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Chief Risk Officer

Capital on TapLondon, United KingdomOnsite

We’re Capital on Tap 👋


💳 Capital on Tap was founded with the mission to help small business owners and make their lives easier. Today, we provide an all-in-one business credit card & spend management platform that helps business owners save time and money. Capital on Tap proudly serves over 200,000 businesses across the world and our goal is to help 1 million small businesses by 2030.

Why Join Us?


We empower you to be innovative and solve complex problems. Take ownership, make an impact, and thrive in our scaling and agile environment.

What You’ll Be Doing


We are looking for an experienced risk specialist to step into a newly created CRO role to help spearhead our growth and ensure an optimal risk strategy. You will build out our core risk capabilities, from establishing risk appetite to being at the forefront of our credit and fraud strategies. The role requires continuous learning and improvements to optimise credit performance, forecasting, and tracking the performance of the portfolio.This role will report directly to the CEO and be a vital part of our Leadership team. 

  • Heading up our global risk organisation and overall risk strategy with a heavy emphasis on credit risk and fraud risk
  • Leading our Credit, Data Science, and Fraud functions and building out our company-wide risk tolerance
  • Owning the development and optimization of our global credit scorecards 
  • Working closely with our Commercial and Product teams as we launch new product and new distribution channels from an “all things risk” perspective
  • Monitoring and reporting on risk to the Board as well as potential debt and equity investors

We place a huge emphasis on continual learning and have created an environment where this is possible every day. Internal mobility is important to us and our goal is to help every employee realise their aspirations. Why not check out what you need to do to progress in this role at Capital on Tap here!

What we are looking for


  • Experience working in lending (consumer or business) with a strong preference for experience in credit cards
  • An “in the weeds” executive who wants to get into high levels of detail and feel true ownership
  • Quantitative, numbers-oriented but with the ability to combine detailed level analysis with strategic perspectives
  • Risk experience during an economic downturn
  • Great leader and team builder

Diversity & Inclusion 🌈

We welcome, consider, and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives, and everyone can do their best work.

Great Work Deserves Great Perks


We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits:
🏥 Private Healthcare including dental and optician services through Vitality✈️ Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality🎁 Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical)👛 Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match🏖️ 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)📖 Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget👪 Enhanced Parental Leave🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme🚂 Season Ticket Loan💬 6 free therapy sessions per year🐶 Dog Friendly Offices🍫 Free drinks and snacks in our officesCheck out more of our benefits, values, and mission here.

Other Useful Info


Interview Process:🤝First stage: 30 minute intro and values call with Head of People (Video)🤝Second stage: 1hr interview with CEO (In person)🤝Third Stage: 1hr interview with CCO & Head of Credit Analytics👍Check out our ‘Top Tips’ for interviewing.✔️Keep updated on new job opportunities by following us on Linkedin.📧Email careers@capitalontap.com if you have any questions.

Excited to work here? Apply!


If you’d like to progress your career within our fast growing, profitable fintech then click apply and we will aim to get back to you within 3 working days (during busy periods this could take up to 5 working days.)

Life at Capital on Tap

Recently featured in the Sunday Times TechTrack 100 (number 48!), we are one of the fastest growing companies in the UK. To date, we've provided over £500M in funding to 40,000 SMEs across the UK. We invest continuously in our team and infrastructure to continuously move faster in an environment that has high energy and collaboration. Far from a beige cube-farm, our corporate headquarters in Notting Hill provides a dynamic, relaxed and fun culture. Come join the team and help us grow! WHY WE'RE DOING THIS Founded in 2012, Capital on Tap is on a mission to help small businesses thrive. We believe small business owners are the foundation for growth in our economy, and yet today's banking system has left them behind. We have partnered with over 40,000 businesses across the UK deploying funding facilities of over £500 million to customers. We believe we still have a long way to go to make business funding truly available to everyone small business.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Private Healthcare through Vitality, Worldwide Travel Insurance through Vitality, Dental Cover through Vitality2. Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical)3. Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme with up to 7% match4. Dog Friendly Offices5. Free drinks and snacks in our offices6. Cycle to Work Scheme7. Enhanced Parental Leave8. Season Ticket Loan9. Private Healthcare, Worldwide Travel Insurance, Dental Cover through Vitality10. 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)11. Free therapy sessions per year
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