Lead Product Analyst - AML Handling

Wise; London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global technology company is seeking a passionate FinCrime Analyst to join their mission of Money Without Borders. In this role, you will leverage your quantitative skills to combat financial crime while enhancing user experience. You will collaborate with diverse teams to expose valuable data insights, develop automation use cases, and drive improvements in investigation processes. This role offers the chance to influence team direction through data-driven decision-making and be part of a positive global change, making financial transactions simpler and more transparent for users worldwide. Join a dynamic team dedicated to diversity and empowerment.

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Flexible Working Hours

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional data analysis experience.
• Strong quantitative skills in relevant scientific fields.

Responsibilities

• Drive data-driven growth decisions and combat financial crime.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to enhance security.

Skills

Quantitative Skills

SQL

Python/R

Data Visualization Tools

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Statistics, Maths, Physics, Engineering, or Related Field

Tools

Looker

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

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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.

Job Description

More about our mission and what we offer.

About This Role

Lead FinCrime Analyst - AML Handling

We’re looking for a FinCrime Analyst passionate about our mission of Money Without Borders to partner with our financial crime product teams. Your role will involve driving data-driven growth decisions and combating financial crime.

At Wise, we balance user experience with risk prevention. Our AML team aims to stay ahead of money laundering activities while providing a seamless customer experience. You will innovate and implement controls that enhance security without compromising user convenience.

You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers to translate insights into real change for our customers.

Your Mission

At Wise, our mission is Money Without Borders — instant, convenient, transparent, and eventually free. Whether our customers are sending money abroad, spending money abroad, or making international business payments, Wise aims to simplify and save money for them.

Here’s how you’ll contribute to the Financial Crime team:

• Expose vast process data to product teams in a meaningful, actionable way, enabling proactive access without friction or analyst assistance
• Contribute to and track key metrics for your product and operational teams, ensuring accountability
• Support stakeholders through research, reports, and visualizations
• Work with data scientists to develop automation use cases, including LLMs, within investigation and reporting processes
• Build frameworks for managing risk and customer experience at scale
• Drive discovery by scoping new opportunities and suggesting improvements for investigation tooling and processes
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Operations teams

This role offers opportunities to:

• Be part of positive global change, fixing a broken system and empowering people and businesses
• Create value from extensive datasets across a global payment infrastructure
• Influence team direction through data-driven decision-making
• Learn from a diverse, international team of professionals

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative skills, preferably in statistics, maths, physics, engineering, or a scientific field
• Experience with SQL and Python/R
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate business problems into analytical solutions
• Ability to independently structure problems, prioritize, and simplify complex ideas
• Hustler mentality — proactive and results-oriented
• Experience with data visualization tools (Looker, PowerBI, Tableau)
• 4+ years of professional data analysis experience

Additional Information

• Base salary: £75,000–£100,000 GBP gross annually (based on experience and interview outcomes)
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) & other benefits: benefits details

We’re committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, believing diverse teams are our strength. We celebrate differences and foster an environment where everyone feels respected, empowered, and able to grow.

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