What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Sanctions Advisory Manager position at hackajob?
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Company Description
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.
Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.
As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.
Job Description
More about our mission and what we offer.
Sanctions Advisory Senior Compliance Manager
We’re looking for a Sanctions Advisory manager to join our growing FinCrime Oversight team. Sanctions is a key function in our oversight team. This role is hands-on, a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission, grow as a sanctions and compliance leader, and help save millions of more people’s money while protecting Wise from compliance risks.
Your Mission
At Wise we believe that people who are closest to risks are the best placed to identify and address these. We are looking for a Sanctions expert who will work with our product and compliance teams to ensure our sanctions controls are fit for purpose today and as we continue to scale.
This is a second line role looking after US sanctions but will work closely with counterparts across the globe.
Duties And Responsibilities
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.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Company Description
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.
Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.
As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.
Job Description
More about our mission and what we offer.
Sanctions Advisory Senior Compliance Manager
We’re looking for a Sanctions Advisory manager to join our growing FinCrime Oversight team. Sanctions is a key function in our oversight team. This role is hands-on, a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission, grow as a sanctions and compliance leader, and help save millions of more people’s money while protecting Wise from compliance risks.
Your Mission
At Wise we believe that people who are closest to risks are the best placed to identify and address these. We are looking for a Sanctions expert who will work with our product and compliance teams to ensure our sanctions controls are fit for purpose today and as we continue to scale.
This is a second line role looking after US sanctions but will work closely with counterparts across the globe.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop and implement an effective sanctions risk framework working closely with the product and compliance officers in the US, UK and EU.
- Implement a process to proactively identify thematic issues/ areas for improvement and ensure their remediation is prioritized in line with the risk they pose.
- Build a means to report issues, risks and opportunities for enhancement to senior management to give them confidence in our sanctions program
- Collaborate with our in-house Sanctions Product Compliance, Product and Engineering teams to strengthen controls
- Identify opportunities to improve the customer experience by improving our controls, operational processes, or removing controls in line with regulation and risk requirements.
- Create processes to demonstrate our product, compliance and operational effectiveness and structure
- Represent Wise on discussions with Regulators, Bank Partners, and Auditors.
- Work with teams across Wise to ensure our sanctions program and controls are fit for purpose such as RFIs, Wise Platform, KYC and Payment operations.
- Proven experience in a sanctions advisory role within the financial services industry with at least 7 years of experience
- An understanding of SWIFT payments, cross border payments, card payments, prepaid access accounts and trade finance
- Ability to drive projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
- Previous experience with senior management reporting
- Strong subject matter expertise of OFAC financial sanctions regimes and regulations, knowledge of other markets such as UK, EU, and Canada a plus.
- Organizational awareness including working knowledge or risks, products, processes, and controls
- Experience managing a range of different stakeholders internally and externally
- Excellent communication abilities, both written and oral
- You have proven track record of taking ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great team-player
- You are able to persevere in a fast paced environment
- Data expert that can use data to determine control effectiveness, measure customer impact and articulate risk
- Prior experience at a fintech
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.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Salary : $120,000 - $170,000