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We are looking for a Senior Product Compliance Manager to develop Wise's Financial Crime control framework for Digital Assets from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity for the first individual at Wise to specialise in financial controls focused on this area.
In this critical first-line role, you will design and implement financial crime controls and work closely with our second-line compliance, product, and engineering teams to ensure our digital assets offerings fully comply with applicable anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions regulations.
Responsibilities will include:
Control framework: Design a control framework for blockchain monitoring, on-chain transaction screening, and digital wallet screening. Collaborate with product teams to ensure the control framework and its controls are implemented appropriately.
Advisory: Serve as the primary subject matter expert on financial crime risks related to digital assets, providing guidance to product, engineering, compliance and legal teams.
Due diligence: Support with due diligence reviews of Wise’s partners in the digital assets space
Risk Assessment: Conduct financial crime risk assessments to identify and mitigate emerging financial crime risks within our digital assets offerings and report those to the relevant internal committees.
Regulatory support: Assist with digital assets license applications and responses to regulatory inquiries and audits.
A bit about you:
Experience: 5+ years of experience in a financial crime compliance, risk, or legal role within the digital assets/crypto industry
Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of blockchain technology, stablecoins, and virtual assets
Familiarity with compliance technologies for on-chain analytics (e.g., Chainalysis, Elliptic).
Regulatory Expertise: Strong knowledge of global financial crime regulations, including the AMLD (Anti-Money Laundering Directive), FATF (Financial Action Task Force) guidance, and OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) sanctions.
Strong knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for digital assets such as MiCA, VARA, or equivalent regime.
Analytical Skills: Proven ability to analyze complex on-chain data and identify suspicious activity.
Proven self-starter: this role requires independent decision making and a strong sense of ownership.
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We’re making a positive, irreversible change in the world of finance. Together.
People on every continent around the world are choosing Wise to help them live, travel and work internationally. We’re the fairest, easiest way to send money overseas.
Built by and for people who live global lives, we make sending money abroad up to 8 times cheaper than the bank. This is money without borders - instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free.
For our customers, using Wise is as simple as sending money from A to B, but behind our app and website is a complex engine of currencies and routes, that’s being designed, built and powered by our talented teams in cities around the world.
We’re just at the beginning of our story and we’re growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone.
Why Work With Us
We are a mission-driven company, looking to change banking for the better. Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply. So, we’re building a new one. If you're looking for an autonomous work environment, where you'll face cool challenges, learn and grow, you'll like working at Wise
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