At bunq, our users trust us with their money and data. That trust depends on staying in control, especially when things move fast ⚡
As our Operational Risk Intern, you won’t just observe risk management, you’ll actively support the team in identifying, tracking, and improving risk processes. You’ll get real exposure to how operational risk works inside a fast-moving fintech.
Ready to learn how risk is managed at scale? 🔍
Take ownership
🔎 Support the Third-Party Risk process — help keep vendor assessments organized and our provider inventory up to date
🛡 Assist in tracking ICT risks and controls — document findings and follow up on action items
🚦 Contribute to Product Approval Risk Reviews — help gather information and ensure risks are properly logged
📊 Help monitor fraud trends, chargebacks, and process gaps — flag observations and support follow-ups
📝 Maintain clean, structured documentation — because if it’s not written down, it didn’t happen
🔁 Follow up. Ask questions. Help close the loop.
You’re fluent in English
You understand (at least fundamentally) what risks and controls are — and why they matter
You’re comfortable with basic tech concepts like cloud services, databases, and outages
You’re familiar with regulations like DORA and GDPR — or curious to learn more
You’re detail-oriented and don’t let things slip
You communicate clearly and aren’t afraid to ask thoughtful questions
You take initiative — even as an intern
You want real, hands-on exposure to risk management inside a fast-moving fintech
Curious to see how we make life easy? - try the bunq app, it only takes 5 minutes to sign up.
Your space to perform
We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼
🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset
👩💻 Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.
💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us
🥦 Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options
🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style
All new hires are subject to Pre-employment Screening (PES), which includes checks conducted by our third-party partner, DISA. This is part of our commitment to a secure and trustworthy workplace.
We are bunq, bank of The Free. We’re here to break free from the status quo, and create a bank with our users in mind. Giving them the freedom to live life on their own terms.
We built our own financial system from the ground up, and with the launch of our app in 2015, reinvented banking as you know it. And that’s just the beginning! We work around the clock to create fintech innovations that simply make banking and money management as easy, transparent, and fun as possible.
Have a business?
bunq Business was created as the ultimate bank account to save you time. This means no more paperwork, branch visits or bureaucracy ever again. Just the freedom to focus on what’s truly important: running your business.
Go to bunq.com/business and find out how we can help your business thrive.
Want to join us in our mission to revolutionise the traditional banking industry? You will become part of an international team of more than 500 bunqers (48 nationalities and counting!) that all have one thing in common: we love what we do. Waking up with brilliant ideas and going to bed knowing that you’ve personally contributed to them. That’s working at bunq.
If that sounds like your kind of challenge, go to bunq.com/jobs get the ball rolling.
