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About the role
We’re seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management to help shape and scale OpenAI’s risk and controls framework across several dynamic business domains. This role will focus on identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating operational and financial risk across areas such as payments, equity, strategic investments, procurement, people processes, systems, third-party dependencies, and other finance-critical workflows. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years of experience in financial risk management, operational risk, internal controls, SOX/ICFR, internal audit, controllership, finance transformation, or related risk/control roles
- Experience working with at least some domains such as payments, procurement, strategic investments, M&A integration, HR/people processes, financial close, controllership, third-party risk, or other operational business processes
- Strong judgment on how to design the right level of control in a fast-scaling company, including where lightweight guardrails are sufficient, where formal ICFR/SOX controls are required, and where automation or monitoring is the better answer
- Experience working in environments with evolving systems, incomplete process structure, unclear ownership, or fragmented data — and bringing order without over-engineering
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with operational, finance, legal, people, procurement, corporate development, and technical teams, including stakeholders who may initially view controls as slowing them down
- Strong ability to translate broad risks into actionable controls, RCMs, narratives, operating requirements, quality gates, KRIs, dashboards, and remediation plans
More about this role
The Internal Controls function sits within the broader Finance Risk Management (FRM) organization and plays a key role in strengthening the integrity, scalability, and reliability of OpenAI’s finance-critical operations.
Our team designs and governs control frameworks that support accurate, transparent financial results and responsible business execution. We focus on business-process and operational controls across areas such as payments, equity, procure-to-pay, payroll and HR processes, strategic investments, M&A, financial close, third-party dependencies, systems, and other high-risk workflows. We work closely with Controllership, Procurement, Legal, People, Corporate Development, Strategic Finance, Finance Systems, Compliance, and business operators to ensure processes are well-designed, well-documented, and audit-ready.
As part of FRM, we contribute to OpenAI’s overall financial risk posture by supporting audit readiness, third-party risk considerations, operational risk governance, systems oversight, and ongoing process improvement across the finance ecosystem. Together, we help build the foundation of trust and operational clarity needed for OpenAI to scale...
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