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Reviews and investigates sanctions screening alerts, analyzes transaction activity for money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions evasion, and escalates high-risk cases. Maintains investigation records, monitors regulatory updates, performs risk assessments, supports AML and sanctions control improvements, communicates with customers when necessary, and meets quality, productivity, and service-level targets while collaborating with KYC, Compliance, and Engineering teams.

Leads technology-focused internal audit activities globally, including IT audit planning, risk assessment, audit delivery, continuous monitoring, automation, analytics, reporting, and recommendation tracking. Builds and supervises the IT internal audit team, coordinates internal and external audit partners, and collaborates with stakeholders across regions. The role focuses on cloud-platform controls, technology risk, governance, assurance frameworks, and improving internal audit methodologies in a regulated fintech environment.

Own Wise Assets’ daily market abuse monitoring process, review and escalate alerts, refine surveillance rules with vendors, and improve control quality using Compliance feedback and operational data. Create SOPs, evidence standards, case documentation, and escalation guidance while collaborating with Compliance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and external vendors. The role also supports wider Assets Operations work and helps establish the market abuse control framework from the ground up.

Oversee multiple KYC Team Leads and analyst teams, ensuring high-quality customer due diligence reviews and operational performance. Lead people development, coaching, workforce planning, KPI and quality management, process improvement, automation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and escalations. Serve as a subject matter expert on KYC/AML regulations, financial crime prevention, risk-based approaches, audits, policies, and procedures while delivering team and departmental initiatives.

Leads FinCrime quality strategy and a team of Quality Leads and Specialists. Owns AML/CFT operational quality, risk-based QA, KPI and capacity planning, root-cause analysis, audit governance, escalations, and regulatory compliance. Partners with analytics, product, and operations teams to build dashboards, improve processes, reduce risk, and deliver cross-functional quality initiatives aligned with company objectives.

Lead the design, scalability, and execution of Wise Europe's financial crime compliance framework for platform partnerships. Oversee correspondent banking partner onboarding, ongoing monitoring, product launches, risk mitigation, control effectiveness, and key risk indicators. Advise Product, Operations, AMLCO, senior leadership, regulators, and external partners on complex AML decisions. Communicate strategic risk insights to the Board, defend compliance standards, and coach compliance specialists and cross-functional teams.

Leads multiple High Risk Assessment teams responsible for mitigating risks associated with high-risk customers and maintaining AML/CFT compliance. Oversees people, operations, performance, investigations, process improvement, resource allocation, and cross-team initiatives. Acts as a KYC and financial crime subject matter expert, coaches team leads, ensures regulatory and internal policy adherence, monitors KPIs, represents investigative work to auditors and senior leadership, and drives strategic execution across the organization.

Manage Wise’s Bank Account & Access Management framework, including bank account, signatory, and user-access records; execute SOX controls; review tickets and periodic access reviews; prepare operational reporting; maintain documentation; coordinate with Treasury, Payment Operations, Product, Engineering, Risk, Controls, and auditors; and support process improvements and related Treasury projects.

Leads Wise’s regional AML investigations function of approximately 200 employees, setting investigative strategy, managing performance and KPIs, filing SARs/STRs, mitigating financial crime risk, and ensuring regulatory readiness. Partners with product, engineering, compliance, and operations leaders to improve risk tooling, automate investigations, scale capacity, identify emerging threats, and maintain alignment with global AML standards. Oversees audits and regulatory exams while developing high-performing investigative teams.

Conduct enhanced due diligence and complex financial crime investigations for high-risk customers. Assess AML, sanctions, KYC, fraud, PEP, adverse media, and reputational risks; document defensible risk-based decisions; mentor compliance teams; improve controls and mitigation methods; support audits and regional deep dives; provide quality oversight; and report compliance concerns to senior leadership.