Financial Crime Product Compliance (Senior) Manager - South-East Asia

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Salary Range: SGD 9,250 - 14,083 per month + RSUs

Location: Singapore

We’re looking for a Financial Crime Product Compliance (Senior) Manager to work alongside our APAC Product teams to help  launch new products and services, as well as maintain and upgrade our existing offering in South-East Asia. You will work closely with the regional Product Managers, to support a cross-functional team of Bankers, Engineers, Data Analysts and Operations Specialists.

Your primary focus will be to help the APAC Product team to expand the offering of our product in the SEA and identify and effectively manage financial crime compliance risks across a range of the existing and new products. You will be expected to maintain a strong awareness of the impact of regulation on commercial viability and technological innovation. 

This is a first line Product Compliance role, embedded in the APAC Product Squad and working closely with the global FinCrime Squad. 

Your Mission

Launch New Products and Features: 

• Deep understanding of regulatory FinCrime needs, translate this into solutions, and work together with the Product Teams to build compliant new products and services  in a customer-oriented way; 

• Perform FinCrime risk assessments of new products and services, and ensure that  proper controls are implemented prior to launch; and

• EmpowerProduct Teams to adopt a risk-based approach in developing products, processes, and controls.

Manage and Mitigate Fincrime Risk:  

• Identify and manage Financial Crime Risks across all Wise products offered in SEA.

• Perform pre-launch and ongoing risk assessments, offering effective advice to Product Managers on existing and forthcoming regulations, gaps and risks.

• Collaborate with colleagues in the Compliance Oversight team (2LoD) to ensure Product Teams are aware of new and upcoming regulations and guidance from Regulators and industry groups.

Maintain an enterprise wide view of risk:

• Escalate breaches and FinCrime risks to Compliance Oversight in order to help maintain an enterprise wide view of Wise’s FinCrime risk environment; 

• Identify related risk typologies and ensure that the relevant specialist teams (i.e. Financial Crime subteams) have provided input into the product lifecycle;  

• Assist Product Teams in developing and maintaining track of relevant risks across their product, including mitigation plans, action owners and timelines to completion. 

Third Party Relationships: 

• Represent Wise in external meetings (regulators or auditor) and being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wise’s FinCrime control  framework; 

• Provide input on FinCrime related matters, always representing Wise customer-oriented culture while ensuring compliance. 

A bit about you

• Technical skills. Expert in financial crime compliance, having a background in Financial Crime Regulation, in one or more countries in South-East Asia

• Previous experience. You have at least  5-7 years experience working in a 2LoD or 1LoD Compliance or Financial Crime  role (non-operational) within Financial Services. Previous experience in FinTech or consultancy firms in the payment service industry is a plus.

• Problem solver. Ability to analyse and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and design appropriate control and solutions that are practical and product-oriented.

• Problem solving attitude. Ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions; 

• Get the job done. Strong executor, that drives and delivers cross-functional project from inception to completion, timely and with attention to the details; 

• Excellent communicator. Ability to effectively and clearly communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations; 

• Team player. A true team player with a collaborative spirit and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders, such as Product and Compliance;

Other preferred skills: 

• Fluency in English. Legally authorised to work in Singapore.

• Willingness to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; 

• Fluency in other languages in South-East Asia will be a plus.

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, qualifications aren’t that important to us. If you’ve got great experience, and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

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