Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager

Remitly, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan with matching

Paid parental and medical leave

Mental health benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager in Seattle, WA. This hybrid role demands strong leadership in risk management, compliance, and due diligence for our global network.

You will guide a dedicated team while ensuring effective risk practices. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of related experience and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment. The starting salary ranges from $168,000 to $200,000 with various benefits, including stock options and flexible

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in risk management or compliance roles.
• 3+ years of direct people-management experience in compliance.
• Experience with sanctions and adverse-media screening tools.
• Must have a Bachelor's degree; Master's or MBA preferred.
• Ability to present clearly to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and monitoring of global disbursement partners.
• Execute the Country Risk Assessment Framework.
• Manage the Partner Oversight team and improve processes.
• Run due diligence and sanctions screening operations.
• Report exposures to senior leadership.

Skills

Risk management

Compliance

Financial-crime compliance

People management

Due diligence

Sanctions screening

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's Degree or MBA

Tools

ComplyAdvantage

Job description

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward. We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Remitly is a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world.

About the Role: Remitly is looking for a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager to lead the team responsible for the due diligence, onboarding, and ongoing monitoring of Remitly's global disbursement network. You will report to our Deputy Chief Risk Officer and will manage the Partner Oversight team directly, including the Manager, Partner Oversight. You will work closely with Compliance, Sanctions Compliance, Global Money Movement, Business Development, and Treasury. You will be located in Seattle, WA. It is a hybrid role, with a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in-office requirement.

You Will:

• Own execution of the Country Risk Assessment Framework.
• Run formal due diligence on partners before onboarding to include AML/CFT program review, licensing checks, sanctions and PEP screening, adverse media, UBO identification, and financial-crime controls assessment.
• Own the due diligence model, including onsite/offsite inquiries into downstream networks, and hold partners accountable for the transparency of their downstream network.
• Run the periodic due diligence refresh program, the onsite/offsite visit cadence maintaining annual refresh cycle.
• Own daily sanctions and adverse-media screening operations across partner network.
• Participate in on-site engagements with key partners.
• Report exposures and resiliency plans to senior leadership and governance.
• Escalate material partner events through the Issues Management framework.
• Represent Partner Oversight as a standing attendee at the Counterparty Risk Committee, and own the monthly Partner Tracker and Watchlist reporting to senior management and governance.
• Manage, coach, and grow the Partner Oversight team, and size the team and its tooling to the pace of network growth.
• Exercise independent judgment on partners.
• Look for opportunities to improve Partner Oversight processes and tooling as the network scales, and partner with Data and Engineering where automation would reduce risk or backlog.

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, financial-crime compliance, third-party/vendor risk, or AML/sanctions roles, including due diligence on financial service providers, or banking counterparties.
• 3+ years of direct people-management experience, ideally leading a compliance, risk, or investigations team.
• Working fluency with sanctions and adverse-media screening tools (e.g., ComplyAdvantage or equivalent), UBO/beneficial-ownership analysis.
• Experience operating a due-diligence or risk program across multiple regulatory regimes and currencies, not only a single-market compliance function.
• A track record of presenting to senior management or a governance committee, and of writing clearly for a non-specialist executive audience.
• Bachelor's degree required; Masters Degree, MBA, or an equivalent preferred.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment, and confident making and defending independent risk decisions.

Compensation Details

The starting base salary range for this position is typically $168,000 - $200,000.

In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan.

Our Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education

Our Connected Work Culture

Driving Innovation, Together At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Remitly is a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world. Remitly helps immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner. Its digitally-native, cross-border remittance app eliminates the long wait times, complexities and fees typical of traditional remittance processes. Building on its strong foundation, Remitly is expanding its suite of products to further its mission and transform financial services for immigrants all around the world.