Compliance Sr Manager

We re looking for a driven, high-energy individual who will be joining our EU FinCrime Compliance Monitoring Testing (CMT) team as a Senior Manager. In this role, you ll work closely with our EU CMT Lead to help create, manage and execute EU-focused FinCrime monitoring and testing / assurance programs that protect Wise and our customers from financial crime.

You ll partner with a wide range of stakeholders - from the first line of defense in Operations and Product to second-line Compliance specialists, and Internal Audit - to enhance internal controls and promote an overall culture of compliance.

You will ensure that more junior team members adequately follow our monitoring and testing methodologies and industry best practices, coaching them along the way to deliver best-in-class work.

Your work will help ensure our FinCrime controls remain robust, scalable, and aligned with both global and local regulatory requirements. By collaborating with cross-functional teams and regional stakeholders, you will play an integral part in protecting Wise s customers, reputation, and business operations.

Key responsibilities

• Planning: Collaborate with the EU CMT Lead to define the annual review plans and ensure their timely execution.
• Governance: Support the Lead with the regular management and board-level reporting on key findings, trends, and risk levels, ensuring stakeholders have visibility into compliance performance.
• Control testing issue validation: Lead the control reviews end-to-end from Scoping to Reporting as well as our issue validation work, ensuring the team appropriately follows our methodologies best practices and every deliverable meets top-quality standards.
• Monitoring: Oversee the execution of monitoring activities over key FinCrime risks, looking for compliance gaps and actionable insights, and review the monitoring reports that will be shared with management.
• Coaching Development: Provide guidance and training to junior CMT team members on an on-going basis, helping them understand methodologies, test scripts, and best practices.
• Stakeholder management: Work closely with key senior stakeholders from all three Lines of Defense (Operations, Product, Compliance, Internal Audit) to ensure the effective and impactful delivery of our CMT reviews and our continued alignment with regulatory and business priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience: Demonstrable experience (>8 years) conducting and leading assurance reviews issue validation work within Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, or Audit functions; experience in a payments or fintech environment preferred.
• Knowledge: Strong knowledge of Financial Crime regulations, testing methodologies, and risk assessment frameworks, particularly in relation to EU rules and global compliance requirements.
• Team Quality management: Experience managing a small team on a day-to-day basis, prioritising work to meet deadlines, and coaching more junior team members to help them develop and ensure they deliver high-quality work.
• Skills: Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into effective monitoring and testing activities and to engage with senior stakeholders in an effective manner.
• Education: Bachelor s degree in law, finance, or related fields. Relevant certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA) are preferred.

Why Join Wise

• Make an Impact - Directly influence Wise s FinCrime strategy, protecting our customers globally and shaping the evolution of our compliance framework.
• Career Growth - Immerse yourself in a fast-paced environment with opportunities to learn, develop, and grow alongside some of the brightest in the industry.
• Collaborative Culture - Join a diverse team that thrives on innovation, passionate about driving lasting change in international finance.
• Great Perks - From stock options to private medical insurance, and from flexible working to generous parental leave, we ve got you covered.

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