Security GRC Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions

About the Role

BUILDING THE FUTURE OF OPEN FINANCE Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system. THE TEAM Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients. We are looking for a Security GRC Lead to own security governance, risk, and compliance across Payward's acquisitions. You will be the accountable owner for bringing each acquired company from its own control environment into ours, working with the M&A Technology Team from diligence through to either full platform migration or steady-state coverage under our central program. Payward acquires and integrates companies continuously, across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes. Every target arrives with its own controls, its own maturity level and its own audit history, and every one enters our financial statement audit scope on a timeline set by the deal rather than by readiness. Today that work competes for the same people who run controls for the parent company. This role exists so that it has a dedicated owner. This is a build role to uphold the repeatable process for assessing an acquired company against our security baseline, mapping its controls into our compliance frameworks,and setting remediation milestones a newly acquired team can realistically hit. You will then run it, deal after deal, and you are accountable for the work getting done.   THE OPPORTUNITY - Assess each acquisition target against Payward's security baseline, during diligence where deal timelines allow and immediately post-close otherwise -

Key Responsibilities

• Assess each acquisition target against Payward's security baseline, during diligence where deal timelines allow and immediately post-close otherwise

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.