Specialist, Risk & Controls Assurance

You will be a hands on risk and controls specialist delivering assurance across key business, operational, product and finance processes. You will drive control testing, continuous monitoring, issue remediation, and risk assessment activities to help the organization stay resilient, compliant and audit ready. You will collaborate with stakeholders across Business, Operations, Product, Treasury, Finance, Compliance, Infosec and Audit to maintain 2LOD independence.

Responsibilities

• Execute risk-based control testing, including walkthroughs, sampling, evidence reviews, and effectiveness assessments across business, operational, product, and finance controls.
• Deliver continuous control monitoring, track control performance, and maintain high-quality control documentation and evidence standards.
• Manage findings and remediation activities, including issue tracking, root cause analysis, action plan validation, and retesting.
• Support risk and control assessments (RCSAs), control mapping, and the maintenance of accurate risk and control records within the GRC system.
• Partner with stakeholders across Business, Operations, Product, Treasury, Finance, Compliance, AFC, InfoSec, and Audit while maintaining 2LOD independence.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in risk, controls, assurance, or audit within financial services, fintech, payments, brokerage, or crypto environments.
• Proven expertise in end-to-end controls testing, including planning, walkthroughs, sampling, evidence review, exception assessment, and reporting.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and results-driven, with a strong understanding of control design and operating effectiveness, audit trails, segregation of duties, and testing methodologies.
• A confident communicator who can challenge stakeholders constructively, assess evidence critically, and produce audit-ready documentation.
• Fluency in English, German is highly preferable

Benefits

• Hybrid working model with onsite collaboration and remote work plus 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice
• Competitive total compensation package aligned with pay-for-impact policy including participation in stock option plan
• OpenUP confidential coaching counselling and mental health resources
• 3 additional days off in 2026 to prioritise wellbeing
• Udemy online courses access
• Discounts rewards and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle wellness tech and travel
• 8 weeks of gender neutral new parent leave
• Free onsite dining in Vienna Bucharest Barcelona and Berlin
• Recognition for tenure and rewards
• Bitpanda branded merchandise
• Company events including Winter Party in Vienna and global gatherings