Senior Manager Business Audit | French Market
Paris · 7+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 12, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 7+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Paris
About the role
- N26 is looking for a Senior Manager Business Audit | French Market to lead and support internal audit activities with a focus on the French market and topics such as AML/AFC/KYC.
- The role manages the full audit cycle to ensure operational effectiveness, reliability, and compliance with all applicable policies and regulations.
- The position participates in strategic projects, develops detailed risk-based audit plans, and ensures compliance with professional and regulatory standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support all internal business audit activities across the N26 Group, including external service providers and subsidiaries, with a primary focus on the N26 French branch and AML/AFC/KYC topics.
- Prepare and manage the full audit cycle, including risk and control management regarding the effectiveness, reliability, and compliance of business operations.
- Develop and update a comprehensive, risk-based annual audit plan across various business functions (such as Product, Customer Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships).
- Draft detailed written internal audit reports and present findings and agreed action plans to the Executive Board and relevant committees.
- Monitor and follow up on the timely remediation of audit findings and identified deficiencies within agreed timelines.
- Contribute to key strategic projects, maintain internal audit policies, and supervise and review the work of junior team members to ensure successful delivery.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree or a comparable successfully completed degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of solid professional experience as an Internal Auditor in an international, regulated environment, preferably in a bank, another financial institution, or an audit firm.
- Significant experience in risk controlling and in the validation of financial and non-financial risks, as well as profound knowledge of French banking, anti-money laundering (AML), and consumer protection regulations.
- Fluent English and French language skills.
- A deep understanding of operational and financial controls, online banking processes, retail products, european/french/german regulatory standards (e.g. DORA, EBA, MaRisk, CMF, Arrêté du 3 novembre 2014 relatif au contrôle interne) as well as banking IT systems.
- Strong analytical skills, organizational talent, and pronounced communication and stakeholder management skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- A strategic mindset combined with a high degree of integrity, independence in executing audit tasks, and a strong bias for action.
- Confident use of audit tools, data analytics, and reporting systems.
Preferred qualifications
- Any other European language is a plus.
- Familiarity with agile methodologies is an advantage.
Benefits
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work from home budget
- Discounts to fitness & wellness memberships
- Language apps
- Public transportation
- Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account as well as subscriptions for friends and family members
- Additional day of annual leave for each year of service
- Relocation package with visa support for those who need it
Skills
- Audit Tools
- Data Analytics
- Reporting Systems
- Risk Controlling
- AML/AFC/KYC
