Senior Finance Risk & Controls Manager, Zopa
12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
2-3 days a week in office (London Bridge)
Financial solutions for borrowers and savers
Open for applications
Financial solutions for borrowers and savers
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office (London Bridge)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create simple, fair and honest financial products that have the customer's needs at heart.
Role
Who you are
- You're ideally a qualified accountant with demonstratable experience in external/internal audit, risk or compliance
- Have a proven track record in assessing the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of internal controls
- Are highly organised, effective at stakeholder management, project management and can manage conflicting priorities
- You're resilient under pressure, embrace change and can operate in a fast-paced environment
- Energetic, motivated, and have a passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of success
- You may have experience of working within the US SOX control environment, but this is not essential
- An understanding of bank regulatory (PRA/FCA) reporting and compliance requirements is preferred
What the job involves
- The Interim Risk & Controls Senior Manager will work with the Finance Director and Heads of each Finance function to maintain and manage robust control frameworks over all aspects of internal and external reporting
- The role will cover the whole of Finance (Financial Control, Management Reporting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Planning and Budgeting, Tax Reporting, Treasury and Legal)
- Maintain and manage the internal control frameworks as well as the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of key controls across Finance & Legal (Financial Control, Management Reporting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Planning and Budgeting, Tax Reporting, Treasury and Legal)
- Continuous monitoring of the key Finance & Legal processes, delivering efficiencies and control automations where possible
- Ensure Finance functions comply with Zopa Operational Risk Policy and Model Risk Policy
- Liaise and work closely with Zopa 1st line Risk and Compliance to manage risk events and change initiatives
- Periodic review of Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) across Finance & Legal function
- Review and testing of Finance End User Computing (EUCs)
- Educate and support teams in appropriate execution of internal controls and ensuring that controls and actions are appropriately evidenced and reviewed
- Work closely with the first and second lines of defence and internal/external auditors as part of periodic reviews and audits
- Prepare and present reports to senior management and Board committees
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Zopa has been a pioneering force in the world of finance since 2005, lending out billions in personal loans since its inception, before the launch of its bank in 2020. Its depth of lending experience makes it a digital bank with a difference - offering all the benefits customers have come to expect from a challenger bank, but backed up by 16 years of know how.
Zopa has carved out a strong position for itself in UK fintech, offering more than just loans with products like savings accounts and credit cards. And its clear focus on lending and saving has paid off, with recent investment fueling both product growth and its entry into business lending. The bank also made its first acquisition, snapping up 'buy now, pay later' platform DivideBuy, as part of its expansion strategy.
On top of that, Zopa is now boasting two consecutive years of profit doubling, a rare feat in digital banking. Backed by fresh funding, it's now pushing into new territory with plans to launch a current account and integrate generative AI into customer services.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"My colleagues here at Zopa have a wealth of knowledge which they share constantly and are always willing to assist or give a second opinion on..."
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Dec 2024
$92.6m
LATE VC
Feb 2023
$99.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $963.6m
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Jaidev
(CEO)Promoted from within Zopa, previously COO. 12 years of experience at Capital One, including Chief Marketing Officer for UK.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zopa
Jamie Ferguson (Talent Acquisition Advisor)
- We're always looking for passionate and talented people who can help us be the best place for money. We welcome everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race or religion.
- We run a successful mentoring program, with 28 mentors across the business. We believe this launching pad helps our internal talent stretch beyond their comfort zone, explore new avenues and grow into future leaders.
- We’re focused on ensuring a fair approach to attracting talent, from how we advertise roles to our application and interview process. For all our hiring requirements we mandate 50/50 shortlists and diverse interview panels. We also run all our adverts through a recognised gender de-coder to ensure we attract and hire a diverse range of people. More recently we’ve been experimenting with new job boards and partnerships like Otta Jobs and BYP Network (Black Youth Partnership Network) to increase diversity in our candidate sourcing.
- We’ve secured trail-blazing partnerships with organisations like Code First Girls, YSYS and BYP Network. We’ve already had huge success with our Code First Girls cohort who joined our tech community as Software Engineers and Database Administrators in January.
- We encourage Zopians to create memorable career journeys, and internal mobility plays a huge part in this. All our live job vacancies are posted on our internal jobs board. Over the last 12 months, we’ve trained and supported many Zopians to make internal career moves and become compliance officers, developers, lawyers and HR specialists. In fact, 20% of our open roles in Q3 2021 were filled by internal candidates. This not only makes Zopa a great place to work, but also allows us to break down some of the systemic pipeline issues that we see in STEM professions.
- Our Diversity & Inclusion focus groups and “All in” club celebrate diversity through various company events, such as quiz nights and “Bring your kids to work” day – our favourite is international food night!
- Everyone at Zopa has different working styles, and we want to support them in any way possible. That’s why we’re committed to flexible working whether that’s from home, in the office or a combination of both. What’s more, our model includes the option of working from abroad for up to 90 days a year!
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