Enterprise & Operational Risk
Risk appetite, RCSA, KRIs, controls, issues, policy governance, outsourcing risk and independent second-line oversight.
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 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 ManagerRisk & Controls Manager
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 Director 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 a key application consultant in the development of Elavon’s merchant-processing capabilities on its International Processing Platform during my tenure as manager.”
Gary Green
Gary Green was my manager when I was 27 and had just moved from Brazil to Ireland
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?
Available for enterprise, operational and risk & controls management roles.