Building the Future of Open FinancePayward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.
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The teamFounded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe.
It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.
Payward's Audit & Risk function operates as an Integrated Assurance organization, bringing together Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management under a unified risk oversight strategy.
The function spans Internal Audit, SOX Compliance, and Enterprise Risk Management across multiple regulated entities and jurisdictions.
Internal Audit partners with co-sourced providers, maintains direct reporting lines to the Global and Local Audit Committee Chairs, and is building a financial crime and conduct assurance capability at the forefront of crypto and financial innovation.
The opportunityYou'll partner with Internal Audit leadership to run the global financial crime and conduct audit program, evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of controls across AML/CFT, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, market integrity, and conduct risk.
This is a global, multi-jurisdiction mandate that is entity and region agnostic, with an immediate focus on our overseas operations and the regulatory regimes that govern them.
Financial crime compliance will be a primary focus, and the role will also focus on conduct and market integrity risk.
This is a hands-on role with real ownership over scope, stakeholders, and outcomes - you'll play a cen.