Vendor & Outsourcing Specialist (d/f/m)

Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry.

We love what we do and we love our team. We are 500+ people from over 70 nationalities - a unique blend of techies, fintech enthusiasts, bankers and entrepreneurs from various industries. Our routines are built around genuinely valuing and exchanging different perspectives as well as actively sharing knowledge as we drive our business as a team. We believe and invest in personal growth.

Your Role

• Assist in implementing the Outsourcing & Procurement Policy for Outsourcing Management, Controlling, and Reporting.
• Support TPRA Pre-Assessments, collection of Third Party inputs, and TPRA sign-off processes.
• Maintain Outsourcing Inventory and Information Register.
• Assist in audits on provider management tasks by collecting evidence and coordinating with internal audit.
• Support day-to-day Third Party operations, handling requests, organizing service review meetings, and maintaining protocols.
• Monitor and reconcile invoices, track SLA compliance, and log results in the monitoring cockpit.
• Support monthly Third-Party Reporting (TPRR) and upload evidence.
• Assist in regulatory / process-driven contract amendments, ensuring proper execution and signatures.
• Coordinate and communicate with Business, Third Parties, Procurement & Sourcing, and Control Functions.
• Help identify control gaps and support mitigation or escalation processes.

We'd love to see 

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Academic background in Law, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, IT Management, or similar.
• Minimum 2 years experience in Vendor Management, Outsourcing, Third-Party Risk Management, Risk, Compliance, or related fields.
• Strong analytical skills and accuracy in handling data and reporting.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with internal teams and Third Parties.
• German proficiency at C1 or above; English proficiency.
• Strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills, able to engage with diverse teams and different hierarchy levels—internally and externally (including Third Parties).
• High level of regulatory awareness, ensuring solutions remain compliant with outsourcing, procurement, and risk requirements.
• Strong sense of responsibility, integrity, and reliability in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to balance business needs, regulatory expectations, and operational realities.

Benefits 

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

 

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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