griffin - Operational Controls Lead
Requirements
• WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE • In your first year, you'll have built meaningful relationships across every corner of Griffin, from operations teams to second line risk and compliance. You'll have helped stand up our controls capabilities from scratch, and you'll have taken full ownership of the RCSA process for the Service guild. Along the way, you'll have developed the QA/QC testing frameworks and MI that help leadership see exactly where our controls are strong and where they need attention. • TO DO THIS YOU'LL OWN • Quality assurance reviews and quality control testing across operations, ensuring processes are executed accurately and in line with approved procedures • Sample-based testing and control checks, identifying errors, control gaps, exceptions, and potential operational risks • Corrective action and remediation plans, working with operations teams to close out issues within agreed timelines • The Service guild controls attestation framework, and support risk owners in first-line RCSA exercises • QA/QC testing frameworks, control checklists, sampling methodologies, and quality standards • Regular QA/QC reporting and MI, feeding into Griffin-wide operational risk reporting • Coordination of internal audit, external audit, compliance, risk, and regulatory reviews, providing evidence of operational controls and remediation • This description reflects what we need today. How you achieve these outcomes, where you focus your energy, how this role evolves,that's for you to define as you learn what our customers need and where our technical gaps are. • We're looking for people who have: • Strong experience in Operations QA/QC, control testing, transaction testing, or operational risk management within a bank or financial institution • Experience reviewing operational processes and identifying errors, exceptions, control weaknesses, and process gaps • Experience making recommendations to strengthen controls. • Strong analytical and MI/data analysis skills, with experience producing QA/QC reports, dashboards, and trend analysis • The ability to challenge Operations constructively and operate with an independent control mindset • A love of writing - we have a major amount of written documentation that you will be contributing to, and we place a high degree of importance on clarity and readability (you can find out more here about how we write https://griffin.com/how-we-write)
Responsibilities
• Step 4: Meet with peers in your team for a more in-depth technical interview. • Step 5: Culture and Founder interview: Learn more about this here https://griffin.com/blog/how-to-design-culture-interviews. • HOW DO I APPLY? • Are we your next move? Apply via the link below, if there's a match our Talent team will reach out to schedule an initial conversation and talk you through what happens next. • WE’RE REMOTE-FIRST • We trust people to do great work wherever they are. We hire across the UK and most of our team works remotely full-time. We have a small London office in Moorgate for those who want it, and about a third of the company is close enough to use it occasionally, but there's no expectation to be there. What matters is the work, not where you do it. • UNDER REPRESENTATION • At Griffin, we’re looking for people who instinctively vibe with our values, behaviours and mission. You’re encouraged to apply, even if your experience doesn’t tick every box. Careers, like life, can take many twists and turns. Your technical expertise and path to where you are today will stand out. We're committed to creating a place where everyone belongs and we welcome diverse perspectives, backgrounds and people who are ready to build a global platform for programmable finance • GRIFFIN BANK LTD REQUEST THAT RECRUITMENT AGENCIES DO NOT SPECULATIVELY SUBMIT CVS TO ANY EMPLOYEE OR ASSOCIATE OF OUR COMPANY UNLESS EXPLICITLY ASKED TO DO SO BY A MEMBER OF OUR TALENT TEAM. • ANY CVS SENT TO ANY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM ON A SPECULATIVE BASIS WILL NOT BE RECOGNISED AND WE WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR ANY FEE OR COMMISSION SHOULD WE SUBSEQUENTLY EMPLOY A CANDIDATE WHO APPLIED TO US DIRECTLY OR WAS INTRODUCED BY AN INSTRUCTED AGENCY THAT MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED SPECULATIVELY BY AN UNINSTRUCTED AGENCY.
Benefits
• We are an early stage startup and we're working hard to expand our benefits package. We're planning to add to this list in the future. • Remote-first flexibility: Work from anywhere in the UK • Work from abroad: Up to 20 days a year • Time off: 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays and a winter break (we shut down between Christmas and New Year) • Share options: Own a part of what we’re building together • Pension: Auto-enrolment into our Penfold scheme • Insurance: Private medical with Bupa (including family cover) and life insurance with AIG • Wellbeing: 1:1 coaching and therapy session available through Oliva • Family leave: Enhanced parental leave with up to 6 months on full pay after two years’ service • AI tools: Everyone has a Claude subscription on us and access to other premium tools • Your setup: We’ll support you in creating a comfortable and effective WFH environment. • As a bank, we’re committed to maintaining the highest standards of security. This means that the successful candidate will need to complete background screening, and our offer will be conditional upon satisfactory review of these checks. This would include verification of right to work, criminal record, credit history, social media and professional reference checks. • HOW LONG WILL THE PROCESS TAKE? • We move as fast as possible, but it normally takes us about 2-3 weeks to get to know to each other. • Step 1: An initial phone call with our Talent Team for us to tell you more about Griffin and learn about your recent experience. • Step 2: Meet your manager to talk through your experience and how that relates to the requirements.
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