Risk Manager - Brussels, België - Equals Money

Equals Money

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Brussels, België

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Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Who we are
Over the last 16 years, Equals Money has helped over a million satisfied customers move and manage their money. Our award-winning product portfolio allows our customers to make low-cost multi-currency payments across various payment products.

From travel money to transfers, currency hedging, to expense management, open-banking to card acquiring, we are focused on a single goal of making it easy for our customers to manage and move their money.

As a business, we are committed to delivering value to our customers through the combination of advanced payments technology and personal expert service.

Having recently acquired a subsidiary in Belgium - Oonex SA - the Group are focussed on bringing our suite of products to Europe and are now looking for a Risk Manager to join our team.

With our headquarters in London and Brussels and teams in Chester, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, the Equals Group operates a portfolio of successful and exciting business lines and brands - Equals Money, FairFX and CardOneMoney in the UK and now Oonex in Belgium - soon to become Equals Money Europe.

You will join a very close-knit, talented and supportive team from various backgrounds who believe that bringing different perspectives together helps us understand our customers' needs.

United, by one thing, making money management straightforward and cost-effective for our customers.

**About the Role
We are looking for a Risk Manager to join our growing risk management function in Europe, headquartered in Brussels. This role will be reporting to the Head of First Line Risk/ Risk Officer.

In this role you will be directed by the Head of Risk and will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of Equals' risk management framework and associated first line risk activity.

The role will involve educating and supporting teams across the business to be more knowledgeable regarding risk and will drive the business to be more self-sufficient in risk management capabilities.

Regrettably we cannot offer this role to individuals who do not possess the legal right to reside and work in Belgium.

Who you are

You are a risk management specialist with an awareness of first line financial crime/ fraud practices and are an individual who is happy to work autonomously as well as part of a wider team.

You can identify opportunities for strengthening processes and controls and strive to implement and build systems and processes that support a strong risk culture.

You're able to influence stakeholders to prioritise risk management processes and uphold and promote the risk agenda.

You will execute first line risk management activities which includes some first line financial crime monitoring (transaction monitoring).

You follow new developments and trends in the regulatory and enterprise risk landscape and will work closely with operational teams to embed sound controls and processes.

**Responsibilities

The role will involve building a robust risk management framework, building strong relationships with key leaders within Europe and overseas and promoting a robust risk culture within all areas of the business.

The Risk Manager will also be responsible for first line risk management activities, including executing the duties of an effective manager responsible for AML/CTFP.

You will be responsible for reporting on all operational and enterprise risk related matters to the local and Global risk committees, providing meaningful insights into risks, challenges and opportunities.

Perform enterprisewide risk assessments and where necessary risk and control self assessments (RCSAs)
Provide risk advisory support to ensure the business meets regulatory risk requirements
Assess compliance with and monitor risk appetite across Equals Europe
Drive the risk agenda across Equals Europe by engaging with business leaders
Ensure the business has appropriately identified, measured and responded to all relevant risks in accordance with risk appetite
Support the business to identify risks and define the controls to be carried out using the processes and key controls to cover these risks, in accordance with the group's Risk Management Framework
Identify and formalise major risks in risk matrices and risk registers and define the controls in place and the measures to be taken to cover residual risks
Carry out regular internal tests to ensure that the identified risks are controlled
Take the position of a business partner of all departments in order to help them in any change in organisation and operation, in any implementation of new tools and processes
Conduct some transaction monitoring capabilities, working alongside the central team in the UK performing similar activities
Support, escalate and oversee the investigation and resolution of operational incidents
Support the Head of Risk to provide reporting to all relevant risk committees and forums as required
Promote a culture that prioritises good customer and regu