About this role

▸about Bitpanda — company background

Who we are

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, we’re here to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — for now and the future. Our user-friendly, trade-everything platform empowers both first-time investors and seasoned experts to invest in the cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks*, precious metals and commodities* they want — with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team works across different cultures and time zones, bringing our products to more than 7 million customers, making us one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms that powers modern investing.

Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, our products are built by fast-moving, talented, “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-make-it-happen” kind of people. It’s these diverse perspectives and innovative minds operating as ONE TEAM that keep Bitpanda at the cutting edge of our industry. So if you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team. Let’s go!

Your Mission

You’ll join Bitpanda’s Group Risk Management team as a hands-on Risk & Controls Specialist, responsible for delivering assurance across key business, operational, product, and finance processes. Reporting to the Group Head of Non-Financial Risk. You will drive control testing, continuous monitoring, issue remediation, and risk assessment activities, helping the business remain resilient, compliant, and audit-ready while strengthening risk and control practices.

What You'll Do

Execute risk-based control testing, including walkthroughs, sampling, evidence reviews, and effectiveness assessments across business, operational, product, and finance controls.

Deliver continuous control monitoring, track control performance, and maintain high-quality control documentation and evidence standards.

Manage findings and remediation activities, including issue tracking, root cause analysis, action plan validation, and retesting.

Support risk and control assessments (RCSAs), control mapping, and the maintenance of accurate risk and control records within the GRC system.

Partner with stakeholders across Business, Operations, Product, Treasury, Finance, Compliance, AFC, InfoSec, and Audit while maintaining 2LOD independence.