Description
We are looking for a Head of Financial Crime (FC) Control Governance to design, own and operate the 1LOD control governance framework across Wise entities.
Your mission:
- Manage and enhance the 1LOD FC control governance strategy and operating model across Wise entities.
- Own and maintain the Financial Crime control library as the single source of truth and ensure ongoing library hygiene.
- Lead control mapping across the end-to-end framework (risks, processes, product, and regulatory obligations).
- Enforce control documentation quality check.
- Drive continuous improvement of the control assurance framework and workflow design, with an appetite for automation (e.g. AI-enabled documentation where appropriate).
- Run control approval governance forum including senior management sign-off and tracking of actions to completion.
- Prepare high-quality materials, dashboards, and trend analysis for senior management and risk committees.
- Act as a key 1LOD point of contact supporting regulatory exams, process walkthroughs and audit requests relating to FC controls.
- Lead a small team (currently 1 direct report) and provide prioritisation and performance management; with potential to grow the team over time in line with programme needs.
Qualifications:
- Significant experience in controls governance and risk within a regulated financial institution (bank, payments, fintech at scale, consultancy supporting banks).
- Strong knowledge of financial crime risk domains (AML, sanctions, CDD/KYC, transaction monitoring, fraud) and how these translate into operational/product controls.
- Proven ownership of control libraries /RCSA/ control frameworks, including control lifecycle management and mapping to obligations.
- Demonstrated ability to run governance forums, manage senior stakeholders, and produce audit-ready decision records.
- Experience partnering with 2LoD Compliance/Risk and supporting Internal Audit / regulatory reviews.
- Strong capacity to prioritize tasks, maintain a problem-solving mindset, and take ownership to drive and deliver projects from inception to completion with high attention to detail.
- Strong data literacy with the ability to scrutinize metrics.