👩‍💻 The Role

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire (you?!) this role does require that you are based within -6 / +3 UTC.

What you'll do…

Oyster is looking for a high-performing Risk Manager to join the Risk & Compliance Team, who can assist in keeping up with the demands of a growing global HR/tech company. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for supporting the day-to-day risk management for Oyster, among other responsibilities, all of which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity.

Being a fully distributed company, the Risk Manager will work synchronously and asynchronously with team members all over the world. We are looking for someone with excellent attention to detail, strong multi-task skills, high energy, a positive attitude, and no camera shyness.

Reporting to the Director of Compliance, the Risk Manager will be responsible for, among other duties, the following:

• Evaluating current and prospective vendors for compliance and financial risk (due diligence, risk assessments, etc.)
• Coordinate ongoing annual risk reviews and control assurance activity.
• Assess and monitor vendor performance against contractual commitments.
• Cross-functional work to develop and implement a comprehensive risk management program and provide management, oversight, and governance of same.
• Produce, or support the production of reports to internal stakeholders on risk management programs.
• Support the Legal team with all tasks related to governance and oversight of Oyster’s corporate structure and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in fulfilling regulatory, client, and legal requests related to risk, as necessary.
• Produce, or support the production of internal/regulatory reports, governance, and submissions to regulatory bodies and internal stakeholders.
• Generally supporting Oyster’s risk management program and risk governance posture.
• Responsible for analyzing/communicating implications of existing and opposed regulations, best practice standards, rules, guidelines, and policies, and developing potential responses.
• Working closely with Oyster’s Entity Management Team to understand corporate set-up in each country.
• Regulatory risk project management ownership (business requirements, analysis, and testing) for delivery of regulatory solutions.
• Assisting with escalations related to Oyster’s regulatory requirements.
• Supporting risk management related to SOC2/ISO 27001 controls monitoring.
• Working cross-functionally with Oyster teams to ensure country-by-country regulatory requirements are embedded in our operations.
• Seeking opportunities to recommend improvements cross-functionally and ensure that information learned and recommendations are shared with and filtered to the appropriate teams (including Finance, Product, IT, and Global Operations).
• Other duties as assigned.

What we're looking for

• Experience in designing risk matrices and conducting risk reviews.
• Experience in risk identification, management, and mitigation.
• Risk reporting or finance experience.
• Controls and processes monitoring focused on country-by-country regulatory requirements
• Working knowledge of, or prior experience with, an employer of record, professional employer organization, or similar business construct would be helpful.
• Experience with an entity management system (such as CT Corp, CSC Corporation, Athennian, Klea).
• Understanding of supply agreements, contractual terms, and relationship management skills.
• Detailed-oriented with good analytical skills with respect to explaining regulatory and financial risks
• Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use skills to influence global change and employment opportunities.
• First-class attention to detail and reasoning with extreme organization and a proven work ethic and excellent communication skills.
• Open-minded about doing things differently from how they have typically been done before.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, determination, and tenacity, along with a sense of humor.
• Remote-first advocate and passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape.
• Proactive and uses independent judgment.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company.
• Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins.
• [BONUS] Experience working in a start-up
• [BONUS] Remote working experience a plus
• [BONUS] Prior experience in a corporate legal department, a plus
• [BONUS] Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets)
• [BONUS] Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system preferred (e.g., Ironclad, SAP CLM, Apttus, Conga, or the like)
• [BONUS] KYC/KYB and/or AML previous experience.
• [BONUS] Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign, DocuSign)
• [BONUS] Working in Notion and Asana

You'll also need...

• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English language skills