Regulatory Compliance Manager

Company Description

Since 2011, we’ve had a clear mission: money without borders. Built by and for people who live global lives, we’re the fairest, easiest way to manage your money across borders.
We’re just at the beginning of our story and we’re growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone.

We’re looking for a Compliance Manager to support our UK Electronic Money Institution (EMI) business and scale our Wise Account and supporting payments products. 

Based in London, you will work with a growing team of multidisciplinary specialists (Risk, Legal, Product, Treasury, Security, marketing) across the globe. You’ll help manage and strengthen the team’s approach to managing the regulatory risks, their governance and oversight.

Job Description

Payments advisory and growth

• Advise the business on regulatory requirements related to our UK Payments and Investment products 

• Handle escalations from first line product teams including check and challenge of regulatory analysis provided by our first line product compliance teams

• Supporting first line to identify relevant regulatory risks

• Reviewing regulatory changes applicable to our business 

• Drafting regulatory compliance policies 

• Challenging product implementation plans to ensure regulatory changes are implemented in a timely manner

• Work closely with the wider regulatory team to manage our policy framework, regulatory engagement and reporting in relation to our business.

• Work with the first line business owners to ensure findings from audits and monitoring and testing are remediated efficiently and effectively

• Provide regulatory training and self-help materials to assist the first line teams comply with regulatory obligations and compliance policies.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise’s business and get to know many teams across the company as you liaise with them to help them understand the regulatory framework and bring together the information that our regulators need.

• Help keep compliance right at the heart of our business by helping the team understand and comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

• Implement innovative and creative solutions with a technology and customer focused approach to help us achieve the Wise Mission.

A bit about you:

Our ideal candidate will have a regulatory advisory background, great communication and organisational skills, tons of motivation and positivity. More specifically, we’re looking for someone who can demonstrate they have these attributes:

• Theory. Experience with regulations: applicable to Payments and/or Investment businesses such as PSRs 2017 & EMRs 2011, applicable parts of the FCA handbook 

• Practice. You are able to conduct analysis on the UK Financial Regulations and provide comprehensive regulatory advice to the business

• Passion. You are a problem-solver. You get a kick out of finding innovative solutions and collaborating with different teams to deliver a mission.

• Get the job done. You have a sense of urgency and an ability to work well under pressure, prioritising, taking responsibility and and an ability to communicate priorities effectively to others

• Communication. You’re a strong relationship builder across all levels of the business and externally. You have the ability to influence others and empower teams to strengthen their processes to mitigate risks 

• Development. You’ve considered the challenges and development opportunities of working at a fast growing company. Here’s a taster of what it’s like working at Wise.

• Travel. The role is London-based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations. You’ll be ready to travel if needed.

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge at full speed; 

• Keep compliance right at the heart of the product development cycle, in a fast-moving environment;

• Be empowered to identify ‘regulatory problems’ and take a lead in the solution design and implementation;

Some extra skills that would be great: 

• Knowledge of merchant acquiring or CASS/Safeguarding regimes would be advantageous but not essential 

Additional Information

What we offer in return:

• £65,000-£80,000

• Generous stock options package

• Lots of awesome Wise benefits

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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