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.
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Job DescriptionWe are looking for a Sanctions Team Lead to help build and guide our newly established Sanctions Screening team in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of our Brazil operations, mentor a growing team of specialists, and directly impact Wise’s compliance mission. If you are a natural leader who thrives on navigating complex regulatory changes, developing talent, and optimizing investigative workflows, this role is for you.
Your mission:
Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Our customers can also manage their hard-earned money with the world’s first platform to offer true multi-currency banking.
We’re looking for a Sanctions Team Lead to lead our new Sanctions team in Sao Paulo, Brazil..
The main purpose of the team is to screen Wise customers against sanctioned entities and carry out complex investigations on the alerts.
Here’s how you’ll be contributing to the Sanctions Screening team:
Hire, lead, develop and manage a Sanctions team, including amongst others administrative tasks such as scheduling, interviewing, organising team activities etc.
Measure team's KPIs, plan capacity and maintain focus on customer experience; as well as taking ownership of various projects
Develop effective operational processes, task allocation, training and performance management to deliver a great customer experience with a tightly managed cost base
Collaborate with Wise’s Quality team to maintain a high quality of sanctions checks that were performed by the team
Take decisions within our policy framework and working with compliance to evolve both our policies and processes
Understand and manage training the team on our regulatory obligations, how our policies fulfil them and our risk-based approach to deterring and preventing money laundering and financial crime
Able to represent the policies, processes and auditable screening work to regulators and auditors
Work with third party management, outsourcing partners, product teams, customer support and across compliance to manage operational impact of changes and identify opportunities to improve the customer experience, increase automation or improve operational efficiencies.
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.
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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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