General Description

The Head of Risk & Internal Audit is a key strategic partner to the COO and executive leadership team, responsible for strengthening the company’s governance, risk posture, and internal control effectiveness. This role provides strategic oversight; not only operational execution and drives a risk-intelligent culture that supports sustainable growth, scalability, and operational excellence. Leading the Risk and Audit team, this role ensures that risk insights and audit assurance inform high-level decisions, protect the business, and accelerate strategic execution.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Strategy

• Define and lead the company’s risk strategy aligned with business goals and growth plans.
• Provide risk intelligence and strategic recommendations to the COO and executive leadership.
• Build a risk-aware culture and embed ownership across business functions.

Internal Audit & Assurance

• Lead the internal audit strategy and ensure independent evaluation of controls, compliance, and governance.
• Prioritize and oversee audit programs focused on key risk areas and operational effectiveness.
• Translate audit insights into improvement actions that enhance performance and control maturity.

Leadership & Governance Influence

• Act as a strategic advisor to leadership on material risks, exposures, and mitigation priorities.
• Present risk and audit insights at management forums and drive accountability for follow-through.
• Build and lead a capable Risk & Audit team with strong analytical and governance capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• 7–10 years of combined experience in Risk Management and/or Internal Audit, preferably in the e-commerce, fintech, or technology sectors.
• Minimum 3+ years in leadership roles, managing teams or driving company-wide initiatives in risk, audit, or governance.
• Strong capability in strategic risk management, including operational, business, financial, fraud risk domains.
• Solid understanding of internal control frameworks, audit methodologies, regulatory and compliance standards, and governance best practices.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leadership, influence decisions, and communicate risk insights at executive level.
• Analytical and forward-thinking mindset with demonstrated experience in building frameworks, improving processes, and enabling scalable governance.
• Professional certifications such as CRMP, CRMO, CIA, CISA, CRISC, or equivalent are highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills with the ability to build and mentor high-performing teams.

Evermos is committed to providing an inclusive environment where equal opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, or related condition. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We also emphasize the importance of diversity in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, and organization operations.