Senior IT-Internal Auditor, Upvest
Internal Auditor
Investment API
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Investment API
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
Upvest's mission is to make investing as easy as spending money and to enable businesses to build investment experiences their customers love.
Role
Who you are
- If you're someone who likes to build things from the ground up, enjoys being hands-on and wants to get more insight into the fintech space, this opportunity could be the one you've been looking for
- Multiple years of experience in internal audit functions or in an audit firm
- A background in IT or a related academic field is preferred, but we are open to candidates with strong practical experience and a deep understanding of IT systems
- Familiarity with key regulations such as MaRisk, DORA, ISO 27001, KRITIS
- Passion about the future of fintech and desire to drive it from a front-row seat
- English and German fluency (both written and spoken)
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced remote environment
- Ability to work from Germany (being based in Berlin is not required, though a plus)
Desirable
- Can engage with engineering teams on an equal footing, understanding technical complexities while bridging the gap between audit requirements and real-world implementation
- Have a (deep) understanding of software development
What the job involves
- Enable Upvest to enhance IT governance through robust audit practices
- Provide audit-driven insights on IT risks, controls, and compliance to internal teams
- Support colleagues in identifying and addressing IT-related risks while ensuring fast growth and regulatory excellence
- Provide management with valuable audit insights for informed decision-making
- Conduct audits to assess IT controls, security measures, and compliance
- Develop and maintain an internal audit framework tailored to the fintech environment
- Lead and manage IT audit engagements, overseeing audit procedures to ensure alignment with fintech-specific requirements
- Report findings and propose improvements to senior management to enhance overall processes and compliance
- Prepare and present quarterly and annual reports on audit results and findings to management
- Oversee and manage outsourced audit support, ensuring audits remain aligned with company goals and standards
- Introduce innovative solutions that enhance audit efficiency and improve audit frameworks in a rapidly changing fintech industry
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including external auditors and regulatory bodies, to ensure full compliance and risk mitigation
- Provide independent audit support for strategic initiatives, like New Product introductions (NPPs), while maintaining objectivity
Our take
Upvest is a fintech startup that empowers financial services companies to provide their customers with access to a full range of financial assets, including stocks, ETFs and crypto products. Upvest's investment API integrates seamlessly with its customers existing systems and is designed to scale easily, freeing companies from the need to develop their own brokerage and custody infrastructure from scratch.
As one of the few companies in Germany that is licensed for both the custody of traditional securities and crypto, Upvest is able to provide its services across Europe. Its solution has been readily adopted by some major players in the space including Ginmon, Vivid and ABN AMRO.
Upvest is backed by a number of Europe's largest tech VCs (Earlybird, Notion Capital, Partech, HV Capital, ABN AMRO Ventures) alongside American investment monolith BlackRock. In 2023 it closed a VC investment round which the company has claimed is one of the largest in the German fintech arena. Its impressive capital raise will go some way to achieving Upvest's goals of profitability as it expands into the US market.
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Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Dec 2024
$105.1m
SERIES C
Oct 2023
$31.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $197.5m
Company benefits
- Greenfield projects - We’re building something quite complex. A first in Europe. This means you get to work with cutting-edge technologies, with no legacy code.
- Wellbeing - Everyone here has access to our in-house coach. You can have regular sessions to support you personally and professionally. We also believe it’s important to have time out to rest and recover, which is why we offer 30 days’ holiday.
- Development - In keeping with one of our values, ‘Learn and grow’, every Upvenger has access to a development budget. And in line with one of our other values, ‘Own the outcome’, how you make the most of it is up to you.
- Flexibility - We work in a hybrid set-up, with the team spread around Germany and other parts of Europe. We give you the choice and budget to work where you’re most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose.
Company HQ
Wrangelkiez, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Martin Kassing
(CEO)They have experience in fintech, private equity and capital markets. Founded another fintech, Shop.co, which was acquired by Klarna.
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