Sustainability Risk Officer

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

 

Sustainability Risk Officer 

We are looking for a Sustainability Risk Officer to join our dynamic global second-line Enterprise Risk team in Amsterdam.

These are transformative times for Adyen; we are rapidly growing in new countries and are also broadening our product offering through our embedded financial products. With this growth in mind, our goal on sustainability is to play a leading role in accelerating business’s positive impact on social and environmental responsibility.

We are looking for a risk manager that strengthens and builds out the strategic & business risk capacity within our technology company, specialising in Sustainability. This is where you come in.

You have a proactive mindset, you are eager to learn and you are looking for an opportunity that allows you to take ownership and autonomously translate a vision into practice. While you will contribute to the strategic & product risk team’s overall deliverables, your initial focus will be in the Sustainability risk domain. Together with the first-line teams you will be building out the sustainability risk framework and processes, supporting Adyen’s sustainability strategy, and helping in scaling new products within Adyen’s product suite. 

Adyen has a flat organizational structure and limited management layers, so having expertise  means independence combined with ownership in conceptualizing and building these solutions yourself. Adyen is a fast-moving place, offering plenty of opportunity to broaden your profile in other risk domains.

 

What you’ll do

• Build out the Adyen sustainability risk framework together with the respective first-line teams by translating external requirements (e.g. EU Omnibus, ESG risk guidelines, CSDDD) into new processes, monitoring and mitigation strategies;
• Independently challenge and support the scaling of Adyen’s sustainability strategy; identify key risk indicators that you will use in monitoring and steering sustainability risk;
• Contribute to Adyen’s story on sustainability from a risk perspective with merchants, supervisors, and other stakeholders;
• Contribute in risk management activities in the strategic & product risk team; risk governance, global risk assessments, and risk appetite setting;
• Represent the strategic & product risk team in relevant Adyen-wide initiatives;

Who you are

We are looking for:

• A proactive, self-dependent, energetic lifelong learner with a hands-on mentality that does not hesitate to challenge the status quo;
• Eagerness to work and drive change in an innovative and dynamically evolving technology company within the financial sector;
• Relevant working experience (5+ years) within banking, risk management, sustainability auditing or consulting, with proven expertise in the sustainability risk domain;
• Strong quantitative and data-driven analytical skills in the Sustainability domain including technical terminology (e.g. GHG protocol emissions, physical & transition risk, financed emissions);
• Solid knowledge of sustainability-related regulation (CSRD, EBA/ECB guidelines, CSDDD);
• Advanced skills in stakeholder management, as well as building and maintaining strong working relationships across an organization;
• Great communication skills and ability to break down and explain technically challenging topics in simple terms.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

 

This role is based in our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Client-provided location(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands

Job ID: 7171292

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-15T18:35:18