Safeguarding Controller - APAC

About the Position

Safeguarding Controller - APAC

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.

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Responsibilities

• Play a crucial role in ensuring that new product launches are compliant with safeguarding regulations and controlled in a proportionate manner
• Ensure completeness of our policies and procedures and coordinate with individual controllers to obtain attestations of the controls operation and alignment to the controls framework
• Coordinate and implement a first line of defence assurance for APAC safeguarding controls
• Maintain the APAC safeguarding risk and controls matrix for the APAC entities
• Serve as the first point of escalation of discrepancies identified by the Reconciliations team for safeguarding reconciliations and provide SME advice on their resolution and treatment
• Be involved in the incidents management process and link incidents to control failures, which will enable senior management to see themes within the control environment
• Handle MAS regulatory reporting and other safeguarding regulatory reporting preparation
• Coordinate the annual safeguarding audit
• Help document, challenge and build an end-to-end view of our internal control environment to illustrate key risks, controls and processes. This will all be done within our internal risk management software

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Requirements

• Technical knowledge: 5-8 years of customer protection framework under Payment Services Act 2019 or Securities and Futures Act 2001 or another equivalent jurisdiction in APAC (Singapore preferred) across investment business and/or payments.
• Theory: Strong understanding of Payments Services Act (PSA) under MAS.
• Practice: Sound writing skills and ability to convey regulation in a clear manner to colleagues who are not SMEs and communicate key risks related to these regulations.
• Love getting things done: Proactive approach in resolving complex issues.
• Commercial acumen: Understanding the value of taking a balanced approach to risk and controls to support the growth of the business.
• Collaborative: Ability to work well in a multinational team environment and have an impact through others.
• Development: Keen to learn and develop knowledge of how a FinTech and fast-growing scale-up operates.

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We Offer

• Competitive salary: SGD 8250 - SGD 13000 monthly
• Full-time position
• Opportunity to grow with the role and develop technical skills
• Exposure to key senior members of the organization
• Involvement in several change management programs relating to regulatory uplifts and new product implementations
• Excellent platform for stepping into the safeguarding function of a fast-growing Fintech
• In-depth knowledge of Wise’s business and partnership with many teams across the organization

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About the Company

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.

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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