Company Description

We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen.

Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why.

With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech.

Job Description

Checkout.com are looking for an accomplished Risk professional, experienced in payments and technology, to join the Enterprise Risk Management Department in London. You’ll play a part in ensuring that Checkout.com has an effective Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework that meets the relevant regulatory and supervisory risk requirements across our global organisation. You’ll work collaboratively internally with stakeholders to ensure the ERM framework is properly implemented.

The Enterprise Risk Management department is responsible for setting the risk management strategy globally for Checkout.com. Team members work across functions, products, and regions to monitor front-line performance and ensure that the business is on safe footing. The department produces management information (MI) reports for relevant regional and global committees and entity boards.

The department is also responsible for managing and overseeing several core functions including management of the Risk and Control register, running the business continuity plan (BCP), conducting risk and control assessments, running the operational incident management process and responding to risk related regulator queries.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Contributing to the evolution and implementation of the company's enterprise risk management strategy

• Working across the organisation to support the identification, evaluation and quantification of risks.

• Supporting the implementation of our risk framework across our global entities

• Maintaining cross-functional elements of our risk management framework

• Playing a role in strengthening firmwide risk awareness and culture

• Consolidating metrics for risk reporting requirements

• Playing a role in strengthening firmwide risk awareness and culture

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of experience in a Risk function at a Financial Services company preferably with experience with payments Knowledge of financial services regulations and laws, Understanding of core risk management concepts

• Strong, project management and problem solving skills

• Experience in supporting risk management systems such as a GRC platform

• Analytical mindset with strong ability to quantify identified risks

• Affinity for data and comfortable managing it

• Team player who is also comfortable working independently

• Experience maintaining risk frameworks

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

Life at Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.

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