Revolut is hiring a Business Risk Manager for its Wealth & Trading business. This is a first line of defence risk role focused on identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating operational risks across Wealth & Trading products and services. You’ll work closely with product, compliance, risk, and other stakeholders to keep the Wealth & Trading offering robust, compliant, and aligned with strategic objectives. The role is broad and suits someone who can adapt to and influence Revolut’s fast-changing environment. Key responsibilities include: Leading operational risk identification, assessment, and monitoring. Acting as first line of defence and establishing robust controls with product teams. Ensuring risks, controls, and processes are reflected and control testing is current. Challenging new product initiatives from a risk perspective. Performing independent control testing and monitoring remediation actions. Preparing risk reporting for Executive and Board-level Committees. Requirements include a strong numerical degree (2:1 or higher) or equivalent experience, ideally 1+ years in operational risk/risk roles in fintech or consultancy, deep operational risk understanding, strong analytical skills, and a risk-and-controls mindset. Nice to have: risk qualification, FCA experience, additional languages (Spanish, French, German, Polish, Lithuanian), and consultancy experience.
Overview
Compensation not specified
remote
full-time
1-2 years of experience (mid level)
Technologies
- Operational RiskRisk ManagementControls TestingRegulatory ComplianceRisk ReportingFCA
Responsibilities
- Lead and support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of operational risks across the Wealth & Trading products and services
- Fulfil your role of first line of defence in the business, working closely with product teams and key stakeholders in the Wealth & Trading business to establish robust controls and risk mitigation strategies
- Ensure risks, controls and processes are correctly reflected, and control testing is up to date
- Perform risk challenge of new product initiatives to ensure that risk management is integrated into our product development activities
- Perform and oversee independent testing of controls to assess their effectiveness and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to ensure that Wealth & Trading activities are aligned with Revolut’s overall risk management framework and regulatory requirements
- Identify, assess, and remediate risks arising on change, and monitor risk remediation actions to ensure the business is meeting its risk mitigation objectives
- Perform regular independent reviews of risk data, including risk event data, ensuring they are accurate, complete and reflective of the risk profile
- Manage the risk profile of Wealth & Trading and release risk reporting for Executive and Board level Committees
- Support the implementation of risk management systems and continuously improve risk governance, risk reporting and risk management tools used across Revolut
Qualifications
- Strong degree in a numerical subject (maths, finance/statistical modelling is a plus) or equivalent experience
- Top grades — 2:1 or higher
- Ideally 1+ years or 2+ years of experience in Operational Risk, Risk Manager or Risk Analyst roles within the fintech industry, or advisory experience within a consultancy environment
- Deep understanding of Operational Risk
- How a business-owned risk action/remediation plan works
- Ability to understand risk profiles, undertake deep analysis in various areas and report on the risk profile of the area
- A risk and controls mindset
- Excellent attention to detail, planning and prioritisation skills
- Strong collaboration skills
- Willingness to work in a team environment
Benefits
- Great Place to Work certification
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
- Reasonable adjustments available for recruitment and work environment