About Zumo

Zumo is the blockchain-powered finance platform that brings the benefits of blockchain and digital currencies to people and businesses everywhere. Driven by transparency, accessibility and financial inclusion, we’re on a mission to provide a new generation of smart money solutions for a new, decentralised economy - bringing financial wellness to people everywhere, not just the most tech savvy or financially literate. We’re growing super fast and building an incredible, diverse culture; we need people who share our values to join us on the journey and help us build a better financial future.

Job purpose

As a Senior Risk Manager, you will be directly responsible for maturing the risk management framework in alignment with the growth and expansion of the business, providing the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects that will allow you to leverage the experience you have gained in your career to date, as well as quickly developing new skills across Zumo.

Reporting Line

Head of Compliance, working closely with the Operations Director.

Salary

£60,000-70,000 depending on experience

Requirements

Develop, enhance, and maintain all aspects of the Risk Management framework covering both Financial and Non-Financial risks.
Support Zumo’s risk identification, monitoring, escalation, and approval processes, including effective analysis and assessment of major new and/or emerging or assumed risks, and the related risk management processes.
Support, challenge and oversee the Risk & Control Assessments (RACAs).
Develop and oversee Risk Registers across all entities within Zumo.
Produce streamlined, structured Risk Reports (with dashboards) for submission and presentation to senior management, Governance Committees and the Board.
Design and implement regulatory compliance frameworks to support both service and compliance functions to assess third party controls and monitor ongoing risks.
Define activities to improve the operating environment, including the selection and implementation of process management and reporting tools.
Take ownership of the production of the Risk, Approach, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) logs for projects.

Skills

Experience in regulatory, risk and compliance within a FinTech / Financial Services environment, with sound electronic money regulation and cryptocurrency knowledge.

Experience

Extensive experience collecting, collating, and producing consolidated risk reports and presentations for the Board, CEO and Executive Committee.

Attributes

Proven track record as a Senior Risk leader, championing a positive risk culture through the formulation of risk-mitigation processes and risk advisory for products and services, working in an agile manner but also with discipline and structure.

Motivations

Making risk management accessible to all, appropriate and proportionate for the business.

Optional

Consultative style with the ability to breakdown complex information to suit target audience.
Excellent quantitative and analytical skills.

Benefits

Zumo’s internal mission is to create an environment where you can create the best work of your career. In order to do that, we offer:

A remote first hybrid work environment - Everyone does their best work in different environments. We operate as a remote first hybrid team, giving you the flexibility to work wherever suits you best.
Professional development - We focus on fostering a culture of learning, curiosity and ongoing professional development.
Pension - We give you flexibility to opt in to our voluntary company pension scheme.
Unlimited holiday - Having plentiful “off the grid” time is key to doing your best work. We offer flexible time off. Take time when you need it and receive a £500 bonus when you take five or more consecutive days off.
At Zumo, we believe in the strength that difference brings to our business, our culture, and our community. We value the opinions and experiences of all our colleagues and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Our values

Inclusion inspires

Zumo is accessible to everyone, everywhere
We believe that the benefits of crypto and blockchain are for everyone
Our decision-making is founded on the balance between people, profit and planet

Transparency wins

The technology that we build has usability and security at its core
We seek to make the complex simple
We don’t use jargon

Unshakable commitment

We bring our A game to work every day
We believe that great productivity comes from a tranquil environment
We give feedback in a respectful way

Love the adventure

We don’t take the easy path unless it’s the right one
We’re constantly exploring to find the best way
We accept failure as part of the road to success

Towards a sustainable world

When it comes to crypto, we don’t believe progress should come at the cost of the environment. As the sector develops and matures at unparalleled pace, we have the perfect opportunity to ensure we develop products and behaviours that will help the future of the planet. And we believe we can play our part in demystifying the information surrounding digital assets and their impact on the climate, helping everyone to understand, assess and contribute to the decarbonisation of the industry. Find out more about our net zero strategy, partnerships, environmental pledge and work to decarbonise the sector on our webpage here.

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