Head of Product Risk and Compliance, Latin America, Middle East and Africa

This Head of Product Risk and Compliance, Latin America, Middle East and Africa role in Latin America, Middle East and Africa Translate and impl is focused on coordinating prioritisation and efforts on issues, ensuring any necessary remediation is executed in a timely manner. It would suit someone who can bring strong leadership and operational judgement to the role.

Role overview

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. Wise also offers over 50 currencies for customers to hold and convert money in.

Main responsibilities

Coordinating prioritisation and efforts on issues, ensuring any necessary remediation is executed in a timely manner. Leading Emerging Markets Regulatory, Financial Crime and Risk discussions and forums with clear action plans and updates on previously identified issues. Be empowered to identify regulatory and compliance issues or opportunities and take a lead in execution.

What helps someone succeed

Strong leadership and operational judgement.

Requirements

• Your experience spans across more than one area of compliance: from permissibility to fincrime, from consumer protection to segregation of funds, and more.
• You have been building compliance programs from the ground-up and know what are the must-have controls when launching a new market.
• You have experience (or desire) in working in a fast-growing environment and apply your previous industry experience in a new paradigm that reflects how Wise works.