Senior Internal Controller

About

Swan is Europe’s embedded banking specialist. We empower software companies to embed banking features like accounts, cards, and payments directly into their products, under their own brand.Swan processes over €2.5 billion in monthly transactions for more than 150 companies - like Pennylane, Indy, Agicap, Libeo, and Lucca.

Founded in 2019, the company has received growth capital from leading investors such as Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Bpifrance and Eight Roads. Swan is a principal member of Mastercard and a licensed financial institution, regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).

Our mission

Banking belongs in business software

Many software companies already serve small businesses incredibly well: helping them send invoices, run payroll, manage inventory, and more. They’re on a mission to become the central hub for managing every aspect of business life.

But when it comes to financial workflows, there’s still a gap. Too many critical tasks like managing cash flow, tracking payments, or reconciling accounts happen outside the software, across spreadsheets, email threads, banking portals.

It’s a missed opportunity. Business software shouldn’t just record financial activity - it should run it.

To learn more about us:About Swan;Career.  

Job description

Swan is looking for an Senior Internal Controller to join the Internal Control team within the Compliance, Risk & Internal Control department. The team’s mission is to safeguard our core product operations by effectively aligning business growth with legal, regulatory, and customer support constraints..

Your mission

Your primary mission is to design, deploy and manage the permanent control system within Swan by ensuring risk management, compliance with applicable regulations and the efficiency of operational processes while supporting business growth.

Main Tasks

• Develop and implement the internal control framework, including the definition and regular updates of second-level control plans and the oversight of the incident management cycle (identification, reporting and remediation of anomalies)

• Conduct second-level control missions to evaluate the effectiveness of existing first-level control systems.

• Analyze control results and produce detailed reports to identify gaps and improve overall risk management performance.

• Formulate strategic recommendations based on findings and monitor their implementation to mitigate identified risks.

• Manage internal control tools and update risk mapping through quarterly meetings with key department heads.

• Support operational teams in formalizing their internal procedures and defining relevant first-level controls.

• Document and maintain comprehensive procedures specifically related to second-level control activities.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to foster a strong risk culture throughout the organization.

Curious about your future team?

You will work closely with Terry and Kani, internal controllers, as well as all members of Swan’s Risk department, to strengthen our internal control framework and foster a shared risk culture across the organization.

You will also collaborate with teams across Swan, including Payments, Sales, Finance, Compliance and more, to support effective risk management in their day-to-day activities.

Preferred experience

You’re a great match if:

• You have a 5-6 years experience in Internal control / audit. Ideally you have an experience/background in a Fintech environment, payment institution or bank.

• You have experience in a regulated environment

• You have a strong ability to adapt easily and quickly to the situation or the request.

• You have good working abilities in English & in French.

• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.

It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes - don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!  

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

 Perks of being a Swanee:

• Holidays : 25 days + RTT

• Meal Vouchers: We provide a meal voucher card to cover your meals on work days.

• Transport:  Monthly mobility package for employees. In accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities, you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes.

• Health insurance (mutuelle): Alan. This is Swan's health and welfare insurance.

• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass, you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities.

• Well-being support: access to Moka Care for mental health and wellness.

• Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week.

• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax.

• This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.

Our values:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something's convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it's to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners' expectations - whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• A 30-min call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

• A 1H meeting with Matthieu our Chief Risk Officer

• A Case study with Teddy & Matthieu. The restitution will last 1H

• A 1H Peer Interview with a member of the Compliance team

• A 1H Last interview with our CEO, Camille