Senior Product Compliance & Risk Manager - India
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About the Position
Senior Product Compliance & Risk Manager - India
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.
Responsibilities
- Designing and improving products and controls: Leverage your deep understanding of the Wise product and regulatory requirements and risks to support new product launches. This includes communicating requirements in clear, practical terms, and taking a risk-based, scalable approach with the customer experience front-of-mind when designing, uplifting and implementing controls.
- Regulatory and financial crime risk management: Stay ahead of trends and the regulatory agenda in India, identify, assess and present risks quantitatively and qualitatively in clear and understandable terms, and work collaboratively to define and execute on risk mitigation plans.
- Regulatory change and remediation: Conduct regulatory gap analyses, define and scope actions to remediate gaps, and ensure implementation plans are executed in a timely manner. Collaborate with global teams to identify synergies with programs of work already completed or underway across the Wise Group, and ensure Wise Product teams are aware of the most recent regulations and guidance.
- External engagements: Represent Wise through external engagements such as audits and regulatory inspections, including explaining and defending our controls, and developing and executing remediation plans.
Requirements
- Expertise in regulatory and financial crime compliance and risk management in India: With 10+ years experience in financial services (banking, fintech or consulting) and a deep understanding of the expectations of local regulators/policymakers.
- High levels of ownership and autonomy: Ability to proactively identify improvement opportunities or areas of elevated risk, prioritise, and drive work from inception to completion at pace with limited oversight.
- Problem-solving attitude: Ability to analyse and interpret complex regulatory and risk management frameworks, and to exercise sound judgement in proposing and implementing customer-centric and scalable solutions.
- Strong communication skills: Ability to effectively interact with different audiences (from Product & Engineering teams to external auditors and regulators such as the RBI).
- Strong collaboration skills: To work effectively with different stakeholders globally (such as Product, Risk and Compliance), and to influence without authority.
- Willingness to travel: As Wise offices are located across different countries.
- Legally authorised to work in India or Singapore.
Nice to Have
- Previous experience in working in a fintech or a similar fast-paced environment.
- Previous experience working with a PA-CB and/or ADII licensee.
- Experience working in cross-border teams.
We Offer
- Opportunity to grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge at full speed, with high levels of ownership and autonomy.
- Collaborate with amazing teams both locally and globally to build state-of-the-art products for our customers that are compliant-by-design.
- Be empowered to identify problems and opportunities, and take a lead in the solution design and implementation.
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.
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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