# AML Manager

**Company**: Wise
**Location**: São Paulo, Brazil
**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. 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 FinCrime Operations Senior Lead - LatAm, you will be responsible for developing and managing a team of Financial Crime Operations Team Leads and Specialists for specific SME areas. Your key objective is to ensure the effective assessment and mitigation of risks related to high-risk customers, while strictly adhering to AML/CFT regulations and aligning with Wise’s risk appetite and internal policies.

## Responsibilities

### Leadership and People Development

Drive team performance and cultural excellence to support sustainable business growth. Lead by example, demonstrating values and work ethic that inspire accountability, proactive problem-solving, and a growth mindset. Manage and develop a high-performing team by role modeling success behaviors.

### Performance Management

Foster a culture of excellence in your team by consistently meeting KPIs and SLAs in our metrics-driven environment. Refresh performance expectations to match business needs and address underperformance with clear action plans.

### Operational Management

In this role, you'll turn high-level plans into actionable changes and lead your team to success. You'll create phased implementation plans to minimize disruption and set clear metrics to track progress. Focus on optimizing team structure by managing recruitment and strategically placing staff.

### Quality Assurance

Ensure the highest quality standards for your group's tasks by making decisions within established frameworks. Lead root cause analysis, turn insights into improvements, and mitigate risks.

### Domain Knowledge and Expertise

Be a subject matter expert in Financial Crime areas with the ability to train and coach your team. Maintain a comprehensive understanding of our regulatory obligations and internal policies.

### Project Management

Effectively Lead projects from start to finish, prioritizing tasks and maintaining documentation. Communicate milestones, address blockers, and delegate tasks while monitoring progress.

### Planning and Execution

Ensure operational area plans are set in place and provide insights to other stakeholders. Take full accountability in delivering, updating and making sure your area is making progress on their goals by measuring the effectiveness of the output of the team.

### Stakeholder Management and Communication

Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders, setting priorities and ensuring timely delivery. Partner with Product to support group objectives and advocate for customer success.

## Additional Information

ABT1/ABT2 certifications are a plus; otherwise, we will sponsor your certification process! We're people building money without borders , without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

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## Skills

### Required
- Financial Crime
- AML/CFT regulations
- Risk Management
- Leadership
- Project Management

### Nice to have
- ABT1/ABT2 certifications

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