Branch Manager, Belgium & Ireland
bunq · Brussels, Brussels Capital
At bunq, we're on a mission to Make Life Easy for our users by creating the most user-centric banking experience out there. To deliver on that promise, we need to operate as a true local bank in every market we serve, not just a foreign provider with a local IBAN.
That's where you come in. We're looking for a Branch Manager, Ireland & Belgium who takes ownership of converting our presence in both markets into full local branches, and who becomes the named contact regulators trust. You'll hold the accountability that AI can't: your name on the license, the relationship with the regulator, and the calls that don't have a rulebook answer.
Take Ownership 🚀
As Branch Manager for Ireland and Belgium, you will show bunq's excellence both inside and out by delivering the branch conversion and owning the regulatory relationship end to end. Here's how you'll do it:
- Deliver the full branch conversion for Ireland and Belgium to a fixed regulatory deadline, owning the task register end to end.
- Be the named contact for the National Bank of Belgium and the Central Bank of Ireland. When our approach differs from what they expect, you make the case for why it's still safe and hold that ground under scrutiny.
- Localize bunq's AML/CFT framework for both markets through gap analysis, not policy writing.
- Decide escalated retail customer due diligence cases where local context is the deciding factor.
- Use AI to scale the above. You build and run the automation, not just consume it.
- You have owned a supervisory relationship as the primary named contact, and know what the NBB or CBI expects in practice.
- You have delivered a regulated entity setup, licence change, or passporting project to a hard external date.
- You have deep AML/CFT knowledge in Ireland or Belgium, and working familiarity with the other.
- You've made and defended individual user investigation decisions in a consumer retail context.
- You preferably speak French or Dutch.
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Your space to perform
We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼
🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset
🌟 Make lasting impact by working on complex & exciting challenges
👩💻 Remote setup: after 3 weeks onboarding in Amsterdam (“AMS”) office, work 2 weeks a quarter in AMS - the rest of time you can work in Belgium.
📚 We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget
🚌 Travel expenses are covered for AMS visits
💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us
🧘 €60 monthly allowance that rolls over monthly and resets annually, replacing the phone/internet line above
🍹 Frequent epic events, including an annual bunq weekend away
All new hires are subject to Pre-employment Screening (PES), which includes checks conducted by our third-party partner, Zinc. This is part of our commitment to a secure and trustworthy workplace