Senior Product Compliance & Risk Manager - Latam

About the Position

Senior Product Compliance & Risk Manager - Latam

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.

We are looking for a candidate ready to leverage their Latin American regulatory compliance experience in a dynamic, fintech environment. This is an exciting, hands-on opportunity working directly with product managers, analysts, and engineers to launch and manage compliant products.

Responsibilities

Collaborate on Product Design:

• Empower Product Teams to build risk-based products, processes, and controls;
• Collaborate to design practical and customer-oriented product solutions while ensuring full compliance of the product;
• Perform pre-launch and ongoing product compliance legal and regulatory analysis and risk assessments;
• Design scalable and customer-centric solutions to regulatory requirements; and
• Offer effective advice to Product Managers on existing and forthcoming Regulations, gaps, and risks.

Manage and Mitigate Regulatory Risks and the Control Environment:

• As part of the Product Compliance & Risk Team, you will identify and manage LatAm Regulatory Risks across all products offered to and for customers in the fast-growing LatAm region;
• Oversee the control environment, designing effective, creative, and targeted controls and evaluating the residual risk exposure;
• Collaborate with Compliance colleagues to ensure Wise Product Teams are constantly aware of the most recent regulations and guidance; and
• Work with Product Teams and the wider Compliance & Risk Team to implement and maintain Management Information that enables Wise to make informed decisions at the regional and Global levels.

Audit, Issue Management, and Remediation:

• Conduct audit management and, where required, challenge audit findings in collaboration with Compliance second line and Product teams;
• Develop and deliver effective issue management to mitigate regulatory risks;
• Represent Wise in meetings with Banking Partners and the Central Bank, being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wise’s products and compliance framework.

Requirements

• Regulatory-legal background and Financial Regulation advisory experience, comfortable interpreting LatAm regulations;
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively;
• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value-added recommendations;
• Problem-solving attitude, with the ability to use regulations together with data to drive business decisions;
• Experience (or interest) in working in a fast-growing environment and working directly with product teams;
• Willing to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: MXN 160,000 - MXN 210,000 monthly
• Full-time position
• Opportunity to grow your hands-on Regulatory cross-border payments knowledge at full speed
• Keep compliance right at the heart of the product development cycle, in a fast-moving environment
• Be empowered to identify ‘regulatory problems’ 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. 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.

Job Location

• Country: Mexico
• Type: On-site