🏢 Company Overview

The organisation operates within the financial technology industry, supporting digital financial services, payment solutions, and technology-enabled banking operations. Its business activities depend on reliable relationships with external service providers, technology vendors, payment partners, and financial infrastructure providers.

The organisation places importance on responsible vendor management, operational resilience, information security, and effective oversight of third-party relationships.

📌 Role Summary

The Fintech Vendor Risk & Third-Party Assurance Analyst will assess and monitor risks associated with external service providers supporting financial technology operations.

The successful candidate will review vendor documentation, evaluate operational and security controls, monitor service performance, and support third-party risk assessment activities. The role will help ensure that external providers meet established governance, security, operational, and compliance expectations.

Working remotely from Estonia, the analyst will collaborate with procurement, information security, compliance, legal, and operational teams to maintain a structured vendor risk management process.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and periodic risk assessments of fintech vendors and external service providers.

• Review vendor security questionnaires, policies, and control documentation.

• Assess third-party risks relating to data protection, operational resilience, and service continuity.

• Maintain accurate vendor risk registers and assessment records.

• Monitor supplier performance against agreed service requirements.

• Identify potential weaknesses in third-party operational and security controls.

• Coordinate the collection of compliance and assurance documentation.

• Support vendor onboarding and periodic due diligence reviews.

• Track outstanding risk findings and follow up on corrective actions.

• Prepare vendor risk reports for internal stakeholders.

• Collaborate with procurement, compliance, legal, and cybersecurity teams.

• Recommend improvements to third-party governance and monitoring procedures.

🎓 Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, Information Security, or a related field.

• At least 3 years of experience in vendor risk management, operational risk, compliance, or third-party assurance.

• Understanding of third-party risk assessment frameworks and governance practices.

• Familiarity with information security controls and data protection principles.

• Knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar assurance standards is an advantage.

• Experience reviewing vendor policies, questionnaires, and control evidence.

• Strong analytical, documentation, and reporting skills.

• Ability to identify and communicate operational and security risks.

• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management abilities.

• Ability to manage multiple assessments and deadlines independently.

🎁 Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement within Estonia.

• Opportunity to contribute to risk governance in the fintech industry.

• Exposure to international financial technology and service providers.

• Professional training and development opportunities.

• Collaborative cross-functional working environment.

• Opportunities for long-term career development in risk and assurance.

📩 Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in vendor risk management, third-party assessments, operational risk, compliance, or information security assurance. Candidates should demonstrate their ability to assess external service providers and maintain structured risk documentation.

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