Location: Dublin, Ireland
Company: Navro – Pioneering the Future of Payments
Not Your Usual Risk Role-Shape the Future, Not Just the Framework
This isn’t just another risk position. No legacy systems. No corporate red tape. No coasting. This is about building our risk resilience from the ground up. Fast.
We’re Navro, a rapidly scaling B2B payments startup, and we’re looking for an organised, detailed, self-starter Risk Manager to spearhead our risk function and support the Chief Risk Officer. This is your chance. You’ll shape our risk landscape, embed a robust risk culture, and make decisions that ensure our sustainable growth in a regulated fintech environment.
You won’t have layers of approval slowing you down. You will have the freedom to make real, impactful decisions from day one. This isn’t a passenger role. We’re bringing you in for your expertise, and your relentless drive. You will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating key risks across the business, translating regulatory requirements (like CBI) and best practices into actionable strategies and a resilient risk framework for Navro.
Who We Are
We are transforming payments for global platforms and e-commerce businesses. As the world’s first payments curation platform, we simplify cross-border transactions by uniting best-in-class infrastructure into a seamless ecosystem, enabling businesses to scale and operate effortlessly across borders. Cross-border workforce payments are slow, expensive, and outdated. We can’t be. Businesses rely on us to pay their people accurately and on time - contractors, freelancers, and employees across the globe. When we say we’ll deliver, failure isn’t an option. If we don’t do what we said we would, people don’t get paid - not just a transaction delayed, but real workers left without wages. That means a developer in Argentina missing their paycheck, a freelancer in the Philippines unable to pay rent, or a contractor in Poland unable to get to work. No excuses. No passengers. No tolerance for politics or mediocrity.
Requirements
What This Role Demands:
- You Own It – You’re accountable for every risk assessment, every mitigation plan, and the overall effectiveness of our risk framework. If a risk materializes unexpectedly or a control fails, it’s on you to lead the response and fortify our defenses.
- You Ask the Hard Questions – You don’t just identify risks; you challenge assumptions, probe for vulnerabilities, and push for stronger controls. Why this process? What if X happens? How can we be better prepared?
- You Fix What’s Broken – No waiting for permission. If a process is clunky, a control is weak, or our framework has gaps, you dive in and architect the solution.
- You’re Hands-On – One minute you’re deep-diving regulation or crafting KRI dashboards, the next you’re training teams on new risk procedures or conducting risk assessments with business units.
- You Thrive in Chaos – Startups are dynamic. Requirements evolve, priorities shift, and ambiguity is part of the game. You bring clarity, structure, and calm to the storm without getting bogged down by rigid, old-school processes.
- You Handle the Pressure – Fast-paced. High stakes in a regulated environment. You balance multiple critical risk initiatives, manage tight timelines, and keep Navro secure and compliant.
- You’re Here for the Journey – This is career-defining. It’s hard, incredibly rewarding, and not for the faint-hearted. If you’re ready to build and grow alongside Navro, let’s create something resilient and amazing together.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven Risk Expert: Minimum 3 years of previous experience in a hands-on risk management role within financial services, ideally with strong experience in eMoney, Payments, FX.
- Framework Builder: Demonstrable experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining risk management policies, processes, and frameworks, especially in a growing or fintech environment.
- Regulatory Navigator: Strong understanding and practical experience applying risk management principles, including risk quantification, schedule risk analysis, and familiarity with Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) requirements.
- Influential Communicator: Excellent communication, relationship management, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and educate stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical & Detail-Obsessed: You don’t miss a thing. Your attention to detail, analytical prowess, and decision-making capabilities are top-notch. You can create meaningful MI.
- Independent & Resilient: Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion, and work independently under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborator Extraordinaire: You work seamlessly with people from different disciplines (tech, product, ops, finance, compliance) and experience levels to embed risk management effectively.
- Problem Solver: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks.
- Bonus Points:
- Direct experience building and maintaining a risk management framework in a fintech startup.
- Excellent understanding of Navro's (or a similar B2B payments) business model and the fintech landscape.
Why Navro?
- Lead and Shape the Future: This is your chance to build and grow a market from zero to one.
- Make Real Impact: Your decisions will directly shape Navro’s growth journey.
- Innovative Environment: Be at the forefront of Fintech innovation and payments disruption.
- Career-Defining Role: This isn’t just another job. It’s a legacy.
Ready to Build Something Big?
This is your chance to leave your mark. If you’re ready to build, and grow with the intensity that only startups offer, we want to hear from you.
Apply now and be part of Navro’s journey to revolutionise payments with us.
Benefits
As part of this role you will receive the following:
- You will enjoy 26 days of annual leave (excluding Bank holidays)
- Volunteering & Compassionate leaves
- Maternity and Paternity leaves
- Private Healthcare
- Company Options Scheme
- Team socials
- Comprehensive, interactive & engaging Training - Leadership, Communication and Presentation Skills, Behavioural Profiling, Conflict Management, etc
- Career frameworks
- Flexibility surrounding other commitments; within your team we will work around child-care or other appointments you have. We just ask for advance notice!
- Working in a diverse and inclusive environment where we ensure that our people thrive
Navro does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Navro will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
