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. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.
As a Regulatory Affairs Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing a new global capability within the Group Core Compliance function. Today, Wise holds over 80 regulatory licences across the UK, Europe, North America, APAC, MEA and LATAM. To sustain our global growth and further elevate our regulatory relationship management, we are establishing a dedicated, centralized Regulatory Affairs function.
Reporting to the Director of Group Core Compliance, you will serve as the single source of truth for the status and strategic trajectory of our regulatory relationships globally. You will work closely with regional Compliance Officers, Risk, Legal, Government Relations and Banking & Expansion teams to establish a centralized view of our global regulatory priorities, providing clear visibility into how these are managed across markets and proactively identifying and resolving any resulting intra-group conflicts or competing interests.
Your responsibilities include:
- Establishing enterprise-wide visibility over Wise's supervisory footprint
- Maintaining a real-time overview of regional regulatory owners, active supervisory touchpoints, open inquiries, inspections, and regulatory commitments
- Anticipating supervisory shifts, thematic review trends, and administrative changes in key markets
- Providing clear visibility into how regulatory priorities are managed across markets
- Proactively identifying and resolving intra-group conflicts or competing interests
- Designing data-driven systems to produce Management Information for the Director of Group Compliance, executive leadership, Boards and Risk Committees
- Translating complex regulatory interactions into actionable reports and advice
- Partnering with regional Compliance Officers and Product Compliance to evaluate material supervisory inquiries, examination findings, and enforcement precedents
- Driving the agenda and operational cadence for cross-functional information sharing
- Acting as an advisor for Core Compliance during complex, regulatory incidents
This role will give you the opportunity to:
- Build a function: Take a developing concept and design the global operating model, engagement standards, and data from scratch
- Influence executive strategy: Shape how leadership and regional Compliance Officers navigate key regulatory engagements and evolving multi-supervisor coalitions
- Gain unmatched global breadth: Work across a diverse regulatory landscape - collaborating daily with teams across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, LATAM and MEA
- Champion a data-driven approach: Move regulatory relations beyond traditional narrative memos by embedding quantitative metrics and structured trend analytics into our supervisory governance
Requirements:
- Proven Track Record: Significant experience (10+ years) in Regulatory Affairs and Relations or Compliance within a financial institution or regulatory authority
- Supervisory Expertise: In-depth understanding of how regulators operate, examine, and communicate
- Strategic Thinker: Experience implementing structured tracking mechanisms, reporting cycles, and relationship management frameworks
- Executive Presence & Influence: High emotional intelligence with outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Autonomous: Comfortable with ambiguity and a clear bias for action