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Risk Manager Colombia

ARQ· Operations
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Hybrid (Bogota)Full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Design, implement, and continuously improve ARQ’s risk management framework in Colombia across market, credit, operational, and regulatory risk to balance risk appetite with growth.

Responsibilities

  • Own the local risk management framework, including identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of key risks across the business
  • Lead across risk areas such as credit risk, market risk and operational risk, with a focus on credit risk
  • Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and global risk standards
  • Develop and maintain risk policies, procedures, and controls, ensuring audit readiness at all times
  • Monitor key risk indicators and produce regular risk reporting for local and global stakeholders
  • Partner closely with compliance/AML, operations, product, and finance teams to embed risk controls into processes and product design
  • Support regulatory interactions, including inspections, audits, and reporting requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement of risk models, underwriting strategies, fraud detection systems, and operational controls
  • Act as the local risk subject matter expert, advising leadership on risk exposure and mitigation strategies

Qualifications

  • 5 to 10 years of experience in risk management within fintech, banking, or regulated financial institutions, direct experience on credit risk is required
  • Strong experience across multiple risk domains such as credit risk, market risk, fraud and operational risk
  • Proven experience building or scaling risk frameworks in regulated environments
  • Strong understanding of Colombian regulatory and risk management expectations
  • Analytical skills with experience using data to drive risk and performance decisions
  • Structured problem solving and ability to translate complex risk issues into actionable insights
  • High attention to detail with a rigorous control mindset
  • Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams
  • High ownership, resilience, and execution focus
  • Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in a fast-scaling environment

Skills

Required:Risk managementCredit riskRegulatory understanding (Colombia)Data-driven decision making
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About ARQ

The global financial platform for affluent consumers in the Americas.

ARQ opens the world’s strongest assets and markets to travelers, investors and professionals across the Americas—so they can spend, receive, send and grow their money wherever they are. Formerly known as DolarApp.

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