Head of Risk (Crypto)

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 65+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About The Role

Risk at Revolut operates across all functions, products, and regions to monitor front-line performance and ensure the business operates safely. They’re among the first to be involved in new initiatives, from tech to customer support.

We’re looking for a Head of Risk to implement cross-functional elements of the risk management framework. You'll define risk thresholds for crypto products, establish governance structures, and strengthen risk culture and awareness across the business.

Up to shape what's next in finance? Let’s get in touch.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing and implementing policies, procedures, key risk indicators, and risk appetite statements
• Calibrating entity scale-up plans to govern risk exposure and safeguard customers
• Monitoring risks against limits and thresholds, producing respective reports to management and other relevant stakeholders
• Driving risk awareness, including organising risk awareness materials and sessions, developing risk materials for new employees, etc.
• Implementing the risk incident management process, including registration of risk events, and managing and delivering risk incident reports to senior management and regulators
• Identifying and assessing inherent, net, and residual risks, and aligning with internal controls
• Monitoring KRI breaches and working with risk owners to resolve them within a set timeline
• Working on the New Initiatives Approval Process, ensuring appropriate local SME stakeholder engagement and governance
• Developing and maintaining risk tools and systems
  
  

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of experience in risk management within financial services
• An understanding of risk management for derivatives products, such as crypto-perpetuals
• Experience in operational or enterprise risk management or a related role
• Previous examples of practically interpreting and organising complex data
• To be curious with a desire to fully understand how things work
• Great organisational skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience in cybersecurity and customer data risk management within financial services
  
  

Nice to have

• A degree in risk management
  
  

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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