Risk and Internal Control Officer – Fully Remote

🚀 Be part of a movement to change the way Europe pays

In today’s digital world, payments often still feel outdated: random delays and confusing rules make it harder than it should be to pay and get paid. The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is here to change all that, forever.

With Wero, our digital wallet, we make sending and receiving money simple, seamless and secure across France, Belgium and Germany, with more countries and omnichannel solutions coming soon. Supported by 14 major banks and the two largest European acquirers, EPI is building a new, proudly European payment system: easy, instant and transparent, all for the greater good.

🔎 What's in it for you

Are you tired of being one amongst many in a big financial structure, where everything has already been set up by others? Would you like to be a pioneer of a truly innovative pan European project? This job might be for you.

💥 Your impact

Reporting directly to the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, you will notably:

• Steer our Controls
  • Monitor the level 1 controls, collect their results and support the managers.
  • Plan and perform the level 2 controls, on a risk-driven approach.
  • Monitor other level 2 controls performed in the company by the DPO and the CISO notably.
• Update continuously the risk matrix.
• Define and action risk mitigation plans.
• Contribute to the Risk Committee reporting (and any other Committee preparation).
• Liaise with EPI branches.
• Support the Business Continuity Manager and the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer to ensure Business Continuity within the team.

✅ If you had joined us last month, here’s what you could have done

• Update the risk matrix, in collaboration with the entire Management Team
• Design and implement level 2 controls to ensure risk mitigation and compliance with several frameworks (e.g. PISA, PSD2)

🕵🏻‍♀️ To succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements

• 5 to 10 years of experience in a Payment, Banking or Industry company, on Internal control, Risk management, Business continuity or Internal/External audit function
• Strongly knowledgeable about COSO, COBIt, ISO31000 or ISO27001.
• Mastering Excel
• Being or willing to be CISA certified
• Highly rigorous and organized
• Able to adapt your communication to different profiles in the company
• Fluent in English (any other European language is a plus)
  
  

🐝 About the team

You will report directly to the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, in a small and highly skilled team. You will work with two other colleagues, focusing on business continuity and AML.

For legal and compliance reasons, you will be expected to work in one of the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain.
 

🪜 If this looks like you, the recruitment steps are:

1. A first call with one of our recruiters
2. An interview focused on the mission and your expertise
3. Possibly, a business case or a tech assessment
4. An interview focused on our company skills
5. Hopefully, an offer you can’t refuse
   
   

⛔ Turn back if …

• You’re looking for an already highly structured environment with no ambiguity
• You’re expecting to be promoted in less than a year
  
  

Otherwise apply!

🫶 Our commitment to equal employment opportunities

EPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. EPI promotes the development of an inclusive work environment that mirrors the diversity of the clients our product is serving.