Job description
Our mission? Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace. We combine business-class tools (seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting) with unwaveringly attentive 24⁄7 support, designed to help businesses breeze through all things finance.
Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 500,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!
Our values:
Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do
Ownership | Own your part, get things done
Teamwork | Make (team)work easy
Mastery | Continuously raise the bar
Integrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people
Our beliefs: At Qonto, we’re committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 50% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
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⭐️ Join us as a Lead Internal Control to contribute to an innovative approach for internal control at Qonto, with a methodology relying on the Qonto Way principles that breaks down old standards and assumptions. You’ll lead a team that ensures our control framework is robust while maintaining our agile, growth-oriented culture.
👩💻🧑💻As a Lead Internal Control, you will:
• Lead and develop your team (3 people) by mentoring them, helping them grow, and organizing their workload to ensure timely and high-quality control execution.
• Keep the permanent control plan and risk mapping updated for Growth and Ops functions, ensuring it covers key focus areas of the company and its providers.
• Review control content and ensure quality assessment of controls, measuring performance and providing actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to the Knowledge Base for Risk & Compliance, validating new projects and responding to operational team requests
🤔 What you can expect:
• Team Context: You’ll be joining a growing team within Risk & Compliance that works with a wide range of stakeholders and projects.
• Growth Opportunity: As Qonto expands into new markets, your team will grow, providing excellent career development opportunities. You’ll contribute to structuring the team and bringing your experience to drive continuous improvement.
• International Scope: You’ll work with an international team and contribute to our expansion across European markets, providing exposure to different regulatory environments and business practices.
🤝 About your future manager:
You’ll report to Guillaume, who is stepping into the Head of Internal Control role.
• Their background? Guillaume joined Qonto in March 2023 after close to 8 years in Internal Audit and Front Line positions within the Banking Sector.
• What they can bring to the team: Upon joining Qonto, Guillaume contributed to build up a positive perspective on Internal Control, combining continuous improvement with pragmatic management of Qonto’s risks. With his strong operational oriented mindset and methodological background, he will be the perfect manager to help you ramp-up on your problem-solving skills and help you grow into an acknowledged expert that brings valuable inputs into a fast-paced environment.
🏅About You:
• Experience: You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in internal control or risk management, with a minimum of 2 years in a management role.
• Adaptability: You excel at handling priorities and can adapt quickly to changing requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Organization & Analytical Skills: You have strong organizational abilities to coordinate team efforts and analytical skills to assess control quality and performance metrics.
• Leadership: You take initiative, lead projects effectively, and have experience developing team members in a collaborative environment.
• Language skills : Strong communication skills in English required. Ability to communicate effectively in one or more additional European languages, particularly those of our operating markets, would be an asset for cross-market collaboration.
🎁 Perks
A tailor-made and dynamic career track. An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.
- Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;
- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for and where you live;
- Competitive salary package;
- A meal voucher;
- Public transportation reimbursement (part or global);
- A great health insurance (depending on the country);
- Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care to take care of your mental health and great offers for sports and wellness activities;
- A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;
- Monthly team events.
💬 Our hiring process:
Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers
A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like
Find more information about our interview process on our careers website.
On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞
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