Senior Controls Manager

Monzo is looking for a senior leader to join the Risk & Control team for a fixed-term period of 6 months. The role is based in London with the possibility of remote working within the UK.

Responsibilities

• Manage a programme of control effectiveness testing (design and operational effectiveness).
• Seek opportunities to automate testing through data analytics and AI.
• Provide advice on optimising the control suite to ensure Monzo grows safely and that risks are managed as expected.
• Consistently deliver improved monitoring of Monzo’s control performance.
• Lead on embedding improved, risk‑based controls monitoring and develop an optimal operating model for controls testing and monitoring.
• Lead a team of specialists to deliver on agreed control testing plans, report findings to stakeholders, and scope improvement activities.
• Use commercial awareness to identify and solve controls‑related problems with the greatest business impact.
• Collaborate with Risk Data and Platform teams to improve actionable insights from the team’s activities.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in risk and control processes.
• Strategic leadership experience in improving adoption of technology and data solutions, including data analytics and AI.
• Experience leading a team of highly qualified specialists in assurance.
• Impact‑driven and eager to make a positive impact on the company, product, users, and colleagues.
• Commercially minded with the ability to put controls into a business perspective.
• Comfortable with both hands‑on delivery (testing, building automation solutions) and strategic thinking.
• Self‑starter mindset, proactively identifying issues and opportunities and tackling them independently.
• Team player who can build relationships with stakeholders across the three lines of defence.

Benefits

£85,000 – £115,000 (pro‑rata) + benefits. Flexible working hours with trust to work enough hours to do the job well at times that suit you and your team.

Equal Opportunities

Monzo is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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