based in Berlin and Amsterdam—including Senior Audit Managers, Audit Managers and Audit Assistants—fostering growth across a diverse, international team.
What you bring
We are looking for an experienced audit leader who combines professional authority with strong judgement, clear communication and the confidence to operate at Board level.
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Extensive senior-level Internal Audit experience in financial services or banking.
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Experience leading audit functions or senior audit teams in a regulated environment.
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Strong knowledge of retail banking, treasury and prudential risk management.
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Experience with ECB-supervised institutions, BaFin, EBA Guidelines, MaRisk, German banking regulation, AFM expectations and/or Dutch Wft regulation.
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Lloyds Bank GmbH operates in close partnership with the Lloyds Banking Group Audit Function. Experience working within a similar group audit structure or matrix organisation would be considered a strong advantage.
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A relevant qualification such as CIA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Dutch Registeraccountant, CISA or equivalent.
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Proven experience preparing and presenting Audit Committee and Board-level outputs.
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Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to challenge with confidence and integrity.
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Excellent written and spoken English; German and/or Dutch would be a plus.
Why this role?
This is your opportunity to shape the audit strategy of a growing European bank, influence governance at the highest level and lead a function that plays a critical role in the bank’s future.
If you are motivated by impact, independence, accountability and professional excellence, this could be your next big move.
What we offer
- An international team with colleagues from more than 50 different countries
- Social benefits such as a company pension scheme and capital formation contributions
- 30 days holiday as well as 24 and 31 December as non-working days
- Employee Assistance Programme – personal 24/7 helpline for all employees
- Various possibilities for flexible working, i.a. various part-time models, flexitime
- Extensive, very flexible home office arrangements
- Possibility to work from other EU countries for up to 30 days per year
- Additional benefits such as sports activities, free fruit, nuts and drinks
- Employer contributions to BVG job ticket and a Lease a bike programme
- An informal corporate culture - without dress code and ‘Sie’.
- An excellent learning culture and opportunity to improve your professional competencies
- Easily accessible city centre offices, in the vicinity of many shops and restaurants to which you receive a discount
Some highlights of our benefits for you!
- 13th-month salary, either paid monthly or once a year in December.
- 30 days PTO (or 240 hours) per year (based on full-time employment).
- Non-contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible working; you can schedule your work hours to meet your personal needs.
Your recruitment process
Apply
Apply to our vacancies by sending your CV and motivation letter to stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl, or use the application form on our website. After receiving your application, we'll review it and share a reply as soon as possible.
Introductory call via Teams
After you have submitted your application, our recruiter Stanley Waccary will reach out to you to plan a short introductory chat via Teams.
The first interview
Your first chat with us will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office. The goal of this chat is get to know each other, and see if there's a match with the team, the organisation and the open position.
The second interview
We're excited to have you meet additional collagues. The chat will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office, during which we'll dive deeper into the requirements of the position and the team you'll be joining.
The offer
Congratulations! We're happy to have you as our newest addition to the team. Do you feel the same way? Then you'll receive our offer by email. For most roles, a screening is part of the process. This will take place after accepting the offer.
About Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank GmbH is part of Lloyds Banking Group, a financial institution with a large clientele in the UK and other parts of the world. Together with our office in Berlin, we form Lloyds Bank GmbH with its headquarters in Amsterdam and we have over 500 colleagues.
We aim to lead by example in the bold decisions we make as a business, from where and how we invest, to the products and services we offer, and of course the workplace we create. We will search for new ways to work with people, communities and businesses, to always evolve with their needs. And we will never stop innovating to make sustainable, ethical choices easy and rewarding.
At Lloyds Bank GmbH we play an important part in peoples’ lives, by the products we offer, and also how we operate. We finance your mortgage, keep your savings secure and also provide you with a personal loan if you need this. In Amsterdam we do this with an enthusiastic team of approximately 200 colleagues from different nationalities, and with an engagement score of 93%, colleagues find us a real ‘Great Place to Work’!
With our grand ambitions, we are looking for new colleagues who will bring fresh ideas to help us grow!
Are you ready to join our journey?
Have we made you curious, and are you ready to join the team? Please introduce yourself to us in the best way possible and send this to: stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl, or use the application form on our website. A screening is part of the process.
We hope to meet you soon!
Acquisition to this vacancy is not appreciated.