Head of Business Risk & Controls

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and take ownership of the first-line risk and control framework for all pertinent MoonPay operations.

• Perform risk and control evaluations and set up control standards along with necessary documentation.

• Institute governance, manage issues, and continuously monitor the effectiveness of controls.

• Integrate practical and sustainable controls into business processes.

• Convert regulatory requirements, policies, identified risks, and supervisory expectations into controls with well-defined ownership and accountability.

• Create programs for control monitoring and testing.

• Detect control deficiencies, evaluate their impact, drive remediation efforts, and report on the effectiveness of controls.

• Design the control framework for fiduciary, custody, and other regulated financial services operations.

• Collaborate with business leaders, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit across the three lines of defense.

• Develop procedures, governance, reporting systems, and operational routines for a scalable control environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in US banking or regulated financial services.

• Extensive leadership background in first-line risk, business controls, operational risk, or a similar control function.

• Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and enhancing first-line control frameworks.

• Practical experience with risk assessments, control design, monitoring and testing, issue management, remediation, and governance.

• In-depth knowledge of US banking regulations and supervisory expectations.

• Significant experience in supporting fiduciary, trust, custody, transaction services, or closely related banking functions.

• Strong comprehension of the three lines of defense model.

• Experience in establishing effective first-line ownership and collaboration with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and senior business stakeholders.

• Capability to thrive in a high-ambiguity, rapidly scaling environment.

• Strong technical judgment and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

• Ability to construct a robust control infrastructure from the ground up.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary package.

• Equity package; all employees have ownership at MoonPay.

• Pay-for-performance equity bonus.

• Moonshot award: $250,000 equity grant for 20 employees annually.

• Pension with employer contributions starting from day one.

• Employee referral program: earn 10K in USDC.

• Flexible Time Off.

• Recharge Period: end-of-year company-wide time off.

• Birthday leave.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Hybrid working schedule: work fully remotely or from your nearest Moonbase.

• Commuter benefits.

• Private healthcare benefits.

• Wellhub wellness membership.

• Enterprise access to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI tools.

• Lunch credit for office days.

• Home office setup allowance.

• Remote working allowance for utilities.

• Monthly product budget and zero-fee crypto transactions.

• $1,000 annual training budget.

• High Potential Program with development, mentorship, and stretch opportunities.

• Regular remote company offsites.

• (Ireland) Cycle to Work scheme.

• (UK) EV Salary Sacrifice.