Lead Data Analyst - Risk and Controls

Location: Global

Team: General

About the Role

Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money with min fees, max ease, and full speed. We’re seeking a Lead Data Analyst - Risk and Controls to partner with product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams, driving data-driven decisions to build and scale risk controls and assurance across our products. This team ensures continuous regulatory compliance, building guardrails so customers can transact with peace of mind, knowing their accounts and funds are safe and products adhere to global standards. You’ll scale risk data infrastructure for granular metric analysis, build control monitoring metrics, establish efficiency frameworks balancing risk reduction and growth, and influence cross-functional decisions. Partnering closely with FinCrime, you’ll add regional lenses to global risk engines. Enjoy the freedom to choose your impact path, grow as a Product Analyst, and gain exposure to multidisciplinary teams while redefining international payments at scale. London-based (Global team), £75,000 - £100,000 annual salary (depending on experience), plus RSUs and comprehensive benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale and improve our risk data infrastructure to enable our regional teams to dissect metrics at granular levels to proactively identify and mitigate against drivers of risk
• Building out the metrics to monitor our controls and ensure that they are performing as required, as well as supporting control testing processes
• Establish control efficiency frameworks by analysing whether controls are effectively reducing risk while not adversely impacting growth
• Partner with product, engineering, product risk and compliance and other cross-functional stakeholders to influence decisions with data around regional controls and risk
• Partner closely with FinCrime to add a regional lens on global risk engines to ensure local risk typologies are monitored and appropriately managed

Required Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience
• Strong analytical mind and product intuition, centered around the banking and financial industry
• Experience working with technical teams (PMs, engineers, analysts)
• Relevant experience in a data driven and complex environment with limited guidance
• Understanding of events data - Mixpanel / Google Analytics / Amplitude or similar

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Crime and/or Customer Onboarding domain
• Knowledge of the fintech ecosystem
• Knowledge of utilities like Airflow/Github/DBT
• Experience with user-facing products and data

Required Skills

• Technical skill-set in Python
• Advanced SQL
• BI tools
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate data into compelling narratives
• Hustler-mentality
• Experience working with technical teams

Benefits

• RSUs (stock options)
• Flexible working
• Parental leave
• Learning budget
• Paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Health insurance
• Company retreat
• Wise card

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