Head of Risk Management

Who Are We? Thndr was founded with the dream to democratize access to investing through smart tech and human design, which is just a fancy way of saying giving anyone with a smartphone easy access to preserve and grow their wealth. At the same time, we’re promoting local investment products to propel the economies that we serve
History has shown that investing is the single greatest way to build long term wealth - but before Thndr, only a very small percentage of people had access to investing due to:

• High barriers to entry - In the form of minimum account balances, brick and mortar onboarding and low financial literacy.
• Irrelevant experience - Catered towards traders and financial experts, therefore alienating the majority of the population.
• Fragmented offering - Investment products are not gathered in a single outlet.

On our short journey we’ve validated that there is a need for our solution, as illustrated by these key figures:

• 3 million app downloads
• $8.8bn in annualized traded value
• #1 platform in terms of traded value
• 84% of our users are investing for the first time
• 65% of our users come from outside of capital cities and have previously had limited access to financial institutions

We’re proud of how far we’ve come and the size of our impact in just a few years - but we’re just getting started and are excited for what’s to come.
It’ll take a lot of passion, bold risks, and hard work to fulfill our mission of democratizing investing in MENA and giving everyone an equal opportunity to generate and grow their wealth.
Role in A Nutshell As the Head of Risk management for the group, you will be responsible for keeping tabs on all risks that the company is facing in all its subsidiaries, ensuring that they are correctly identified, assessed and treated. You will be responsible for creating and running a full risk management program covering all aspects of risk including financial risk, operational risk, IT risk, cybersecurity risk and strategic risks. This role must ensure that risks are identified well from within all parts of the organization then evaluated correctly and prioritized well according to the management strategy. You will report to the Chief Security Officer.
What You'll Do

• Maintain a holistic risk management strategy and instill policies and processes in-line with applicable regulations and management directions.
• Facilitate the discovery and aggregation of risks from all sides of the organization’s subsidiaries and carry out internal risk assessments including financial risk, operational risk, IT risk, reputational risk, cybersecurity risk and strategic risk.
• Collaborate with the leadership to establish and maintain the risk profile, risk appetite and ensure that risk limits are set and monitored effectively within all parts of the organization.
• Analyze, assess, categorize and document risks in an accurate risk register.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure that risk management practices are integrated into all processes.
• Lead the development and execution of risk treatment plans and controls to minimize the exposure of risks to the agreed upon limits.
• Provide input into the company’s strategic directions based on risks.
• Provide internal awareness on relevant risks and risk management strategy.
• Complete any required risk reports and respond to risk-related inquiries including regulatory risk reports.

What You'll Need

• Excellent knowledge of risk evaluation frameworks.
• Familiarity with multiple ways for risk reporting.
• Proven experience in starting a risk management program from scratch.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments covering required types of risk.
• Can absorb business goals and think strategically about risk evaluation.
• Correct evaluation of risk without hyper-inflation or over-simplification.
• Capable of driving a risk-driven culture within teams.
• Can conduct investigations to elaborate risks.
• Can instill process through a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility.
• Very keen attention to the details.
• Excellent communication skills with global stakeholders.
• Can create documented processes with proficiency.
• Good relationships building, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Experience in conducting business impact analysis in the financial sector.
• Analytical experience with statistical and quantitative analysis projects is a plus.
• Experience in reporting risk to the regulators in the MENA region (FRA, FSRA, DIFC, CMA…etc) is a huge plus.

At Thndr, we’re looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. We’re looking for people that are hungry to become agents of change and that understand the huge responsibility associated with dealing with people’s money.