Our mission: To give SMEs the freedom to succeed in business and beyond by providing Europe’s leading finance workspace. We combine business-grade tools—such as seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting—with attentive 24/7 support, helping businesses effortlessly manage everything related to finance.
Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto quickly earned trust and now serves more than 600,000 customers. With our team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also reached the LinkedIn Top Companies ranking in France!
Our values:
Customer focus | Put customers first in everything you do.
Ownership | Take responsibility for your part and get things done.
Teamwork | Make (team)work easy.
Mastery | Continuously raise the bar.
Integrity | Always do what’s right and respect people.
Our beliefs: At Qonto, we are committed to creating a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We assess candidates based solely on skills and potential, supporting diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
Join us as an Internal Auditor – Generalist/Compliance and help shape Qonto’s audit processes as one of the first members of our recently formed Internal Audit team. You will contribute to building a strong audit methodology while ensuring oversight of our compliance processes that serve 600,000 customers across Europe. As we scale toward serving one million SMEs by 2028, you will play a key role in setting audit standards and processes.
👩💻🧑💻 As an Internal Auditor – Generalist/Compliance at Qonto, you will
• Contribute to audit missions: Support and carry out generalist and compliance audit initiatives with the internal audit team and external partners to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements;
• Participate in centralised process audits: Join audit missions focused on centralised processes from our headquarters (fraud management, operational risks, etc.);
• Follow up on recommendations: Ensure audit recommendations are implemented on time and monitored;
• Assist with the annual risk assessment: Support the Head of Internal Audit in conducting the annual risk assessment across Qonto.
🤔 What you can expect
• A new team, real impact: Join a newly established team where you’ll help build our audit methodology and directly contribute to Qonto becoming a bank;
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work alongside local experts, risk teams, and various Qonto departments;
• In-depth insight: Gain a thorough understanding of Qonto’s activities and teams;
• Structured approach: Use established audit frameworks while adapting them to Qonto’s specific needs.
🤝 About your future manager
Your manager will be Catherine Soria, our Head of Internal Audit:
• What’s her background?
Catherine joined Qonto in March 2024 with more than 12 years of experience in banking, with a strong focus on retail and corporate banking and payment services. Over her career, she has held a wide range of roles across sales, internal audit, and risk management. At Qonto, she was brought in to build the company’s internal audit function, creating a solid foundation to support Qonto’s safe and sustainable growth.
• What she brings to the team?
Passionate about her work, Catherine brings a positive view of internal audit at Qonto, focused on continuous improvement and protecting the group’s interests. As an experienced leader, she will support you with care and guidance to help you succeed in your role and grow within Qonto.
🏅 About you
• Internal Audit experience in banking: Demonstrated experience with internal audit practices in the banking sector or payment institutions.
• Compliance expertise: Strong knowledge of financial compliance topics, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), sanctions screening, FATCA/CRS reporting, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), and other regulatory compliance frameworks relevant to banking and payment institutions.
• Clear communication: Ability to communicate audit findings clearly to all audiences, from operational teams to senior management.
• Strong independence: Strong critical thinking skills to identify inefficiencies and discrepancies on your own. You confidently defend your viewpoints and can persuade others of your insights and recommendations.
• Languages: Fluent English required; French is a plus.
At Qonto, we know that true diversity isn’t just about checking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of which boxes you meet! You might be the missing piece we’ve been looking for.
🎁 Benefits
A tailor-made and dynamic career path. An inclusive workplace. And much more to help you succeed.
– Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;
– Competitive salary package;
– Meal vouchers;
– Public transportation reimbursement (partial or full);
– Great health insurance (depending on the country);
– Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care for mental health support, plus great offers for sports and wellness activities;
– A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;
– Monthly team events.
💬 Our hiring process:
– Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers;
– A remote or in-person exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a feel for what working at Qonto could be like.
More details about our interview process are available on our careers website.
On average, the process takes 20 working days, and offers typically follow within 48 hours 🤞
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