Internal Control Specialist – Focus on IT Processes, Risks and Controls
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Job Summary
About CloudWalk:
We are not just another fintech unicorn. We are a pack of dreamers makers and tech enthusiasts building the future of payments. With millions of happy customers and a hunger for innovation were now expanding our neural network - literally and metaphorically.
Compliance at CloudWalk is a strategic multidisciplinary team that connects regulatory
knowledge technology and risk intelligence. We partner with Engineering Product Operations and Finance to ensure that bold innovation happens in a controlled secure and sustainable way.
The Internal Control area safeguards CloudWalks operational and technological resilience.
We assess risks evaluate controls design governance mechanisms and ensure the company operates with consistency reliability and compliance.
As CloudWalk continues to scale strengthening Internal Controls for technology systems and data pipelines is essential and that is where this role fits
What You Will Be Doing
- As an Internal Control Specialist focused on IT processes risks and controls you will play a hands-on role evaluating testing documenting and improving the internal control environment across CloudWalks technology ecosystem. You will work closely with Engineering Cybersecurity Product Data and Operations to ensure our systems are robust compliant and built for scale.
- Execute design and operating effectiveness testing forIT General Controls (ITGCs) including:
- Access management Change management Logical security Backup and recovery Job scheduling and batch processing IT operations processes
- Evaluate system configurations control evidence and logs to ensure controls function as
- intended.
- Track deficiencies and validate remediation activities.
- Support control assessments of key systems applications and infrastructure components.
- Map technical processes identify risks and evaluate control adequacy.
- Assist in assessing risks related to:
- Cloud infrastructure APIs and integrations Data flows and data governance Third-party service providers System reliability and operational resilience
- Help ensure assessments align with Internal Control frameworks CloudWalks environment and regulatory expectations.
- Document IT processes controls workflows and system dependencies.
- Maintain updated IT control matrices and ensure alignment with system or architectural
- changes.
- Support version control and documentation governance with Engineering teams.
- Assist in analyzing control-related IT incidents outages or process failures.
- Support root cause analysis focusing on technology or control design issues.
- Ensure corrective actions strengthen the underlying IT control environment.
- Work closely with Engineering squads SRE DevOps and InfoSec to embed control requirements into technical processes.
- Support the adoption of automation and tooling to improve control reliability.
- Help promote secure development practices change governance and system integrity.
- Assist in preparing dashboards metrics and reports on IT control health.
- Monitor remediation plan progress and systemic trends.
- Identify opportunities for control automation continuous monitoring and smarter testing
- approaches
1. IT Control Testing & Monitoring
2. IT Risk & Control Assessments
3. Technology Process Documentation
4. Incident & Deficiency Analysis (IT Focus)
5. Collaboration with Engineering & Security
6. Governance Reporting and Continuous Improvement
What You Need to Succeed
- Bachelors degree in Information Systems Engineering Computer Science or related
- fields.
- Experience withIT controls IT risk internal controls audit cybersecurity or
- technology governancewithin fintechs or financial institutions.
- Experience withSOX environments ITGC testing and SOX documentation
- standardsis a strong advantage.
- Familiarity with control and risk frameworks such as:
- COSO COBIT ISO 27001 NIST CSF ITIL
- Understanding of ITGCs SDLC DevOps practices infrastructure (cloud-native) databases and API-driven architectures.
- Ability to evaluate log evidence system configurations access controls and change management processes.
- Strong documentation and analytical skills.
- Experience working with Jira Confluence Git cloud platforms or monitoring tools is a bonus
Technical Skills
The Future We See
- As CloudWalk builds an AI-powered financial ecosystem the Internal Controls function will evolve toward:
- Automated control monitoring
- AI-based anomaly detection
- Integration of controls into CI/CD pipelines
- Predictive identification of technology risks
- Control-by-design embedded in engineering workflows
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection oftechnology risk and
- governance and who wants to help shape the future of a fast-scaling fintech
Join us at CloudWalk where were not just engineering solutions; were building a smarter AI-driven future for paymentstogether.
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Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Economics
- Internal Audit
- Access Control System
- B2C
- Executive Support
