Internal Control Officer

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Internal Control Officer 

We are looking for a Internal Control Officer in our Amsterdam office to join our global Corporate Risk & Internal Control team.

These are transformative times for Adyen; we are rapidly growing in new countries and are also broadening our product offering through our embedded financial products. We are looking for an experienced Internal control officer that will contribute in strengthening our global Risk and Control Framework. This is where you come in.

You have a proactive mindset, you are eager to learn and are looking for an opportunity to learn from control owners and challenge them on improving processes and controls. Scaling our platform and automating controls will drive our growth path and this is where you can make an impact.

You will mainly focus on assessing Adyen’s financial processes, risks and controls to meet our internal and external expectations and to enable controlled growth.

What you’ll do:

• Strengthen and improve Adyen’s global control framework on continuous basis together with the Internal Control team and Adyen business teams, based on changes in our business and processes
• Develop and maintain processes and controls for our new product offering: Embedded Financial Products
• Evaluate Adyen’s (financial) processes and controls to identify opportunities for improvement and automation
• Coordinate and perform testing of controls, and report on the effectiveness of Adyen’s risk and control systems
• Support with requests from regulators and auditors to ensure successful audit cycles (e.g. ISAE 3402 audits)

Who you are:

• A proactive, energetic, lifelong learner with a hands-on mentality;
• Eagerness to work in an innovative technology company within the financial sector;
• Relevant working experience (5+ years) within risk management, auditing or as a risk & control specialist (experience within the payments industry is not required);
• Knowledge of (financial) business process reviews and internal control frameworks
• Great communicative and stakeholder management skills

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.