Strategic Partner Risk & Compliance Monitor

Wise; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is seeking a Partner Risk Monitoring Specialist to monitor compliance activity of banks and online platforms partnering with Wise Platform, ensuring adherence to AML/CTF requirements and assessing risk across geographies.

You will work with cross-functional teams across sales, product, engineering, compliance and analytics to monitor customers, document analysis and provide guidance. This is a unique opportunity to influence Wise’s mission and support borderless money.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant industry experience, ideally in financial services, compliance roles or at a financial services regulator.
• Expertise in compliance risk assessment and monitoring, ensuring thorough understanding and adherence to AML and CTF requirements.
• Proven ability to manage risk and provide informed advisory services to enhance Wise’s compliance strategies.
• Strong background in quality assurance, ensuring all due diligence documentation meets the necessary standards and is meticulously maintained.
• Excellent skills in investigating client profiles and documenting findings clearly and accurately.
• Demonstrated capability in effectively managing stakeholder relationships and maintaining resilience in a dynamic environment.
• Comprehensive understanding of compliance controls and the ability to apply them effectively in monitoring and advisory processes.
• Strong communication skills to convey compliance insights clearly and collaborate effectively with various teams.
• Excellent verbal and written English skills (additional language skills are a plus) with the ability to clearly articulate your thoughts.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing monitoring measures applicable to Wise Platform partners in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Assessing customers’ risks and applying risk-based approach methodologies.
• Perform ongoing risk monitoring on complex and high risk customers, document and provide thorough analysis on potential risks and apply appropriate mitigation measures by analyzing their business activities, compliance programs and controls.
• Assess the customer’s potential reputational and financial crime risk to Wise from Sanctions, PEP, and adverse media perspective.
• Escalate and report compliance concerns to Financial Crime Oversight and other compliance teams where necessary.
• Communicate with other internal teams when required to handle escalated or complicated cases.
• Provide guidance and responses to daily inquiries from peers, front-line and management regarding case analysis, when appropriate.
• Maintain a high understanding of AML/CFT Regulations, KYC/B requirements and how these impact the business, as well as Wise products and Services.
• Have a deep understanding of different business models, customer types, country risks and regulatory requirements across multiple geographies.
• KPIs: Perform your tasks and responsibilities within the expected key performance indicators set by the leadership team.

Skills

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Compliance advisory

Risk assessment

Quality assurance

Investigation

Job description

Wise is seeking a Partner Risk Monitoring Specialist to monitor compliance activity of banks and online platforms partnering with Wise Platform, ensuring adherence to AML/CTF requirements and assessing risk across geographies.

You will work with cross-functional teams across sales, product, engineering, compliance and analytics to monitor customers, document analysis and provide guidance. This is a unique opportunity to influence Wise’s mission and support borderless money.