Internal Control Specialist

About PayU PayU is an international payment service provider with a leading position in Poland and other European markets. The company provides businesses with secure, flexible and easy-to-integrate solutions for accepting and managing online payments, connecting merchants with consumers and financial institutions. 

PayU supports a wide range of payment methods, including payment cards, digital wallets and locally preferred payment options, such as BLIK and fast bank transfers in Poland. Its offering also includes instalment payments and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), cross-border payments and recurring payment solutions. PayU serves businesses across industries and of all sizes - from small and medium-sized enterprises to leading e-commerce brands, as well as companies in the financial services and technology sectors. 

Are you an internal control, audit, risk or compliance professional who enjoys understanding how organisations work and helping them improve?

We’re looking for a Internal Control Specialist to join our Risk Management & Internal Control team at PayU. In this role, you’ll play an important part in strengthening and developing our internal control environment across the organisation.

You’ll work closely with different teams, analyse processes and control mechanisms, identify areas for improvement and help ensure that recommendations are effectively implemented. This is a great opportunity for someone who combines analytical thinking with a practical, collaborative approach and wants to have a real impact on how a dynamic payments organisation operates.

Responsibilities & key activities:

• Conduct ongoing internal control testing and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop recommendations to address identified gaps and irregularities.
• Monitor and verify the implementation of recommendations following control testing, inspections and audits.
• Prepare and update internal control policies and procedures.
• Design and map control mechanisms across business processes.
• Support colleagues across PayU in understanding internal controls and the control mechanisms in place.
• Review the results of horizontal testing and provide additional recommendations where needed.
• Support internal audits conducted within PayU and help ensure effective follow-up on audit findings.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as law, administration, finance, management, etc. 
• 3+ years of experience in internal control, internal audit, external audit, risk management or compliance.
• A strong understanding of internal control systems, ideally within a payment institution or another regulated environment.