Group Wise Platform Compliance Senior Manager (Wise Platform) - Correspondent Services

Location: Global

Team: General

About the Role

Wise Platform is revolutionizing how financial institutions and large enterprises offer world-class payment products to their customers by leveraging Wise’s cutting-edge infrastructure. As the Group Wise Platform Compliance Senior Manager (Correspondent Services), you will spearhead the development and oversight of our Group financial crime compliance program. This pivotal role involves building second-line policies, providing strategic governance, and delivering check-and-challenge to the first line, while supporting UK compliance on partner onboardings and incident management—all to ensure compliant, scalable growth across our global operations spanning London, Singapore, Austin, and beyond. In this cross-functional leadership position, you’ll lead strategic projects, conduct risk assessments, advise on onboarding and monitoring enhancements, and manage incidents with precision using tools like Jira and Audit Board. Collaborating with regional compliance officers, product, engineering, and commercial teams, you’ll navigate complex global regulations, particularly in correspondent banking, to mitigate financial crime risks and drive Wise Platform’s mission forward. With a salary range of £83,000 to £118,000 plus RSUs, hybrid working, and Wise’s inclusive culture, this is your chance to shape the future of money movement without borders. Join a startup within a scale-up, where diverse, equitable teams empower everyone to contribute. If you have 7+ years in financial crime compliance, deep AML/CFT expertise in correspondent services, and a passion for enabling growth through robust compliance, apply to make a global impact at Wise.

Key Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining second line policies, frameworks and procedures for Wise Platform’s Group financial crime compliance program, including coordinating regional input to take account of local requirements
• Lead strategic projects from the second line’s perspective to support the compliant growth of Wise Platform’s business
• Review global MI and KRIs for Wise platform and perform trend analysis to identify emerging risks
• Review and approve product risk assessments from a group perspective and coordinate regional reviews as needed
• Financial crime advisory to first line teams on global escalations, control enhancements, product and/or market expansions
• Support the UK Compliance Team in reviewing partner onboardings and performing initial due diligence on UK Platform issues/incidents before DMLRO review
• Coordinate the second line response and lead the root cause analysis for global Wise Platform incidents including collaborating with impacting regions on an effective remediation plan
• Provide support to regional Wise Platform Compliance Officers in respect of External stakeholder management and Regulatory, audit and CMT reviews

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years in financial crime compliance, with experience in managing correspondent banking customers and products from an AML/CFT perspective
• Strong knowledge of global financial crime regulations, particularly for the UK, and international recommendations, with a particular focus on correspondent banking services
• Experience in leading strategic financial crime projects enabling compliant growth of a key business area
• Adept at collaborating cross-functionally and managing competing priorities across compliance, product and commercial teams
• Bachelor’s degree in law, finance or other related area

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional certifications such as ACAMS or ICA

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Leadership skills
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
• Solution-oriented approach to challenging first line
• Risk management and trend analysis
• Incident and issue management
• Governance and strategic oversight
• Cross-regional collaboration
• Policy and framework development

Benefits

• RSUs (stock options)
• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 working from home
• Working hours - 9am to 6pm
• Health insurance
• Learning budget
• Paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Company retreat
• Wise card

Wise is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse workforce.