Risk Manager - Stocks

Who we are 

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, we’re here to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — for now and the future. Our user-friendly, trade-everything platform empowers both first-time investors and seasoned experts to invest in the cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks*, precious metals and commodities* they want — with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team works across different cultures and time zones, bringing our products to more than 4 million customers, making us one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms that powers modern investing.

Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, our products are built by fast-moving, talented, “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-make-it-happen” kind of people. It’s these diverse perspectives and innovative minds operating as ONE TEAM that keep Bitpanda at the cutting edge of our industry. So if you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team. Let’s go!

Your Mission:

Join our team as a Risk Manager, specialising in providing non financial risk oversight to our growing Stocks & Shares business. You will support the Group Risk Management team primarily identifying, assessing, monitoring, and treating Non-Financial Risks across the financial services sector, as well as overseeing aspects of financial and liquidity risk management. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a culture of risk management excellence, upholding the use and adoption of Bitpanda’s Enterprise Risk Management framework, while promoting innovative ways to keep customers and company financial assets safe.

You have a strong analytical mindset with a passion for stocks and financial services and all related lifecycle processes. Through your engagement and oversight over Financial Service activities, you will challenge management to think differently about risk, becoming a key advisor to our business, products, technology and operations teams.

You will report to the Head of Operational Risk, becoming a key part of Bitpanda’s growing Group Risk Management Team.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee and advise Business, Product and Technology partners in the 1LOD on the offering of products and financial services from a non financial risk management as well as from a financial and liquidity risk perspective.  
• Champion the use and adoption of the Non Financial Risk Framework across the company. In this capacity, you will be supporting and challenging key stakeholders in the 1LOD and 2LOD on all aspects of non financial risk from defining the risk appetite, ensuring a strong internal control framework, maintaining robust risk and control assessments, tracking Management Actions, and ensuring Monitoring and Assurance activities on the business’s risks and controls.
• Oversee the use of relevant models adopted to monitor financial and liquidity risk exposures triggered by products and financial services offered by Bitpanda.  
• Conduct ad-hoc risk analysis and reporting for senior management, consistently solving and adapting to problems.
• Be an active risk advocate and influencer in strategic business transformations and key project activities affecting the Financial Services offering at Bitpanda.
• Advise risk owners on assessment and risk treatment of identified risks. Provide data-driven analysis of risk topics, empowering quantitative and qualitative insights to enable risk-based decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with the Financial Risk Management team in building and refining financial risk monitoring tools and models over stocks and all financial service activities.
• Act as the point of contact for Bitpanda’s Business, Product and Operational teams concerning risk management across Bitpanda’s Financial Services activities.
• Perform all required Risk Manager activities pertaining to the regulatory supervision of our all relevant Financial Services licences at Bitpanda, engaging regularly with senior management and key stakeholders to provide regular insights and reporting on the identification, assessment, monitoring and managing of risks, ensuring that appropriate risk management practices are consistently applied and updated.

Who you are:

• An expert in financial services and securities (stocks, commodities, indices, etc.) with a solid understanding of product lifecycles from licensing and product creation to execution and settlement, stocks from a technical and operational perspective, while also demonstrating a solid grasp of financial market dynamics and the evolving regulatory landscape.
• Previous experience in risk management with a focus on operational risk and a solid understanding of financial securities processes, controls and best practices.  
• A self-starter, agile and independent thinker able to operate in a fast-changing environment.  Results oriented, seeking to constantly make an impact and consistently contribute ideas and best practices. 
• Someone who demonstrates ownership and takes pride in bringing risk-management topics to life, embedding risk management practices that are high output, low friction.
• Professional familiarity with financial and liquidity risk management practices and standards.

What’s in it for you

• We're proud of our flexible working model that includes 2 days (minimum) working from the local Hub, plus 60 Work From Anywhere days annually
• Total compensation package including participation in our Bitpanda stock option plan
• Competitive benefits programs and policies shaped by our flexibility-first philosophy 
• Exclusive premiums when trading on Bitpanda
• Company-wide and team events — both in-person and virtually!
• Bitpanda swag to keep you living the brand

And, above all, the opportunity to learn and grow as part of Bitpanda’s incredible journey towards being Europe’s future #1 investment platform.

Bitpanda is committed to fostering a fair and equal environment based on trust and mutual respect. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is paramount to our success and we are committed to building a team that represents a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.