Senior Product Compliance Manager, Payments acquiring

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Product Compliance Manager to lead compliance efforts in the fast-paced payments sector. This role offers the chance to shape the Product Risk and Compliance Program, ensuring that acquiring services are delivered in a compliant manner across various markets. You will engage with stakeholders, manage projects, and drive compliance initiatives, all while growing your expertise in fintech. Join a diverse team committed to innovation and excellence in the financial services industry, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the company's mission to provide seamless cross-border transactions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in compliance, particularly in financial or payments institutions.
• Proven ability to manage projects with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Product Risk and Compliance Program for acquiring services.
• Collaborate with teams to implement regulatory requirements effectively.

Skills

Compliance Management

Regulatory Knowledge

Risk Assessment

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Law or Finance

Certifications in Compliance

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Senior Product Compliance Manager, Payments acquiring, London

Client: Wise

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 8b80aef196ce

Job Views: 5

Posted: 05.05.2025

Expiry Date: 19.06.2025

Job Description

Company Description

Your Mission: At Wise, we are fully devoted to our Mission: Money without borders. Instant, convenient, and eventually free. Over 16 million people and businesses use Wise, which processes over £9 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving customers over £ billion a year. We serve a wide range of customers from personal users, freelancers, small businesses, and increasingly even large enterprises and banks. Wise also offers over 50 currencies for customers to hold and convert money in. As an Associate Product Manager joining the Product Academy, you will be placed in one of our teams that both power Wise and ensure our customers have a safe and convenient experience when using us. You will build your skills in Product Management through a tailored learning program combined with real-world projects. After successful graduation from the Product Academy, you will transition into a full-time member of the Wise Product team.

Job Description

Your mission:

Wise has pioneered new ways for people and businesses to receive money across borders and currencies. Your mission is to shape the Product Risk and Compliance Program, enabling Wise to offer its acquiring services in more ways, to more Customers, in more Countries—all in a compliant manner.

This is a first line of defense, hands-on role, embedded in the Global Receive Product Squad.

You will own projects, collaborate, and make decisions in the following areas:

• Regulatory: Stay ahead of acquiring compliance, schemes, and regulatory trends; translate and implement regulatory requirements for Product and Engineering Teams; identify when local regulatory requirements can be addressed via global controls or require prioritization.
• Risk and controls: Challenge assumptions, coordinate evidencing controls, define global regulatory and compliance risk metrics, support regionalization of global KRIs, and ensure timely remediation of issues.
• Reporting and external engagement: Report on the health of the Compliance & Risk Program to stakeholders; lead discussions and forums on Regulatory, Fincrime, and Risk topics; participate in industry initiatives.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge rapidly.
• Keep Compliance at the core of product and engineering development in a fast-paced environment.
• Identify regulatory and compliance issues or opportunities and lead their execution.

Qualifications

About you:

• You have a Compliance background, ideally with experience at Financial or Payments Institutions, Law, or Consultancy Firms.
• You have advised on and solved regulatory challenges related to card schemes or other acquiring solutions for at least 5 years.
• Your experience covers multiple compliance areas: merchant risk, fraud, fincrime, consumer protection, segregation of funds, etc.
• You are a proactive owner capable of managing projects from start to finish, with attention to detail.
• You are an engaging communicator, willing to collaborate with diverse audiences.
• You are analytical, data-driven, and able to challenge assumptions.
• You have experience or interest in working in a fast-growing environment, applying your industry knowledge in new ways.
• You are willing to travel as Wise has offices across different geographies.

Additional Information

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate our international team and believe diverse teams are stronger. We foster an environment where every Wiser feels respected, empowered, and able to grow. To learn more about working at Wise, visit our website and follow us on social media.