Product Compliance & Risk Manager MEA
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are looking for a candidate ready to leverage their MEA regulatory and financial crime 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.
Your mission:
Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Your mission is to enable our MEA Product team to launch new products grow our presence and manage compliance risks in the region through a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and regulator expectations around them. Your main focus markets will be South Africa and Israel with the potential to cover additional countries as we grow.
This is a first line of defense hands-on role embedded in the MEA Product Squad.
Heres how youll be contributing to the MEA Regulatory Product Compliance and Risk team in the first line:
Collaborate to design practical and customer-oriented product solutions while ensuring full compliance of the product;
Perform pre-launch and ongoing product compliance legal risk assessments;
Offer effective advice to Product Managers on existing and forthcoming Regulations gaps and risks.
Manage and Mitigate Regulatory Risks and the Control Environment:
Oversee the control environment for MEA designing effective creative and targeted controls and evaluating the residual risk exposure;
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 Central Banks being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wises products and compliance framework.
This role will give you the opportunity to:
Grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge at full speed.
Build best-in-class products that are compliant for our regulators and partners.
Influence and be a part of Wises commercial and product strategy in MEA
About you:
At least 6 years experience in regulatory and/or financial crime compliance within a financial technology company; added bonus if focused on South Africa and/or Israel
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.
Additional Information :
For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.
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 :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Arm
- Risk Management
- Financial Services
- Cybersecurity
- COSO
- PCI
- Root cause Analysis
- COBIT
- NIST Standards
- SOX
- Information Security
- RMF
About Company
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world. With the Wise account people and businesses can hold 40+ currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new cro ... View more
