Assurance Manager EU/UK

About the role

At Trustly, we're building a smarter, faster, and more secure financial future by revolutionizing the world of payments. As a global leader in Open Banking Payments, we are establishing Pay by Bank as the new standard at checkout, providing unparalleled freedom, speed, and ease to millions of consumers and merchants worldwide.

What they’re looking for

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• Demonstrable experience in compliance assurance, second-line risk, or a related control function within a FinTech, payments, or adjacent regulated financial services environment, with experience in the payments sector preferred.
• Experience engaging with EU and/or UK financial supervisory authorities, with the ability to represent an assurance or compliance function credibly toward regulators and build productive relationships with them.
• Sound understanding of the EU and UK regulatory landscape relevant to payment and e-money institutions, including areas such as financial crime, safeguarding, consumer protection, and operational resilience.
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end assurance reviews, from planning and scoping through to reporting and issue validation.
• A firm grasp of the three-lines model and the independence boundary between second and third line, with the judgement to keep assurance independent and out of first-line operational activity.
• Advanced knowledge of control testing methodologies, sampling, issue rating, and evidence standards, and the ability to connect control failures to the firm's risk taxonomy and appetite.
• Experience working with GRC platforms and unified issue registers, with high attention to detail in the preparation of control findings and management-level documentation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships across business teams, and to advise and collaborate with stakeholders at various levels, including senior management and Board members.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex concepts to non-specialist stakeholders and present to senior leadership, Boards, and regulators.
• Willingness to work flexibly to collaborate with team members across different time zones.

Helpful, not always essential

• additional benefits designed to enhance your work-life experience!

Benefits & working conditions

• At Trustly, you will have the chance to solve meaningful challenges alongside some of the brightest minds in FinTech. Together, we are shaping the future of payments in an environment that celebrates curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. You will be challenged and empowered to grow, making a real impact every step of the way.
• Our team is as diverse as the global footprint we serve. At Trustly, we foster a workplace where everyone feels they belong—a place where teamwork thrives, ideas flourish, and we never forget to have fun along the way. We are proud and committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and believe an open and inclusive environment enables people to do their best work.
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