Upvest, founded in 2017, enables any financial institution to offer great investment experiences to its customers. Upvest is an investment firm regulated by the German supervision authority (BaFin). The company currently employs 160+ people across Europe with its headquarters based in Berlin, Germany.

The company is backed by the world’s largest venture capital funds and investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, Earlybird, HV Capital, Notion Capital, and ABN Amro Ventures, as well as by renowned fintech entrepreneurs (including Maximilian Tayenthal, founder of N26, and Felix Haas, founder of IDnow).

We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We’re building the first European Investment API to enable any financial institution offering a wide range of efficient and transparent investment products, such as stocks and ETFs in nominal, portfolio, and fractional form. Our mission and vision is to make investing as easy as spending money.

We’re based in Berlin but would consider hiring remotely in Germany for this role. If you do want to move to Berlin though, we’re happy to support your relocation.

Your mission:

Are you passionate about risk management and looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and ambitious investment firm? Join our team and be at the forefront of developing innovative risk management strategies and frameworks, with a focus on non-financial risk. As a proactive and collaborative risk control expert, you will strengthen our internal control system through automated monitoring and foster collaboration across the organisation. You will contribute to enhancing risk awareness, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement in risk management practices. Your efforts will contribute to safeguarding our assets, optimising risk management, and ensuring regulatory compliance for scale.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Develop risk management strategies and frameworks focusing on non-financial risk.

• Strengthen the internal control system via automated monitoring fostering automation and collaboration with various business lines.

• Perform end-to-end walkthroughs of business processes, documenting business processes and controls, testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, and reporting on deficiencies.

• Assess documentation to verify the presence and effectiveness of risk controls, ensuring they are properly implemented and operationally active.

• Leverage data analytics to identify trends and anomalies within Operations and IT processes and act as a risk-control manager with a strong focus on operational risk.

• Identify, integrate and optimise operational risk within the Risk and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA) process.

• Foster strong stakeholder engagement, understanding, and relationships.

• Apply diverse analytical, problem-solving, and reporting techniques to ensure regulatory compliance.

• Conduct data analysis, address issues, prepare reports, and present findings to stakeholders while staying updated on regulatory changes.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that could disrupt business operations with a focus on non-financial risks.

• Monitor and report on risk exposures and effectiveness of risk management practices.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to risk management.

Job requirements:

• You're excited about fintech and passionate about investment.

• You’re interested in defending, extending and strengthening Risk Policy & Control principles within a regulated investment firm.

• You’re an advocate for a robust risk culture through reasonable policy principles.

• You have a data driven mindset and demonstrate strong analytical skills in conducting in-depth risk analysis and risk forecasts.

• You have a degree or equivalent in Economics, Finance or Statistics.

• You worked in a Risk Management role for at least 3 years, preferably with a financial service or technology background.

• You have strong organisational and communication skills to manage multiple tasks, integrate feedback from diverse stakeholders, and effectively engage with various audience groups.

• You are familiar with building dashboards in Looker or other equivalent BI tools, and with using SQL and Python is a plus.

• You are proactive in learning new technologies and take ownership of your work, demonstrating curiosity, collaboration, innovative thinking, and a hands-on mentality.

• You enjoy working autonomously in a fast-paced, dynamic and inclusive startup environment.

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Why Upvest?

• We're working on solving a hard problem: fixing the European securities financial infrastructure that empowers more people to be able to invest. You have the opportunity to contribute to this change.
• We invest in you. From access to a personal coach, development budget and plenty of opportunities to grow in your role.
• We take hiring seriously with a strong focus on keeping a high bar when interviewing (equally important is that we hire decent people, who are passionate about their craft and helping us achieve our shared mission).
• While we're not quite fully-remote, we are committed to being a flexible employer, as we understand you don't have to be in the office to do your best work.
• We live a culture of empowerment, trust (that we hire the best people and get out of their way) and openness (there's a greater advantage in sharing information than keeping it to ourselves).

Our values:

• Learn and grow. We aim high to shape our future. We give and request honest feedback knowing that we develop together. Progression over Perfection.
• Team first. We make it easy for others. We value our differences and are open to others' opinions. We win and celebrate together! Team over Egos.
• Own the outcome. Whether we win or we lose, we stand together. We are proactive and get the job done. Outcome over Process.
• Tell the story. We always start with the why. We share knowledge to empower others. Transparency over Complexity.

Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees