NFR Internal Control Senior Specialist
Nubank
NFR Internal Control Senior Specialist at Nubank is a full time role based in Remote · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (remote). It was published on 5 August 2026 and was open at last check.
| Role | NFR Internal Control Senior Specialist |
|---|---|
| Company | Nubank |
| Location | Remote · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (remote) |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Published | 5 August 2026 |
| Status | Open at last check |
About Nu
Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary technology to develop innovative products and services.
Guided by its mission to fight complexity and empower people, Nu caters to customers’ complete financial journey, promoting financial access and advancement with responsible lending and transparency. The company is powered by an efficient and scalable business model that combines low cost to serve with growing returns.
Nu’s impact has been recognized in multiple awards, including Time 100 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Banks.
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About the Team
The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Brazil team is responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and challenging non-financial risks across the organization, including operational, technology, cybersecurity, and third-party risks. The Internal Controls team is responsible to independently assess the environment and act as the second line of defense, to ensure that risk is managed proactively, effectively, and in alignment with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly analytical and strategic Internal Controls Senior Specialist to support key initiatives of the Control Testing Hub, lead the Enterprise Risk Management in Brazil along coordination of Regulatory Reports.
In the Control Testing Hub, the focus will be on designing and executing control testing strategies that assess the effectiveness of risk mitigations in risk management areas. This includes evaluating results, collaborating with risk owners, and enabling improvements through data-driven insights. For Enterprise Risk Management, it will be required a good understanding of COSO framework application, supporting maturing the foundations of control environment oversight along with creation of KPIs and monitoring metrics.
The ideal candidate should have experience in risk governance, strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex risk scenarios into actionable recommendations. This position involves interacting with senior stakeholders and presenting risk assessments and key metrics in executive forums. If you are passionate about control effectiveness, innovation with responsibility, and building resilient systems, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
What We're Looking For Someone Who Has
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Risk Management, or related field.
- Minimum of 8+ years of experience leading with risk management in a complex environment.
- Strong knowledge of risk management, governance, and data analysis (ETL environment, Programming language such as SQL, scala, etc).
- Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Operate with limited direct supervision and exercise independence of judgment and autonomy.
- Experience with regulatory compliance and corporate governance standards.
- Strong knowledge of Control Testing and Monitoring throughout substantive tests.
- Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) systems, JIRA tool and agile methodology.
- Experience in financial institutions is desirable.
- COSO ERM and ICIF application knowledge
- AI tools familiarity
- Fluent in English.
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Work model
Hybrid
Office requirement
2-3 days per week at the office.
Our Benefits
- Chance of earning equity at Nubank
- Food/ Meal Card (Vale-Refeição and/or Vale Alimentação)
- Public Transportation Commuting Benefit (Vale-Transporte)
- NuCare – Psychological, Financial and Legal Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Medical Plan
- Dental Plan
- NuLanguage – Language Course Program
- Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
- Extended Parental Leave
- Daycare Allowance
- Parental Consultancy
- Work-from-home Allowance
- Gym Partnerships
- 30 days of paid vacation
- Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable
Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers.
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