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From the employer's careers site First seen 14 Nov 2026

Lead Analyst - Risk & Controls

Wise London Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

£75,000 - £115,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Lead Product Analyst to join our team, partnering with product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to drive data-driven decisions that support building and scaling risk controls and assurance across our products.

As a Lead Product Analyst, you will:

  • Scale and improve our risk data infrastructure to enable regional teams to dissect metrics at granular levels to proactively identify and mitigate against drivers of risk.
  • Build out metrics to monitor our controls and ensure they are performing as required, supporting control testing processes.
  • Establish control efficiency frameworks by analyzing whether controls are effectively reducing risk while not adversely impacting growth.
  • Partner with product, engineering, product risk, and compliance teams to influence decisions with data around regional controls and risk.
  • Partner closely with FinCrime to add a regional lens on global risk engines to ensure local risk typologies are monitored and appropriately managed.

This role offers:

  • The opportunity to choose your path to impact and work independently.
  • The chance to grow as a Product Analyst and inspire your team and others across Wise.
  • Amazing exposure to the full breadth and depth of our product while working with multidisciplinary teams.
  • The freedom to have real impact and identify opportunities key to Wise reaching future millions of customers.

We offer:

  • Salary: £75,000 - £115,000.
  • Company Restricted Stock Units.
  • Hybrid working.
  • Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave, and other leave opportunities.
  • 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave.

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Skills

Required

  • Python
  • advanced SQL
  • BI tools
  • strong analytical mind
  • product intuition
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have

  • Experience in Financial Crime and/or Customer Onboarding domain
  • Knowledge of the fintech ecosystem
  • Knowledge of utilities like Airflow/Github/DBT
  • Experience with user-facing products and data

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Wise/744000150407789-lead-analyst-risk-controls

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