Global Risk Leader — ERM & Governance Architect

Global FinTech Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Global FinTech Talent is partnering with a fast-growing global FinTech business to appoint a Director / Senior Director of Risk. This leadership role requires a risk expert who can build, not just maintain, an enterprise-wide governance framework and drive risk across the organisation.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will act as the second line of defence and collaborate with senior stakeholders in Commercial, Legal, Finance, Operations and IT Security to scale risk management globally.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Risk Management across USA/Asia/Europe.
• Strong exposure to commercial/business risk and working with Commercial teams.
• Experience designing and implementing commercial risk frameworks.
• Proven track record in Enterprise Risk Management programmes.
• Knowledge of counterparty, supplier and concentration risk.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the enterprise risk governance framework (risk appetite, standards, accountability).
• Lead the Risk Committee and drive remediation and accountability across functions.
• Own counterparty risk across clients and suppliers, including credit and reputational risk.
• Develop commercial risk frameworks for clients, use cases and deal structures.
• Provide senior-level risk guidance on complex client situations.
• Oversee customer risk and due diligence assessments.
• Partner with IT Security on cyber and technology risk.
• Support assurance requirements including ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS.
• Own the Business Continuity Management framework.
• Oversee legal, regulatory and data privacy risk including GDPR and CCPA.

Skills

Risk Management

Commercial risk

Enterprise Risk Management

BCM / Business continuity

Regulatory awareness

Data privacy

Cyber/IT risk

Stakeholder management

Leadership

FinTech exposure

Job description

Global FinTech Talent is partnering with a fast-growing global FinTech business to appoint a Director / Senior Director of Risk. This leadership role requires a risk expert who can build, not just maintain, an enterprise-wide governance framework and drive risk across the organisation.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will act as the second line of defence and collaborate with senior stakeholders in Commercial, Legal, Finance, Operations and IT Security to scale risk management globally.