Director Internal Audit, UK & Europe
The Director Internal Audit, UK & Europe is a member of the Senior Audit Leadership Team and contributes to the value of the Group Internal Audit function by leading internal audit assurance and advisory activities for the UK & European businesses, to achieve the Group Internal Audit objectives, mission and vision.
Group Internal Audit Mission:
To protect and grow Paysafe’s value by providing objective, risk-based assurance, insight and advice to management to drive ongoing improvement in governance, controls and management of current and emerging management and controls.
Group Internal Audit Vision:
Rapid and reliable insights and assurance.
- Representing IA at the regulated entity Board meetings for UK entities (PFSL/PSCL/Skrill) and EEA (PPSL1 & PPSL2).
- Proactively identifying improvement opportunities related to the quality and compliance of internal audit deliverables and owning initiatives to ensure improvements are implemented.
- Acting as a core part of the IA leadership to drive change and add value through our work.
- Liaising with third party audit service providers and other internal/external partners of Internal Audit in order to ensure audit work is conducted effectively and efficiently.
- Monitoring the performance of outsourced audit partners and periodically reporting performance outcomes to the CAO.
- Building an in-house team to promote an ‘internal first’ approach to using internal staff for UK/ EEA audit work.
- Engaging with local regulators as part of recurring meetings and ad-hoc inspections.
- Building strong relationships with leadership and developing the optimum risk-based audit plan to cover the UK/EEA regions with sufficient coverage of mandatory and risk-based audit topics.
- Maintaining and continuously improving standard audit documentation supporting regular/recurring internal audit engagements.
- Strong academic record, including bachelor or higher degree equivalent (required).
- Industry-recognised audit or security certification such as CISA/CRISC/CGEIT/CISSP/CIA (IT), CPA/CIA/CFE/MBA (Finance, Compliance and Financial Crime, Operations), PMP (Projects) (required).
- 10+ years of experience in a senior role in internal audit, security, risk, compliance or other assurance discipline, working within a global function (required).
- 5+ years of experience in Financial Services sector (required).
- A deep understanding of payment services products, associated risks and governance models (required).
- Big 4 background (nice-to-have).
- Payments/EMI background (nice-to-have).
- The opportunity to write the history of a leading and growing multinational company.
- Tailor-made training and ongoing development to help enhance skills in the field of online payments.
- Multiple career progression opportunities in a dynamic in-house business.
- Environment where product expertise, professional and personal commitment are rewarded.
- Competitive remuneration and social benefits package (25 days annual paid leave, 4 days paid volunteering time a year through our Paysafe Giving initiative, health insurance, sports card, team events, company discounts, variety of soft skills, business and technical training programs).
- Fun and collaborative working atmosphere.
- Flexible working model - employees are expected to work from home and spend an average of three days a week at the Sofia office as part of our hybrid work model.
Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy, with a strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming, e-commerce, retail, travel and hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across 12 countries and annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences.
