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Job DescriptionThe Wise Platform Financial Crime Compliance Manager will support the development and oversight of Wise Platform’s Group financial crime compliance program. This will include responsibility for financial crime compliance oversight of Wise’s Group standards for onboarding and ongoing monitoring of Wise Platform partners, supporting the drafting and maintenance of second line policies, frameworks and procedures and providing check and challenge to the first line. In addition, this role will provide support to responses to group and UK specific issues and incident management and remediation projects.
Key responsibilities
Financial Crime Oversight & Support
Support the building and maintenance of second line policies, frameworks and procedures for Wise Platform’s Group financial crime compliance program, including coordinating regional input to take account of local requirements.
Lead on the day-to-day oversight of Wise Platform’s governance, with particular focus on the onboarding and ongoing monitoring processes and their effectiveness at Group level in managing partner risks.
Provide financial crime advisory to first line teams on global escalations, control enhancements, product and/or market expansions.
Risk management
Review global MI and KRIs for Wise platform and perform trend analysis to identify emerging risks.
Review and challenge product risk assessments from a group perspective and coordinate regional reviews as needed to provide a single feedback from second line compliance.
Support in the development and review of Wise Platform risk frameworks, including onboarding flows, partner risk assessments models, ongoing monitoring frameworks and risk tolerance frameworks and thresholds aligning to Wise’s overall risk strategy and across all Wise Platform integration types.
Incident and issue management (Group and UK)
Support the review and analysis from the second line’s perspective of all issues and incidents through appropriate escalations, incident channels and clear documentation in Jira and Audit Board.
Coordinate the second line response and support the root cause analysis for global Wise Platform incidents including collaborating with impacting regions on an effective remediation plan.
Oversee global Wise Platform issues (audit and regulatory findings, self-identified issues) and collaborate closely with all impacted regions on the remediation plan and second line review confirming effective remediation.
Document and maintain issues and incidents in Audit Board with risk assessment, remediation plan and status updates.
Qualifications
Experience: 3-5 years in financial crime compliance, with experience in correspondent banking and products from an AML/CFT perspective.
Knowledge: Strong knowledge of global financial crime regulations and international recommendations, with a particular focus on correspondent banking services.
Communication: Excellent communication, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders across different functions and levels of seniority.
Analytical: Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and produce clear and concise reports.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in law, finance or other related area. Additional certifications such as ACAMS or ICA are beneficial.
🚀 Starting salary: £63,000 - £87,000 + RSU's in a growing company
💪 An annual self-development budget
❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption
❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay
🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life
🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
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