Risk Manager
Unlimit is a London-based global fintech providing cross-border payment processing, business accounts, banking-as-a-service, card issuing, and crypto/stablecoin payment infrastructure.
About Unlimit
Founded in 2009, Unlimit operates a global financial-services platform for businesses, combining payment processing, local and international payment methods, multicurrency business accounts, banking-as-a-service APIs, card issuing, payment rails, and digital-asset on/off-ramp capabilities. The company is headquartered in London and operates across multiple continents.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Own the risk management framework, maintain and evolve the second line of defence, design risk methodologies, monitor exposures, and provide the Board and senior management with a clear view of business risks. Translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, policies, and monitoring across digital-asset custody, settlement, and safeguarding of client funds. Quantify exposures and collaborate with compliance, finance, product, engineering, and operations.
Requirements
- Experience in risk management within a regulated financial institution
- Familiarity with the Cypriot and EU regulatory landscape
- Experience covering crypto or digital-asset activities and e-money or payments activities
- Knowledge of MiCA, PSD2, EMD2, and related national law
- Understanding of operational, credit, liquidity, market, conduct, technology or ICT, and financial-crime risk
- Experience designing and maintaining risk management frameworks, risk appetite statements, capital and liquidity assessments, and risk registers
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements into controls, policies, and monitoring
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to present risk to Boards, regulators, and non-specialist stakeholders
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth, and globally distributed organisations
- Ability to collaborate with compliance, finance, product, engineering, and operations teams
Responsibilities
- Own the risk management framework
- Maintain and evolve the second line of defence
- Design risk methodologies
- Monitor exposures
- Provide the Board and senior management with a clear view of business risks
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, policies, and monitoring
- Quantify exposures
- Present risk to Boards, regulators, and non-specialist stakeholders
- Collaborate with compliance, finance, product, engineering, and operations teams
Benefits
- The chance to shape a risk function and embed risk management as an enabler of sustainable business growth
- Exposure to regulated finance across crypto-asset rails and e-money infrastructure
- A truly international team and company culture focused on pioneering new markets
