Compliance Manager

Your mission: 

As a Compliance Monitoring and Testing Manager (Compliance Oversight) youll play a pivotal role in ensuring Wises adherence to regulatory requirements particularly concerning our second-line monitoring and testing program banking partners audits and examinations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design control testing plans and evaluate compliance with rules and regulations.

• Audit & Examination Management: Lead the preparation and management of regulatory examinations and audits ensuring timely and accurate responses.

• Compliance Framework Development: Support the development and maintenance of Wises Regulatory Compliance oversight framework including policies and procedures.

• Build trust within our teams: deliver meaningful controls testing - scoping reviews controls assessments and any findings.   

• Work with teams to ensure regulatory compliance issues are remediated in line with agreed timelines.

• You proactively communicate solutions to address control gaps or how our processes can be enhanced. 

• Work with teams to educate them about the US and CA regulatory requirements and empower teams to build risk based processes which are clearly documented. 

• Oversee and maintain a healthy compliance culture throughout the organisation.

• Adapt your focus on different compliance issues depending on growth plans and compliance needs.

• Risk Assessment: Execute and enhance quarterly monitoring across key risk areas and assist in the preparation of committee and board reports.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with operational finance product and engineering teams to ensure compliance is integrated into business processes.

About you: 

• Previous monitoring and testing experience within a Financial Regulation advisory role or experience in a Compliance/Legal department Financial Crime Oversight Risk and Controls function or in a consultancy environment;  

• J.D. Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager or similar qualification

• Familiar with regulations and processes related to Financial Crime Reg E UDAAP E-Sign Act and state Money Transmission License 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; 

• Strong presentation skills;

• 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; 

• Willing to travel as Wise offices are located across different countries; and

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Some extra skills that would be great: 

• Familiarity with tools such as Excel Confluence Jira and Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) platforms.

• Experience working with international teams and understanding of global regulatory environments.

Were people without borders without judgment or prejudice too. We want to work with the best people no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission youll fit right in.

Also qualifications arent that important to us. If youve got great experience and youre great at articulating your thinking wed like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products wed especially love to hear from you if youre from an under-represented demographic.

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