Compliance Specialist

Were looking for a Compliance Specialist to join our growing North America Regulatory Oversight Compliance this role youll be a key partner in managing our regulatory obligations particularly as they relate to ongoing regulatory reporting and regulatory compliance.

Youll work closely with cross-functional teams and lead our efforts in determining Reg applicability helping ensure Wise remains compliant as we scale. Youll also help shape and evolve our second-line compliance framework providing critical insights to product operations and leadership teams and helping embed compliance into everything we do.

If youre passionate about systems that make compliance smart scalable and transparentand youre excited to work at the intersection of tech and financial services regulationwed love to hear from you.

Qualifications :

As a Compliance Specialist youll play a pivotal role in ensuring Wises adherence to regulatory requirements 

Wise operates in a fast-changing global environment. Your primary task is to maintain a comprehensive database (inventory) of the rules Wise must follow.

• Support the end-to-end management of compliance incidents issues and control gaps from identification and triage through remediation and closure.

• Review and assess compliance incidents regulatory breaches audit findings complaints and internal control issues to determine impact materiality and escalation needs.

• Maintain issue logs and tracking mechanisms ensuring actions owners timelines dependencies and supporting evidence are clearly documented.

• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify underlying drivers of issues and required corrective or preventive actions.

• Map incidents and issues to relevant regulatory requirements internal policies procedures and controls to support impact assessment and remediation design.

• Partner with first line product operations legal and other cross-functional teams to coordinate remediation plans and monitor progress to closure.

• Support the preparation of issue updates incident summaries and management reporting for governance forums senior stakeholders audits and regulatory engagements.

• Help strengthen issue management processes governance and reporting to support a more effective and sustainable compliance management framework.

About you: 

• Very detail-oriented

• Ability to meet tight deadlines

• Discretion and personal integrity especially in regards to sensitive financial personal and corporate information

• Ability to be both reactive and help solve problems in the moment as well as proactive building longer term solutions using data-driven decision making

• Experience (or interest) in working at a fast-paced internet technology or financial services companies in risk or compliance

• Experience using G-Suite Office Confluence Jira and collaborative tools (e.g. Slack Teams)

• 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: 

• Experience working in the Money Services Business (MSB) industry

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

• Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager or similar qualification

• Prior experience working with the CFPB OCC and/or state regulator (e.g. NYDFS DFPI)

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 :

Full-time