Enterprise & Operational Risk
Risk appetite, RCSA, KRIs, controls, issues, policy governance, outsourcing risk and independent second-line oversight.
Enterprise & Operational Risk Manager / Senior Analyst · Dublin
Enterprise and operational risk.
Built on deep payments experience.
Dublin-based fintech professional with 25+ years across payments, technology and risk, including nearly 7 years in second-line risk and controls within a regulated Irish merchant-acquiring business. Open to permanent manager and senior analyst roles in Ireland.
What I bring to a risk team.
Reporting & Challenge
Concise senior-management and Board reporting, independent challenge, control oversight and remediation tracking.
Payments & Technology
Merchant acquiring, payments platforms, software engineering, third parties, regulatory change and technology-enabled controls.
Target roles:Enterprise Risk ManagerOperational Risk ManagerNon-Financial Risk ManagerRisk & Controls ManagerEnterprise Risk AnalystOperational Risk AnalystRisk & Controls AnalystPayments Risk Analyst
Relevant experience and impact.
Fiserv / AIB Merchant Services
Full-time · Ireland · 2019–2026
Enterprise Risk & Controls Analyst / Senior Credit & Risk Analyst
Second-line enterprise risk and controls in a regulated Irish payments environment, supporting senior management, board reporting and governance forums.
- Strengthened monthly enterprise-risk reporting, KRI visibility and decision-ready insight.
- Supported RCSA, controls, policy governance, issue oversight and remediation tracking.
- Built an Outsourcing Risk Framework aligned with EBA and Central Bank of Ireland expectations, with clearer first-line ownership and second-line oversight.
Worldpay · Barclaycard · J.P. Morgan Merchant Services · Planet · Tyl by NatWest
Consulting assignments · London & Dublin · 2015–2019
Payments Risk, Compliance & Transformation
Specialist assignments connecting payments technology, operations, regulatory change and controls across major merchant-acquiring businesses.
Impact: translated complex technical and regulatory requirements into practical solutions, controls and remediation.
Elavon / U.S. Bank · CSU Cardsystem · Orbitall · C&A
Ireland & Brazil · 1999–2015
Payments Technology & Software Engineering
Merchant-processing platforms, production support, technical compliance, card-scheme releases and card-processing solutions, including VisionPLUS.
Impact: built the end-to-end payments and technology foundation that strengthens my risk and control work today.
Fintech ecosystem leadership.
Founder & Non-Executive Chair of IBA, connecting fintech leaders across Brazil, Ireland and the UK. A limited non-executive commitment alongside my primary career.
Limited non-executive commitment
IBA keeps me connected to senior practitioners and cross-border fintech developments while my primary focus remains my professional risk career.
What senior colleagues say.
“His background in computer science engineering and finance provides a unique perspective to his risk management approach… Great to work with!”
Federico Gaffney
Payments · Chief Risk Officer International · LinkedIn recommendation
“Igor was one of the key application consultants in the development of the merchant processing system on the International Processing Platform at Elavon during my management.”
Gary Green
Former direct manager · LinkedIn recommendation
Risk, finance and technology.
First Class Honours MSc Financial Services · MSc Management of Information Systems / Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin · BSc Computer Science · BA Accounting & Finance · Member of the Institute of Banking.
Hiring in enterprise or operational risk?
I am available for manager and senior analyst opportunities across Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Risk & Controls and Payments Risk in Ireland.