Compliance Manager

Company 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 part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer .

Job Description

Your mission:

As a Compliance Monitoring and Testing Manager (Compliance Oversight), you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring Wise's adherence to regulatory requirements, particularly concerning our second-line monitoring and testing program, banking partners, audits, and examinations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design control testing plans and evaluate compliance with rules and regulations.

• Audit & Examination Management: Lead the preparation and management of regulatory examinations and audits, ensuring timely and accurate responses.​

• Compliance Framework Development: Support the development and maintenance of Wise's Regulatory Compliance oversight framework, including policies and procedures.​

• Build trust within our teams: deliver meaningful controls testing - scoping reviews, controls assessments and any findings.

• Work with teams to ensure regulatory compliance issues are remediated in line with agreed timelines.

• You proactively communicate solutions to address control gaps or how our processes can be enhanced.

• Work with teams to educate them about the US and CA regulatory requirements, and empower teams to build risk based processes which are clearly documented.

• Oversee and maintain a healthy compliance culture throughout the organisation.

• Adapt your focus on different compliance issues depending on growth plans and compliance needs.

• Risk Assessment: Execute and enhance quarterly monitoring across key risk areas, and assist in the preparation of committee and board reports.​

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with operational, finance, product, and engineering teams to ensure compliance is integrated into business processes.​

About you:

• Previous monitoring and testing experience within a Financial Regulation advisory role or experience in a Compliance/Legal department, Financial Crime Oversight, Risk and Controls function or in a consultancy environment;

• J.D., Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager or similar qualification

• Familiar with regulations and processes related to Financial Crime, Reg E, UDAAP, E-Sign Act, and state Money Transmission License regulations;

• Ability to analyze and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively;

• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations;

• Strong presentation skills;

• Problem solving attitude, with the ability to use regulations together with data to drive business decisions;

• Experience (or interest) in working in a fast-growing environment;

• Willing to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; and

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Some extra skills that would be great:

• Familiarity with tools such as Excel, Confluence, Jira, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platforms.

• Experience working with international teams and understanding of global regulatory environments.

We’re people without borders — without judgment or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, qualifications aren’t that important to us. If you’ve got great experience, and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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