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Lemonway

Platform payments processing, fraud prevention, API

Head of Internal Control - Operational Risk

Internal Audit & ControlsUpdated on Nov 13
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in operational risk and permanent control within a regulated payment institution.
  • Experience should be in second-line-of-defense functions, not financial control, FP&A, accounting, management control, or financial reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of two and work closely with the CEO, executive management, control functions, and operational teams.
  • Lead and continuously improve the level 1 and level 2 internal control framework.
  • Define, maintain, and implement the annual permanent control plan.
  • Ensure controls are properly designed, documented, performed, and evidenced.
  • Develop relevant control indicators and reporting for management and governance bodies.
  • Identify control-framework weaknesses, assess their impact, and coordinate corrective actions.
  • Promote a strong control and risk-management culture across the organization.
  • Contribute to implementing and optimizing GRC-type tools and processes.
  • Lead the operational risk-management framework, including risk identification, assessment, and monitoring.
  • Coordinate preparation and regular updates of the company’s risk maps.
  • Organize and maintain the Risk Appetite Framework and monitor risk-appetite indicators.
  • Lead incident-management and reporting processes, ensuring incidents are appropriately recorded, analyzed, and monitored.
  • Monitor operational, non-financial, and emerging risks, including technology, cybersecurity, fraud, outsourcing, and business-process risks.
  • Prepare clear, actionable risk reports for executive management and relevant governance bodies.
  • Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate the quarterly Risk Committee.
  • Support the Chief Compliance & Risk Officer and executive management in risk-related decision-making.
  • Prepare governance materials, dashboards, and presentations that provide a clear view of the company’s risk and control environment.
  • Coordinate the definition and updating of roles and responsibilities, including through RACI matrices.
  • Contribute to regulatory and internal reporting, including the annual internal-control report and other applicable regulatory reports.
  • Coordinate external, regulatory, and internal audits covering internal control, operational risks, and governance.
  • Act as the main point of contact for auditors and competent authorities on internal-control matters.
  • Manage audit requests, evidence collection, findings follow-up, and associated actions.
  • Coordinate preparation and implementation of corrective and preventive action plans.
  • Monitor remediation plans and present high-risk or overdue actions to the appropriate governance bodies.
  • Coordinate the periodic-control program and monitor its implementation according to the defined audit plan.
  • Ensure the robustness and proper execution of the PSEE framework.
  • Contribute to oversight of outsourced activities and third-party providers in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Lead the company’s business-continuity and operational-resilience activities.
  • Maintain and regularly test business-continuity plans.
  • Participate in crisis-management exercises and meetings as needed.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen Lemonway’s resilience and its ability to maintain critical activities during disruption.
  • Assess the need to create or update policies, procedures, forms, and control documents.
  • Coordinate drafting, review, and implementation of internal-control and risk-management procedures.
  • Design or contribute to training and awareness materials.
  • Ensure documentation is clear, operational, current, and aligned with the company’s operating model.

About the Company

Lemonway

Platform payments processing, fraud prevention, API

Lemonway provides an API-based payments platform for marketplaces and crowdfunding platforms, handling payments between donors, investors, and project holders while covering fraud prevention and regulatory compliance. Its unified developer API enables instant KYC to open payment accounts quickly, centralized management of accounts, and a dashboard to monitor activity. Compared with generic payment providers, Lemonway targets B2B, B2C, and C2C marketplaces with end-to-end payments, fast onboarding, centralized account control, and hands-on integration support. Its goal is to help platforms run payments securely and compliantly at scale.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Series B
Total funding
$57M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2007

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