Compliance Senior Manager

About the Position

We are looking for a Compliance Senior Manager to join our EU FinCrime Compliance Monitoring & Testing (CMT) team. In this role, you’ll work closely with our EU CMT Lead to help create, manage, and execute EU-focused FinCrime monitoring and testing/assurance programs that protect Wise and our customers from financial crime.

Responsibilities

• Planning: Collaborate with the EU CMT Lead to define the annual review plans and ensure their timely execution.
• Governance: Support the Lead with the regular management and board-level reporting on key findings, trends, and risk levels, ensuring stakeholders have visibility into compliance performance.
• Control testing & issue validation: Lead the control reviews end-to-end from Scoping to Reporting as well as our issue validation work, ensuring the team appropriately follows our methodologies & best practices and every deliverable meets top-quality standards.
• Monitoring: Oversee the execution of monitoring activities over key FinCrime risks, looking for compliance gaps and actionable insights, and review the monitoring reports that will be shared with management.
• Coaching & Development: Provide guidance and training to junior CMT team members on an ongoing basis, helping them understand methodologies, test scripts, and best practices.
• Stakeholder management: Work closely with key senior stakeholders from all three Lines of Defense (Operations, Product, Compliance, Internal Audit) to ensure the effective and impactful delivery of our CMT reviews and our continued alignment with regulatory and business priorities.

Requirements

• Experience: Demonstrable experience (>8 years) conducting and leading assurance reviews & issue validation work within Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, or Audit functions; experience in a payments or fintech environment preferred.
• Knowledge: Strong knowledge of Financial Crime regulations, testing methodologies, and risk assessment frameworks, particularly in relation to EU rules and global compliance requirements.
• Team & Quality management: Experience managing a small team on a day-to-day basis, prioritizing work to meet deadlines, and coaching more junior team members to help them develop and ensure they deliver high-quality work.
• Skills: Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into effective monitoring and testing activities and to engage with senior stakeholders in an effective manner.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, or related fields. Relevant certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA) are preferred.

We Offer

• Make an Impact: Directly influence Wise’s FinCrime strategy, protecting our customers globally and shaping the evolution of our compliance framework.
• Career Growth: Immerse yourself in a fast-paced environment with opportunities to learn, develop, and grow alongside some of the brightest in the industry.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a diverse team that thrives on innovation, passionate about driving lasting change in international finance.
• Great Perks: From stock options to private medical insurance, and from flexible working to generous parental leave, we’ve got you covered.

About the Company

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. 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.

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.

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Job Location

India