Requirements: English
Company: Ayvens
Region: Amsterdam , North Holland
We are looking for:
For our Internal Control Officer vacancy we are looking for a new colleague at our Amsterdam based office. As an Internal Control Officer your main responsibility are to:
- Develop and implement internal control frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Conduct risk assessments and internal control reviews to identify areas of potential risk, fraud, or non-compliance.
- Check and handle risks by finding them in the organisation and reducing them with controls.
- Assist process owners in identifying and resolving internal control issues.
More specifically, the Internal Control Officer at Ayvens Bank will be responsible for:
- Participate in cross-departmental projects to adapt the Banks processes and key controls to regulatory changes;
- Implement and update the processes, risks and controls in the various tooling (e.g. MyControl, MyIncident, etc.);
- Identify controls deficiencies and suggest recommendations;
- Coordinate the internal and/or external audit activities with the Head of departments;
- Responsible for preparation of formal reports including the follow-up of audit recommendations;
- Ensure risks and controls in relation to collateral management are properly in place and executed;
- Coordinate the redaction process of the directives and procedures describing the main bank processes or key controls;
- Execution of controls assigned by Ayvens/Soc Gen;
- Work closely with the internal controls department of Ayvens/Soc Gen;
- Implement regular ICF awareness raising actions on the importance of the internal control framework;
- Responsible for business continuity management;
- Coordinate the process, making sure controls are performed with accuracy and on time;
- Provide support on controls to other departments, follow- up on progress and deliverables.
To succeed in this role, you have the following skills and experience:
The ideal candidate is able to deal with confidential information, is reliable and has a high level of integrity.
- University Degree in Business Administration, Economics or equivalent with a focus on Finance, Audit or Control;
- Approx. 3 - 5 years of proven professional experience in a similar position or in an audit company;
- Strong accounting & control knowledge;
- Proven analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail;
- Organized and able to prioritize workload;
- Fluent in Dutch or English;
- Can-do mentality; taking ownership, proactive, flexible and able to work in a group settlement as well as work independently.
Why Ayvens Bank?
Ayvens Bank is a small and lean operation with 25 staff members in specialized functions such as Compliance, Marketing, Risk Management, Finance, Information Security, ICT and Customer Service. We have a client base of over 280.000 customers spread over The Netherlands and Germany with total assets of more than EUR 14 billion.
Working for Ayvens Bank is like working for any other financial institution, but better! We are a small organization that is part of a bigger company, which gives us many benefits while maintaining an entrepreneurial culture. As colleagues we know each other well, love to help and pride ourselves in offering a very good work-life balance, as well as an abundance of jokes on the days were in the office together.
Join us!
If you have the right profile and experience, and would like to join Ayvens on its journey, do let us know why you are our new Internal Control Officer Ayvens Bank.