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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.
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Job DescriptionWe are looking for a Product Risk and Compliance Lead to join our Financial Crime Product team, working in our first line of defence, to take our AML/CTF programme to the next level. This role is a unique opportunity to directly impact Wise’s mission, whilst developing your skills as a Product Compliance leader.
Your Mission
Your mission is to enable our global financial crime Product teams (e.g. Fraud, AML, KYC and Screening) to launch new, and enhance existing, financial crime controls. You will achieve this through a deep understanding of financial crime regulations, financial crime risks, and by maintaining direct communication with regulators, auditors and industry peers to understand expectations and areas of opportunity.
You will be responsible for a Financial Crime domain, leading a team to:
Collaborate with Product teams to help design controls and support in the interpretation of global regulation to ensure our in-house FinCrime product is best in class
Identify and drive enhancements that could improve customer experience, unlock growth, or improve our operational processes
Use data to define the effectiveness of controls and support the implementation of an ongoing testing program
Work with Product teams to implement and Prioritise control improvements to strengthen our program while finding ways to create efficiencies
Define and deliver project plans for improvements identified internally, by auditors or by third party stakeholders
Perform periodic reviews to ensure our controls remain complaint- reviewing changing regulations and industry guidance
Contribute to the monitoring, testing and assurance of controls as part of the annual financial crime risk assessment.
Minimum 10 years experience working within financial crime, with particular focus on implementing control enhancements
Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to develop financial crime controls
Strong data analytics skills which you’ve used to help articulate the health of a financial crime programme
The ability to drive decisions, convincing internal and external stakeholders on control design and product execution.
Experience leading teams, with expertise in scaling both team size and impact
Experience working across multiple financial crime regulatory regimes across the globe, with an appreciation for the variance across markets
Willingness to travel to Wise offices located across different countries
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.
What we offer: https://wise.jobs/what-we-offer
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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Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Global paid time off is presented as 33–36 days including local public holidays, plus three “Me Days,” with a paid six‑week sabbatical and stipend after four years. Work-from-anywhere for up to 90 days per year after six months further complements time away and flexibility.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — RSUs are granted to all employees, enabling broad ownership in the company. Equity is positioned as a standard, company‑wide component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous across markets, with U.S. pages listing up to 18 weeks fully paid for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non‑birthing parents. Additional family‑oriented supports such as onsite Mother’s Rooms and abortion travel benefits are noted in certain locations.
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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.
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