Risk Governance Specialist

A Risk Management Specialist is required to oversee change risk assessments, develop controls, and manage the risk environment for our operations product domain.

• Lead general risk and control self-assessments associated with operations, product process, and/or tooling changes
• Support the first line in developing and improving controls that protect customer and business needs now and in the future
• Ensure governance-related requirements are met - including documentation and approvals
• Manage and report on the risk and control environment (risks, controls, issues, incidents, remedial actions, etc.) for our operations product domain
• Manage regulatory and audit deadlines and submissions
• Help innovate and improve on the effectiveness of governance and risk management processes to ensure they work effectively
• Help embed robust regulatory, conduct, and operational risk practices and culture
• Foster positive and collaborative relationships across the three lines of defence

• You have a minimum of 3 years of risk and control experience, across operational and conduct risk, pertaining to customer support operations in a regulated environment
• You have experience with risk governance meetings/committees and collating data and writing supporting commentary
• You have a demonstrable ability to lead risk assessments for product change, with a data-led approach to risk identification, assessment, and treatment
• You have an understanding of regulations and experience applying these principles to day-to-day work
• You have experience with control testing, and issue and action management
• You're excited about helping scale in a compliant, thoughtful, and controlled way
• You're resilient and comfortable working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment where the day-to-day job is constantly evolving and changing
• You are able to meet people where they are at, and be a bridge between internal teams and represent before auditors and regulators
• You are a self-starter, and able to work independently and make prioritization decisions

• Competitive salary and share options
• This role can be based in Dublin or London, you will be expected to travel to head offices from time to time
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team
• Annual Leave - 34 days including public holidays (24 holiday days + 10 public holidays)
• €1,200 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses, and conferences
• Private healthcare scheme
• Pension scheme: the minimum contribution is 4% and we match any additional contributions that you make up to a maximum of 6%
• Wellbeing benefits: financial education, women's and men's health support, mental health benefits, including coaching and counseling
• We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup

• 30 min call with the Recruiter
• 30 min call with the Hiring Manager
• 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews
• 30 min final call with our COO, EU

This process should take around 2-3 weeks – your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible

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You'll hear from us throughout the application process, but if you've got any questions, please reach out to us. We can also let us know if there's anything we can do to make the process easier for you because of disability, neurodiversity, or anything else.

We'll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don't miss out.

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we're making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at our company. At our company, we're embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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