Compliance Advisory Senior Manager, Wise

Wise Platform

$145-185k

Senior and Expert level
New York

1-5 days a week in office

Wise

Money without borders

Be an early applicant

Wise

Money without borders

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsForeign exchange

Be an early applicant

$145-185k

Senior and Expert level
New York

1-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPersonal financePaymentsForeign exchange

Company mission

We’re on a mission. And it’s money without borders. Instant, convenient, transparent and — eventually — free.

Role

Who you are

  • Experience: 7+ years in financial crime compliance, with a strong focus on managing financial crime risks associated with Correspondent Banking customers and products
  • Knowledge: Deep knowledge of global financial crime regulations (AML, CDD, EDD) as they pertain to Platform customers and operations
  • Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading FinCrime strategies and Platform controls, with a strong ability to collaborate across product, compliance, and operational teams
  • Skills: Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, or a related field. Relevant certifications (e.g., ACAMS) are preferred

What the job involves

  • The Wise Platform FinCrime Senior Compliance Manager will lead the development and oversight of Wise Platform’s North America (NorthAm - consisting of US and Canada) financial crime program
  • This role will be responsible for ensuring that all NorthAm policies, procedures, and risk assessment methodologies maintained are robust and effective in supporting Wise’s Platform products and partners
  • The Wise Platform (WP) FinCrime Senior Compliance Manager will oversee WP governance framework on behalf of North America, review global and regional management information (MI) data and analyse trends providing feedback to 1st Line on specific risks, and monitoring and testing of WP specific frameworks
  • This role will also play a key part in incident management and training initiatives, ensuring compliance with global standards incorporating regional requirements
  • Establish and oversee 2nd Line policies and procedures for NorthAm Wise Platform fincrime program
  • Review and enhance Wise’s risk appetite and risk tolerances for Platform products from a NorthAm perspective; a subset of the broader Group FinCrime Risk Appetite Statement to ensure Platform-related risks are appropriately managed
  • Provide NorthAm input on the financial crime risk assessments ensuring that they accurately reflect the financial crime risks associated with the Platform/Platform Models
  • Conduct quarterly monitoring and testing of onboarded North Am Platform Partners, ensuring that: (a) partners are onboarded with appropriate EDD as per the model type (b) that identified risks were appropriately mitigated and (c) that partners onboarded are within risk appetite threshold/tolerances
  • Review and approve new or updated models, products or feature risk assessments from Product Compliance
  • Provide NorthAm financial crime advisory on escalations from 1st Line teams
  • Provide financial crime advice on risk appetite/ tolerance threshold queries, compliance related queries regarding procedures, fincrime issues or specific NorthAm WP control failures
  • Participate in WP Fincrime Risk Committee being the SME for NorthAm WP financial crime related matters and risks
  • Review Global Platform and NorthAm product MI on a monthly basis, reviewing MI trends and providing analytical reports of MI to NorthAm Compliance Officers (COs), relevant senior stakeholders and in WP Monthly planning meetings
  • Review and maintain 2nd Line WP NorthAm specific escalation procedures for all fincrime teams for Platform related incidents and fincrime issues, overseeing and ensuring appropriate governance in tickets (COMPO and Audit Board) and incident channels
  • Provide 2nd Line Platform-related training to NorthAm Compliance Officers/2nd Line, ensure that onboarding, reviewing, investigating, and reporting processes are structured for regional licences to understand Platform product and risks
  • On an ad-hoc basis, provide support/training to NorthAm Compliance Officers to prepare for regulatory inspections, audit reviews, CMT reviews related to Wise Platform product
  • On an ad-hoc basis, deliver tailored training to 1st Line teams on specific fincrime topics to relevant staff members, based on their roles and responsibilities
  • Support Regional Compliance Officers for Banking Partner calls on understanding Wise Platforms Fincrime Program
  • Support the Incident and Issue Management Lead in investigating Platform-related issues, ensuring accurate root cause analysis and effective remediation efforts
  • Ensure that any findings or incidents are documented in Audit Board and that remediation plans are designed to mitigate future risks

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Insights

Top investors

38% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Health and Wellbeing Discounts
  • 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + 3 Me Days
  • RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)
  • 6 Week Paid Sabbatical
  • Mobile Wiser - work remote for up to 90 days a year 🛫
  • Parental Leave
  • Pension and Retirement Plans
  • Plus Many More!

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Nov 2017

$280m

SERIES E

May 2016

$26m

SERIES D

Total funding: $396.4m

Our take

Wise started when the two founders realised they would be better off trading Estonian kroons for British pounds (and vice versa) between themselves rather than going through banks. That was back in 2011, and they've since grown Wise into one of Europe's most successful tech businesses, exchanging billions of currency every month.

Wise rapidly grew by solving a significant problem for customers, who lost too much money to banks when exchanging currency. They've attracted investment from some of the best investors in the world, from Andreesen Horowitz to Index Ventures and even Richard Branson.

The challenge for Wise will be maintaining their edge and brand power in a market that's becoming increasingly crowded with new entrants (like Revolut and Monzo) and incumbents (traditional banks) trying to catch up. To do so, the company is ramping up its digital and marketing strategies, as well as pushing for further development of its existing products.

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