Strategic Risk & Controls Specialist

Fastned; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Pension plan

Company bonus plan

29 holidays

Mission Days

Fully electric company car

Training budget

Mental health platform

Urban Sports Club

Parental benefits

Women's Health platform

Daily lunches

Job summary

Fastned is seeking a Risk Specialist to strengthen its risk and control framework while supporting rapid, compliant growth. You will partner with Operations, Construction, Product & Engineering, Finance, and Legal & Compliance to embed risk ownership across the business.

You will drive risk awareness, develop KRIs and dashboards, and advise stakeholders on risk-based decision making. The role requires practical, proactive risk leadership in a fast‑growing environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in risk management, internal control, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of risk concepts and control frameworks.
• Experience building or shaping risk practices, rather than only maintaining them.
• Ability to navigate an organisation where risk practices are still taking shape, with flexibility and pragmatism.
• Experience with fraud risk and knowledge of fraud typologies.
• Understanding of what being a listed company means for risk and compliance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong written and spoken English; Dutch is a plus.
• Proactive, pragmatic, curious, and result-driven; able to work independently and in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and drive Fastned's risk management framework, including policies, control measures, risk appetite principles, and the risk roadmap.
• Lead fraud detection and investigation as a key operational risk domain, developing detection rules, managing alerts, and investigating suspected incidents involving customers, employees, and third parties.
• Translate risk exposure into measurable indicators, developing KRIs and dashboards, and monitoring alerts to identify emerging risks and prioritise follow-up.
• Act as subject matter expert and trusted advisor to (senior) stakeholders, embedding risk considerations in decision-making and ways of working across the organisation.
• Increase risk and control awareness throughout the business, enabling all departments to identify, assess, and own their risks and controls.
• Guide and coach risk champions across the organisation, strengthening the first line and building lasting risk capability at all levels.
• Define and implement risk reporting, including thematic deep dives, communicating findings clearly to audiences ranging from operational teams to the Managing and Supervisory Board.
• Work cross-functionally on projects, ensuring risk and control considerations are embedded from the start.

Skills

Risk management

Internal controls

Fraud risk

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Data / BI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data/Information Science, Law, or equivalent

Tools

SQL

BI/AI tools

Data modeling

Job description

Fastned is seeking a Risk Specialist to strengthen its risk and control framework while supporting rapid, compliant growth. You will partner with Operations, Construction, Product & Engineering, Finance, and Legal & Compliance to embed risk ownership across the business.

You will drive risk awareness, develop KRIs and dashboards, and advise stakeholders on risk-based decision making. The role requires practical, proactive risk leadership in a fast‑growing environment.