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From the employer's careers site First seen 31 Oct 2026

Safeguarding Controller - APAC

Wise Singapore Hybrid senior full-time

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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.

Working alongside an existing team of Safeguarding specialists and reporting to the Global Safeguarding Accountable Owner, your role is to assist each of the existing controllers and product managers in ensuring the APAC safeguarding control framework runs smoothly.

Your Mission

  • You will play a crucial role in ensuring that new product launches are compliant with safeguarding regulations and controlled in a proportionate manner
  • You will be responsible for ensuring completeness of our policies and procedures and coordinate with individual controllers to obtain attestations of the controls operation and alignment to the controls framework
  • You will be responsible for coordinating and implementing a first line of defence assurance for APAC safeguarding controls
  • You will be responsible for maintaining the APAC safeguarding risk and controls matrix for the APAC entities
  • You will be the first point of escalation of discrepancies identified by the Reconciliations team for safeguarding reconciliations and provide SME advise on their resolution and treatment
  • You will be involved in the incidents management process and link incidents to control failures, which will enable senior management to see themes within the control environment
  • You will be responsible for MAS regulatory reporting and other safeguarding regulatory reporting preparation
  • You will be responsible for the annual safeguarding audit coordination
  • You will help document, challenge and build an end-to-end view of our internal control environment to illustrate key risks, controls and processes.

Opportunities

  • Own your own path of success
  • You’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility
  • Grow with the role
  • You will have the exposure and opportunity to speak to key senior members of the organisation getting into the details of remediation steps
  • Stepping stone
  • This role provides an excellent platform for someone looking to step into the safeguarding function of a fast-growing Fintech
  • Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise’s business
  • Get to know many teams across the business as you partner with them as part of day-to-day activities

Skills

Required

  • Payment Services Act 2019
  • Securities and Futures Act 2001
  • MAS regulatory reporting
  • safeguarding regulations
  • risk management
  • control frameworks

Nice to have

  • technical knowledge of customer protection framework
  • strong understanding of Payments Services Act (PSA)
  • sound writing skills
  • commercial acumen
  • collaborative mindset

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Wise/744000158452079-safeguarding-controller-apac

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