# Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO, Japan

**Company**: Wise
**Location**: Tokyo, Japan
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

We’re looking for a Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer to lead our Japan financial crime compliance programme and help us grow safely. You’ll work closely with regional and global specialists across Compliance, Product, Engineering, Operations, Banking and Wise Platform.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the Japan financial crime programme and exercise responsibilities of Japan MLRO.

- Lead financial crime regulatory engagement.

- Discharge the sanctions compliance mandate upon appointment.

- Understand and assess our risks.

- Strengthen customer and transaction controls.

- Demonstrate control effectiveness.

- Drive corrective action.

- Support safe product development.

- Oversee global delivery for Japan.

- Bring clear decisions to governance forums.

- Build capability and accountability.

Requirements:

- Substantial financial crime compliance experience in Japan, typically ten or more years.

- Regulatory expertise in the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, Payment Services Act, Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.

- Practical financial crime experience.

- Senior judgement.

- Regulatory credibility.

- Leadership and influence.

- Strong professional fluency in Japanese and English.

- Data and technology skills.

- Delivery skills.

- Customer focus and curiosity.

Benefits:

- Flexible working

- Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities

- 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise

## Skills

### Required
- Japanese
- English
- Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds
- Payment Services Act
- Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
- financial crime compliance
- risk assessment
- regulatory engagement
- sanctions compliance
- customer due diligence
- transaction monitoring

### Nice to have
- CAMs
- ICA
- cross-border payments
- digital onboarding
- platform partnerships

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