Description
We are seeking a Senior FinCrime Product Compliance and Risk Manager to support our Wise Platform Product team as they launch and scale Wise Platform for North America, specifically across our US and Canada markets.
Your primary focus will be to help develop scalable processes to identify and effectively manage financial crime risks across a range of existing and new product types, markets and integrations globally.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with product teams to define controls and interpret regulation to ensure all new Wise Platform products globally have the right financial crime controls.
- Keep an eye on emerging typologies and regulatory requirements for the US and Canada and implement changes as necessary.
- Understand Wise FinCrime controls and be comfortable working with both the Wise Platform team and our Global FinCrime product teams to make any necessary changes.
- Communicate with our partners about our compliance program and expectations.
- Be able to empathise and incorporate feedback into our internal processes as required.
- Be able to identify challenges to our regulatory permissions and work to unlock growth through new licenses as required.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in financial crime compliance, with a particular focus on correspondent banking and/or Banking as A Service (BaAS) program.
- Experience collaborating with external partners, as well as internal product and engineering teams to develop a solution that is tailored for the Platform Partner.
- Strong ability to analyze and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and explain them clearly to stakeholders.
- Problem-solver who uses regulations and data to drive business decisions.
- Experience working across cross-border payments, with specific experience in the US and Canadian markets.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, and able to present on the Wise Platform product to regulators and/or auditors.
- Willing to travel to Wise offices located across different countries.
- Legally authorized to work in the US.