[Hiring] Financial Systems Controls Lead @Addi

Role Description

This is where you come in. Below, you’ll find what this role is all about—the impact you’ll drive, the challenges you’ll tackle, and what it takes to thrive at Addi. If you’re ready to be part of something big, keep reading.

What’s the mission you’ll drive

• Serve as the single accountable owner for Addi’s financial-systems controls framework across all platforms, subledgers, and data pipelines.
• Responsible for establishing a bank-aligned IT General Controls (ITGC) environment fully compliant with SFC standards.
• Design robust governance and human-in-the-loop mechanisms for AI-driven financial workflows.
• Lay a capital-markets-ready operational foundation that supports Addi's regulatory transition and bank spin-off at scale.

What you will do

• External Audit & Regulatory Reliance: Build and document an audit-ready control framework across key systems, enabling external auditors and regulatory bodies to transition toward controls-reliance testing.
• Segregation of Duties & Access Control: Design and enforce a comprehensive access control framework across enterprise systems, ensuring automated review cycles and strict conflict mitigation.
• AI Process Governance & Oversight: Operationalize a governance model for AI-driven financial workflows, establishing human-in-the-loop accountability, audit logs, and continuous monitoring.
• System Change & Integration Gatekeeping: Enforce mandatory control sign-offs for all new system integrations, products, and release deployments prior to production release.
• AI-Assisted Controls Deployment: Implement automated compliance tools for continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, and evidence collection at scale.
• Corporate Structure & Licensing Readiness: Finalize internal control environments across operating entities, ensuring full alignment with applicable regulatory and risk management frameworks to support future corporate transitions.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in IT General Controls (ITGC), financial systems audit, and internal controls, including direct experience working within or auditing supervised financial institutions.
• Working knowledge of local regulatory expectations and risk management frameworks, with a track record of defending control environments to external auditors and regulatory inspectors.
• Proven ability to build internal control frameworks, access matrices, and change-management governance from scratch in fast-paced environments.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate documentation, alongside the ability to define human-in-the-loop accountability for automated workflows.
• Practical experience designing role-based access controls (RBAC) and change management across multi-entity enterprise systems and financial subledgers.
• Native fluency in Spanish for local regulatory interactions paired with professional English proficiency for global reporting.

Benefits

• Work on a problem that truly matters – redefining how people shop, pay, and bank in Colombia.
• Be part of something big from the ground up – influence everything from our technology and strategy to our culture and values.
• Unparalleled growth opportunity – join a fast-growing fintech lender with a massive market.
• Join a world-class team – collaborate with top-tier talent in an environment focused on excellence, ownership, and collaboration.
• Competitive compensation & meaningful ownership – receive a generous salary, equity in the company, and supportive benefits.

How the hiring process looks like

• Step 1: People Interview (30 min) - A conversation with a recruiter to get to know you, your experience, and what you're looking for.
• Step 2: Initial Interview (45 min) - An in-depth conversation with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience, and problem-solving approach.
• Step 3: Deep Dive Interviews (30-45 min each) - Meet future colleagues and cross-functional team members to understand how we work together.
• Step 4: Live Business Case (60 minutes) - Complete a real-world challenge or case study to showcase your expertise.
• Step 5: Co-Founder Interview - A final conversation with our Founder to align on expectations and cultural fit.