Brazil onlyAbout CloudWalk:
We are not just another fintech unicorn. We are a pack of dreamers, makers, and tech enthusiasts building the future of payments. With millions of happy customers and a hunger for innovation, we're now expanding our neural network - literally and metaphorically.
Compliance at CloudWalk is a strategic, multidisciplinary team that connects regulatory
knowledge, technology, and risk intelligence. We partner with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Finance to ensure that bold innovation happens in a controlled, secure, and sustainable way.
The Internal Control area safeguards CloudWalk’s operational and technological resilience.
We assess risks, evaluate controls, design governance mechanisms, and ensure the company operates with consistency, reliability, and compliance.
As CloudWalk continues to scale, strengthening Internal Controls for technology, systems, and data pipelines is essential — and that is where this role fits
What You Will Be Doing
- As an Internal Control Specialist focused on IT processes, risks, and controls, you will play a hands-on role evaluating, testing, documenting, and improving the internal control environment across CloudWalk’s technology ecosystem. You will work closely with Engineering, Cybersecurity, Product, Data, and Operations to ensure our systems are robust, compliant, and built for scale.
- Execute design and operating effectiveness testing forIT General Controls (ITGCs), including:
- Access management, Change management, Logical security, Backup and recovery, Job scheduling and batch processing, IT operations processes
- Evaluate system configurations, control evidence, and logs to ensure controls function as
- intended.
- Track deficiencies and validate remediation activities.
- Support control assessments of key systems, applications, and infrastructure components.
- Map technical processes, identify risks, and evaluate control adequacy.
- Assist in assessing risks related to:
- Cloud infrastructure, APIs and integrations, Data flows and data governance, Third-party service providers, System reliability and operational resilience
- Help ensure assessments align with Internal Control frameworks, CloudWalk’s environment, and regulatory expectations.
- Document IT processes, controls, workflows, and system dependencies.
- Maintain updated IT control matrices and ensure alignment with system or architectural
- changes.
- Support version control and documentation governance with Engineering teams.
- Assist in analyzing control-related IT incidents, outages, or process failures.
- Support root cause analysis focusing on technology or control design issues.
- Ensure corrective actions strengthen the underlying IT control environment.
- Work closely with Engineering squads, SRE, DevOps, and InfoSec to embed control requirements into technical processes.
- Support the adoption of automation and tooling to improve control reliability.
- Help promote secure development practices, change governance, and system integrity.
- Assist in preparing dashboards, metrics, and reports on IT control health.
- Monitor remediation plan progress and systemic trends.
- Identify opportunities for control automation, continuous monitoring, and smarter testing
- approaches
1. IT Control Testing & Monitoring
2. IT Risk & Control Assessments
3. Technology Process Documentation
4. Incident & Deficiency Analysis (IT Focus)
5. Collaboration with Engineering & Security
6. Governance, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement
What You Need to Succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related
- fields.
- Experience withIT controls, IT risk, internal controls, audit, cybersecurity, or
- technology governancewithin fintechs or financial institutions.
- Experience withSOX environments, ITGC testing, and SOX documentation
- standardsis a strong advantage.
- Familiarity with control and risk frameworks such as:
- COSO, COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, ITIL
- Understanding of ITGCs, SDLC, DevOps practices, infrastructure (cloud-native), databases, and API-driven architectures.
- Ability to evaluate log evidence, system configurations, access controls, and change management processes.
- Strong documentation and analytical skills.
- Experience working with Jira, Confluence, Git, cloud platforms, or monitoring tools is a bonus
Technical Skills
The Future We See
- As CloudWalk builds an AI-powered financial ecosystem, the Internal Controls function will evolve toward:
- Automated control monitoring
- AI-based anomaly detection
- Integration of controls into CI/CD pipelines
- Predictive identification of technology risks
- Control-by-design embedded in engineering workflows
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection oftechnology, risk, and
- governance, and who wants to help shape the future of a fast-scaling fintech
Join us at CloudWalk, where we’re not just engineering solutions; we’re building a smarter, AI-driven future for payments—together.
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