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Risk Manager
Oyster
Management & Business Development
Remote (Work From Home) Full Time
Recruitment NGN Confidential
New
Yesterday
Job Summary
Oyster is looking for a high-performing Risk Manager to join the Risk & Compliance Team, who can assist in keeping up with the demands of a growing global HR/tech company. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for supporting the day-to-day risk management for Oyster, among other responsibilities, all of which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity.
- Minimum Qualification: Others
- Experience Level: Senior level
- Experience Length: 5 years
Job Description/Requirements
Job Responsibilities
- Evaluating current and prospective vendors for compliance and financial risk (due diligence, risk assessments, etc.)
- Coordinate ongoing annual risk reviews and control assurance activity.
- Assess and monitor vendor performance against contractual commitments.
- Cross-functional work to develop and implement a comprehensive risk management program and provide management, oversight, and governance of same.
- Produce, or support the production of reports to internal stakeholders on risk management programs.
- Support the Legal team with all tasks related to governance and oversight of Oyster’s corporate structure and regulatory requirements.
- Assist in fulfilling regulatory, client, and legal requests related to risk, as necessary.
- Produce, or support the production of internal/regulatory reports, governance, and submissions to regulatory bodies and internal stakeholders.
- Generally supporting Oyster’s risk management program and risk governance posture.
- Responsible for analyzing/communicating implications of existing and opposed regulations, best practice standards, rules, guidelines, and policies, and developing potential responses.
- Working closely with Oyster’s Entity Management Team to understand corporate set-up in each country.
- Regulatory risk project management ownership (business requirements, analysis, and testing) for delivery of regulatory solutions.
- Assisting with escalations related to Oyster’s regulatory requirements.
- Supporting risk management related to SOC2/ISO 27001 controls monitoring.
- Working cross-functionally with Oyster teams to ensure country-by-country regulatory requirements are embedded in our operations.
- Seeking opportunities to recommend improvements cross-functionally and ensure that information learned and recommendations are shared with and filtered to the appropriate teams (including Finance, Product, IT, and Global Operations).
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Experience in designing risk matrices and conducting risk reviews.
- Experience in risk identification, management, and mitigation.
- Risk reporting or finance experience.
- Controls and processes monitoring focused on country-by-country regulatory requirements
- Working knowledge of, or prior experience with, an employer of record, professional employer organization, or similar business construct would be helpful.
- Experience with an entity management system (such as CT Corp, CSC Corporation, Athennian, Klea).
- Understanding of supply agreements, contractual terms, and relationship management skills.
- Detailed-oriented with good analytical skills with respect to explaining regulatory and financial risks
- Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use skills to influence global change and employment opportunities.
- First-class attention to detail and reasoning with extreme organization and a proven work ethic and excellent communication skills.
- Open-minded about doing things differently from how they have typically been done before.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, determination, and tenacity, along with a sense of humor.
- Remote-first advocate and passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape.
- Proactive and uses independent judgment.
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company.
- Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins.
- [BONUS] Experience working in a start-up
- [BONUS] Remote working experience a plus
- [BONUS] Prior experience in a corporate legal department, a plus
- [BONUS] Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets)
- [BONUS] Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system preferred (e.g., Ironclad, SAP CLM, Apttus, Conga, or the like)
- [BONUS] KYC/KYB and/or AML previous experience.
- [BONUS] Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign, DocuSign)
- [BONUS] Working in Notion and Asana
