Compliance Senior Manager- Fraud Controls

Job Description

Wise is seeking a Senior Manager to join its financial crime compliance oversight team in North America. The role involves working closely with the NorthAm Financial Crime Compliance Lead and a team in second line compliance. Key responsibilities include:

• Effective mitigation of financial crime risks for onboarding and ongoing customer due diligence programs.
• Providing advice and guidance to other teams and stakeholders on BSA and AML/CTF regulations, as well as related Wise policies and procedures.
• Developing and maintaining the compliance FinCrime oversight framework, particularly on AML and Fraud investigations and controls.
• Challenging first line teams on control development and providing approvals on any changes, new products, or features.
• Representing financial crime compliance oversight both internally and externally to regulators, auditors, and partners.
• Serving as a member of the US SAR committee, providing feedback to the SAR Reporting Team.
• Contributing to the company’s annual Financial Crime Risk Assessment for Wise US Inc.
• Horizon scanning of new FinCrime regulatory developments and overseeing their implementation.
• Identifying key areas of risk and developing mitigation plans.
• Defining and monitoring MI/KRIs for covered areas, escalating concerns with clear recommendations.

About the Role

This role offers a tailored learning program in combination with executing on real problems. Upon successful completion, you will transition into a full-time member of the Wise Product team!

Company Description

At Wise, our mission is to provide money services without borders, ensuring instant, convenient, and eventually free transactions. With over 16 million users and businesses worldwide, Wise processes over £9 billion in cross-border transactions monthly, saving customers over £1.5 billion annually. Our services cover personal users, freelancers, small businesses, and even large enterprises and banks, offering over 50 currencies for customers to manage and convert funds.