Security GRC Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions

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 teamFounded 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 t