Surveillance Team Lead

Were looking for an energetic and experienced Team Lead to join the Surveillance team in Austin Texas. This role is a unique opportunity to develop a high performing team while leveraging your knowledge and experience to help millions more potential customers by using Wise!

The Surveillance team has a working understanding of inherent risks associated with high risk activities customer types country risks and their respective mitigation measures.  The investigation accommodates any legal regulatory and operating requirements unique to specific business sectors or jurisdictions to make sure the customers activities fall within the Wise Acceptable Use Policy.

The Surveillance Team Lead is a people lead with a mindset that allows them to build processes that put our customers first while being aware of the risks surrounding the industry specific products and requirements set to us by regulations and partners.

The primary purpose of this position is to lead a team of specialists who evaluate and assess customers mitigate risks associated with them  while ensuring compliance with the established AML/CFT regulations policies and Wises risk appetite.

People leading

• Hire lead develop and manage the Surveillance team including amongst others administrative tasks such as scheduling interviewing hiring etc;

• Organise team activities and maintain a high team morale and a strong sense of community.;

• Measure team performance KPIs plan capacity and maintain focus on the customer experience as well as regulatory/ audit requirements;

• Foster the learning development and career trajectory of analysts on your team and perform regular talent mapping review sessions;

Processes / Project management

• AUP Expertise: Ensure compliance with our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) by regularly reviewing applying and mitigating risks related to the policy. Maintain a deep understanding of its scope requirements and impact across the organization.

• Risk Evaluation: Analyze and assess the potential risks associated with control changes within systems processes or projects. Provide recommendations to mitigate risks and ensure that changes align with internal policies and external regulations.

• Develop clear concise and wellsupported proposals to present to 2LOD/Compliance Oversight for approval. Proposals should outline the risks benefits and impact of proposed changes or adjustments to control mechanisms.

• Develop effective operational processes task allocation training and performance management to deliver regulatory obligations risk management quality assurance and great customer experience with a tightly managed cost base.

• Understand and manage training the team on our regulatory obligations how our policies fulfil them and our riskbased approach to deterring and preventing money laundering and financial crime;

• Ensure appropriate documentation of new processes procedures and methodologies;

• Measure and work towards improving team KPIs and meeting SLAs;

• Work with product compliance and other financial crime operational  teams to manage operational impact of changes and identify opportunities to improve the customer experience increase automation or improve operational efficiencies.

• Develop client riskmitigation strategies and solutions by having an indepth understanding of their risks drafting riskbased proposals overseeing the implementation of said strategies and tracking efficacy/performance

• Tackle other ad hoc duties. 

Domain expertise

• Be able to represent policies processes and auditable investigation work to regulators and auditors;

• Communicate with customers as required to handle escalated or complicated cases with strong customer empathy as well as clear communication of decisions and policies; 

• Stay up to date on new regulations and ensure continual best practices across the transaction monitoring investigative process are effective

• Be able to roll up the sleeves and perform basic aspects of your teams work

Qualifications :

• You have very good verbal and written English any other languages are a plus;

• You have excellent analytical communication and writing skills as well as the ability to move teams metrics/KPIs;

• You have a good understanding of the regulatory framework as well as KYC/AML procedures surrounding financial products and services;

• You have at least Bachelors degree or higher preferably Law;

• You have a minimum of 3 years experience working in the financial sector; preferably experience in a risk or compliancefocused role within the FinTech industry;

• You have previous experience leading a team internationally and remotely; strong ownership over operational management and people leading;

• You are selfdriven and motivated; proven track record of taking ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great teamplayer

• You have previous experience in service delivery topics as well as experience working with Product Compliance and Engineering teams;

• You have strong project management skills in the Risk and Compliance domain; Familiarity with regulatory requirements internal policies and industry standards;

• You have great communication and presentations skills to assist on internal and external projects and audits;

• Strong experience in the application and risk mitigation of Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) within operational and technical environments;

• Strong understanding of the AUP capable of evaluating and understanding risks associated with control changes; able to independently write proposals to 2LOD;

• You have the ability to multitask take responsibility in challenging situations and work well in uncertainty;

Additional Information :

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Were 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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime