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Job DescriptionSanctions Advisory Senior Compliance Manager
We’re looking for a Sanctions Advisory manager to join our growing FinCrime Oversight team. Sanctions is a key function in our oversight team. This role is hands-on, a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission, grow as a sanctions and compliance leader, and help save millions of more people’s money while protecting Wise from compliance risks.
Your mission:
At Wise we believe that people who are closest to risks are the best placed to identify and address these. We are looking for a Sanctions expert who will work with our product and compliance teams to ensure our sanctions controls are fit for purpose today and as we continue to scale.
This is a second line role looking after US sanctions but will work closely with counterparts across the globe.
Duties and responsibilities:
Develop and implement an effective sanctions risk framework working closely with the product and compliance officers in the US, UK and EU.
Implement a process to proactively identify thematic issues/ areas for improvement and ensure their remediation is prioritized in line with the risk they pose.
Build a means to report issues, risks and opportunities for enhancement to senior management to give them confidence in our sanctions program
Collaborate with our in-house Sanctions Product Compliance, Product and Engineering teams to strengthen controls
Identify opportunities to improve the customer experience by improving our controls, operational processes, or removing controls in line with regulation and risk requirements.
Create processes to demonstrate our product, compliance and operational effectiveness and structure
Represent Wise on discussions with Regulators, Bank Partners, and Auditors.
Work with teams across Wise to ensure our sanctions program and controls are fit for purpose such as RFIs, Wise Platform, KYC and Payment operations.
Skills/requirements:
Proven experience in a sanctions advisory role within the financial services industry with at least 7+ years of experience
An understanding of SWIFT payments, cross border payments, card payments, prepaid access accounts and trade finance
Ability to drive projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Previous experience with senior management reporting
Strong subject matter expertise of OFAC financial sanctions regimes and regulations, knowledge of other markets such as UK, EU, and Canada a plus.
Organizational awareness including working knowledge or risks, products, processes, and controls
Experience managing a range of different stakeholders internally and externally
Excellent communication abilities, both written and oral
You have proven track record of taking ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great team-player
You are able to persevere in a fast paced environment
Nice to haves:
Data expert that can use data to determine control effectiveness, measure customer impact and articulate risk
Prior experience at a fintech
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Skills Required
- Proven experience in a sanctions advisory role within the financial services industry
- At least 7+ years of experience
- Strong subject matter expertise of OFAC financial sanctions regimes
- Experience managing a range of different stakeholders internally and externally
- Excellent communication abilities, both written and oral
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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.
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