Senior Internal Auditor

Senior Internal Auditor, London, Berlin

Our passion at SumUp is championing small businesses. We believe in creating technology that is flexible, fair, affordable and easy to use. Every day millions of people around the world dream of starting their own businesses and we strive to help them to do this. Our long‑term goal is to close the loop by enabling businesses to turn transactions with customers into long‑term relationships.

We are looking for a Senior Internal Auditor to join our team at SumUp and help us ensure compliance, assess risks, and strengthen internal controls within the organisation, with a particular focus on European regulation. The Senior Internal Auditor will help implement the best industry practices for a robust and proactive internal auditing function at SumUp, reporting directly to the Global Head of Internal Audit and working closely with the Board, Audit Committee, key stakeholders and external auditors.

What you’ll do

• Plan and conduct regulatory, compliance, and operational audits across SumUp's European markets
• Prepare audit reports, present findings to management, and recommend improvements
• Contribute towards the development and improvement of the Internal Audit plan, framework, methodology and templates
• Coordinate internal audit-related projects together with the relevant teams
• Manage relationships with stakeholders and foster a proactive culture towards internal controls and compliance

Qualifications

• Strong audit experience in financial services, ideally within payments or regulated fintech
• Deep knowledge of the European regulatory environment and internal controls frameworks
• Comfort operating in large, complex, international organisations where priorities shift
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to act as a credible partner at all levels
• A natural curiosity for data, with the ability to look beyond the numbers and draw sound conclusions
• Fluency in German (written and spoken if based in Berlin)

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team from our central Covent Garden location in London or from our Berlin office
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
• Enrolment on our Virtual Stock Option programme
• Generous time off: 28 days of paid leave plus bank holidays and special leave days
• A dedicated annual learning and development budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
• Private health insurance, including optical and dental benefits
• Salary‑sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta
• Retirement scheme = SumUp matches 7% when you contribute 5%
• Life insurance from MetLife for two times your salary
• One‑month sabbatical after three years of service (Break4me)
• Referral bonus programme