Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 12 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company, and our 250+ employees enjoy up to two months of workation per year. We’ve also been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for three consecutive years.
Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.
If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you’ll feel at home here. We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first).
For our Finance team, we are looking for an outstanding Risk Manager who will be leading our internal control systems and processes as well as the risk management function of our e-commerce platform. This includes identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to the company's financial, operational, and reputational health. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in risk management, e-commerce, and financial reporting.
Together with you and your talent we want to make consumption sustainable and build the leading marketplace for refurbished products in Europe. Join us on our mission! #TalentForFuture
Who you are:
- You have a degree from a top-tier university or comparable, relevant experience.
- You have at least 5 years of experience in improving and refining internal control and risk management systems and processes.
- You are a risk manager at heart and have experience in managing risks of e-commerce platforms with embedded payment service providers independently.
- You manage fraud risk policies of various payment methods and assess credit risks of various parties transacting through a platform.
- You have supported CFOs or Accounting & Controlling Heads in establishing and refining the risk management and internal control function.
- You are used to a fast-paced, changing environment and have worked for high growth companies in the past.
- You have a data analytics background and are capable to analyse large data sets.
- You have technical and analytical skills to analyse large transaction data.
- You are very keen on accuracy and quality and always have high attention to detail.
- You have a can-do mentality and are naturally a problem-solver.
- You have a hands-on mentality and have excellent communication and written skills.
- You are fluent in English.
- You care about the world and want to spend your time making a difference.
What you will do:
- Lead, manage, and continuously improve our internal control system and processes in collaboration with the Head of Accounting & Controlling and the CFO.
- Lead the risk management function with a focus on managing financial, operational and reputational risks.
- Develop and implement risk management policies and procedures.
- Conduct risk assessments, analyze large data sets, and identify potential risks.
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Monitor and report on risks.
- Work with other departments to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices.
Additional factors we appreciate:
- You have gained work experience in e-commerce before.
- You have previously worked in a high-volume business dealing with large transaction volumes such as e.g. marketplaces, payment service providers or equivalent.
- You speak a European language (French, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, etc.) in addition to your English skills.
Your application
You want to build the leading marketplace for refurbished electronics in Europe and change the world by making it easier to sell sustainable products? Then apply now.
Please include a cover letter, references and any relevant projects you want us to look at.
WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US:
Our Culture and Values:
- Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so!
- We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.
- You fail sometimes? Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future!
- No matter who you love, where you’re from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up – we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference!
Personal & Professional Development:
- You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.
- We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.
- We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.
Flexibility:
- We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too 😊
- We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize.
- You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops
…and much more! See https://careers.refurbed.com/ for further insights!
