Compliance Specialist

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
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Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Wise is one of the fastest growing fintechs in the world and we’re on a mission to make money without borders a new norm
The Role
The Compliance Specialist will manage regulatory obligations, oversee compliance incidents, conduct gap analysis, and support remediation efforts. They will coordinate with cross-functional teams and document compliance issues and progress.
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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

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.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Compliance Specialist to join our growing North America Regulatory Oversight Compliance team. In this role, you’ll be a key partner in managing our regulatory obligations, particularly as they relate to ongoing regulatory reporting and regulatory compliance.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and lead our efforts in determining Reg applicability helping ensure Wise remains compliant as we scale. You’ll 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 you're passionate about systems that make compliance smart, scalable, and transparent—and you’re excited to work at the intersection of tech and financial services regulation—we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications

As a Compliance Specialist, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring Wise's 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

For everyone, everywhere. 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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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The Company
8,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, 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 network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.

Why Work With Us

We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.

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Wise Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We expect new joiners in the office most days to build connections and learn from colleagues for their first six months. After that, most Wisers split their working week between the office and home, typically coming in at least 12 times a month.

Typical time on-site: Not Specified
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