Risk & Internal Controls Manager

Company Summary:

With Alviere, organizations can offer financial products to drive customer engagement, generate new revenue streams, and improve existing financial flows. The Alviere HIVE platform offers an extensive range of configurable, branded financial products, including accounts & wallets, card issuance, streamlined payments, and global money transfers. Alviere brings together technology and program support with the trust of a licensed financial institution to assure the safety, flexibility, and long-term viability of client programs. 

Job Summary:

The Risk & Internal Controls Manager is responsible for operating and maturing Alviere’s enterprise risk management and internal control framework across its licensed money transmitter and bank-sponsored program activities. This role ensures that non-BSA, non-Consumer regulatory risks, operational risks, and financial controls are identified, tested, and reported in a consistent, risk-based manner. The position partners closely with Compliance, Finance, Product, and external auditors to support Board reporting, independent testing coordination, and regulatory readiness. Success in this role is measured by effective risk visibility, timely issue remediation, and audit outcomes with minimal findings or rework.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Maintain and enhance the enterprise risk management (ERM) methodology, risk scoring model, and Board-level risk dashboards.
• Build, execute, and document a risk-based annual testing plan covering operational, financial, technology, and governance risks (excluding BSA/AML and Consumer Compliance).
• Coordinate SOC 1 / SOC 2 and financial audit activities, including preparation of PBCs, control narratives, walkthroughs, and auditor responses.
• Maintain the enterprise issues log; validate remediation plans, track corrective actions, and report issue status and trends to senior management and the Board on a quarterly basis.
• Align testing scope, timing, and evidence reuse with independent AML and Consumer Compliance testing to reduce duplication and operational burden.
• Develop and report KRIs, KPIs, and emerging risk trends for Board Risk and Audit Committees.
• Maintain internal audit manuals, testing procedures, sampling methodologies, and standardized templates to ensure consistency and audit defensibility.

A successful Risk & Internal Controls Manager will have the following:

• 4–6 years of experience in internal audit, enterprise risk management, SOX, or internal controls within a regulated financial services or fintech environment.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of COSO Internal Control and ERM frameworks; familiarity with FFIEC, SOC reporting, and audit standards.
• Experience supporting SOC 1 / SOC 2, financial statement audits, and regulatory examinations, including direct interaction with external auditors.
• Strong ability to design and execute risk-based testing plans, document results, and communicate issues clearly to senior management.
• Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate across Compliance, Finance, Product, Engineering, and Operations.
• Bachelor’s degree required; professional certifications such as CIA, CISA, CPA, or CRISC preferred.

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the expected salary range for this position is $85,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and location. This position is eligible for Company bonus and equity. Benefits include: Medical, dental, and vision insurances, unlimited paid time off, 401k plan w/company match.

For Colorado Applicants:

Applicants are not required to provide age-related information in their application materials, such as dates of graduation or years of attendance. You may redact or omit these details from your résumé or other documents submitted with your application. If age verification is necessary for legal compliance, it will only be requested after a conditional job offer is made.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. We are a true merit-based organization and work hard so there are no artificial barriers to one's potential success. Alviere is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless.

Consistent with this commitment, Alviere will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities. Please contact [email protected] for any assistance.