Fraud Senior Manager: Financial Crime Product Compliance

Company Description

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.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

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 Senior Manager to join the Wise mission, who will work across our Product and Compliance teams to take our fraud program to the next level. This is an exciting, hands-on opportunity working directly with product managers, data analysts and engineers to launch and manage compliant products. 

This individual will work closely with our fraud teams to ensure our global controls strike the right balance for our customers and our compliance requirements, to prevent and detect financial crime. 

Your mission:

• Collaborate with financial crime product teams to help define controls and support in the interpretation of global regulation to ensure our in house built fraud product is best in class

• Identify and drive enhancements that could improve our customer experience, unlock growth, improve our operational processes

• Use data to define the effectiveness of fraud controls and support the implementation of an ongoing testing strategy

• Work with and support our product teams to implement and prioritise fraud control improvements to strengthen our program while finding ways to create efficiencies

• As improvements are identified in audits or by third parties, define project plans and facilitate their implementation

• Perform periodic reviews to ensure our controls remain complaint; reviewing changing regulations and industry guidance

• Contribute to the mapping and assessment of controls as part of the annual financial crime risk assessment

• Be a thought leader in fraud and represent Wise externally with third parties, regulators, other financial institutions, and industry working groups

Qualifications

A bit about you

We are looking for someone passionate about payments, fintech and compliance risk management and with an eye on the future. You should have:

• Minimum 6 years experience working within anti-fraud / financial crime domain with particular focus on implementing control enhancements

• Domain expertise in an area such as card fraud or transfer/payment fraud is desirable

• Fraud or financial crime certifications are desirable (e.g. ICA, ACAMS)

• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to develop financial crime controls

• Clear communication, project coordination, and management skills

• Strong data analytics skills, with comfort using a BI tool such as Looker

• A sense of camaraderie and good humour while under pressure or tight deadlines

• Wisdom, a world view and talent for thinking outside the box

• Professionalism and high integrity

• Willingness to challenge teams and themselves on how to best serve our customers, while keeping processes robust and compliant!

• In-person collaboration in our London office required, including international travel to work with colleagues in other offices worldwide

Additional Information

What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary

• Generous stock options package

• Lots of awesome Wise benefits including private medical insurance, a paid sabbatical every 4 years, work from anywhere policies, dog-friendly offices, parental leave, and many more covered on this website - https://wise.jobs/what-we-offer

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, where and what you studied isn't important to us. If you’ve got great experience, the right skills for the role and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.

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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