Non-Financial Risk Specialist — Shape Controls & Growth

BUX; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

BUX in Amsterdam seeks a Middle Non-Financial Risk Specialist to join our risk team. You will own the risk agenda, coordinate SIRA, and work with multiple partners to manage controls and reporting in a fast-growing fintech.

The role focuses on risk testing, policy reviews, change risk assessments, and risk reporting to senior stakeholders. You will collaborate across CDD, Product, Legal, and Compliance to strengthen risk culture and governance.

Qualifications

• Around 2 to 3 years of experience in risk management, risk and control or a comparable first or second line role.
• Hands-on experience with control testing, policy reviews, risk assessments (such as SIRA) and/or change risk assessments.
• Familiarity with risk taxonomies, risk and control frameworks and governance processes.
• Solid understanding of the regulatory environment for a financial institution (e.g. AFM/DNB expectations, MiFID II, Wft); experience in financial services, fintech or banking is a strong plus.
• A data-driven, pragmatic mindset and genuine affinity with improving processes and controls. Ideally, with comfort using data, AI and automation to work smarter.
• Read more here about the benefits and perks you receive when you join BUX.

Responsibilities

• Own the risk agenda day-to-day on the second-line risk team.
• Work closely with CDD, Product, Customer support, Legal and Compliance.
• Coordinate and maintain the SIRA.
• Lead the CRA and assess the operational risk impact of new products, processes, vendors and projects.
• Draft the monthly and quarterly reporting we need to provide to ABN AMRO.
• Perform risk analyses, deep dives and event analyses to surface vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities.
• Advise stakeholders on risk mitigation, control design and effective implementation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and automation of BUX's risk and control cycle.
• Help strengthen risk awareness and ownership across the company.
• Reporting on incidents.

Skills

Risk management

Control testing

Policy reviews

Risk assessments

SIRA

Change risk

Reporting

Data-driven

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Data analytics tools

AI/Automation tools

Job description

BUX in Amsterdam seeks a Middle Non-Financial Risk Specialist to join our risk team. You will own the risk agenda, coordinate SIRA, and work with multiple partners to manage controls and reporting in a fast-growing fintech.

The role focuses on risk testing, policy reviews, change risk assessments, and risk reporting to senior stakeholders. You will collaborate across CDD, Product, Legal, and Compliance to strengthen risk culture and governance.