Senior Product Compliance and Risk Manager - FinCrime

Company Overview

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money by enabling people and businesses to send money across borders, spend abroad, and make and receive international payments.

The new role sits within our European Product Risk and Compliance team, which is part of the 1st Line of Defense (1

LOD). This strategic addition responds to the rapid growth of our product offerings and the increasing regulatory pressure and expectations we face in Europe.

Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Your mission is to enable our product team in Europe to launch new products and grow our presence in the markets through a deep understanding of the financial‑crime regulatory requirements and regulators' expectations around them.

• Support the launch of new products and services by implementing financial‑crime requirements in a customer‑oriented way while fully adhering to regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that controls scale with the product by developing ongoing review and monitoring processes, keeping Wise and its customers compliant while mitigating financial‑crime risk.
• Develop smart, scalable ways to support new partnerships while managing associated financial‑crime risks.
• Advise product and operational teams on how to interpret financial‑crime regulatory requirements or improve processes to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents.
• Represent Wise in external meetings with banking partners and regulators, articulating Wise controls clearly and effectively.

• Grow your hands‑on fintech knowledge at full speed.
• Build world‑class products – a unique opportunity to build innovative state‑of‑the‑art products that are compliant for our customers and regulators.
• Work together with all our amazing teams globally.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial‑crime controls in a financial institution, fintech or consulting firm.
• Fluent in English (French and/or Dutch is a plus).
• Familiar with EU financial‑crime regulation and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to define, present and defend approaches when challenged.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and highlight key areas of improvement and implementation required from a regulatory perspective.
• Strong communication skills with product managers and engineers, providing practical, actionable, value‑added recommendations.
• Problem‑solving attitude, using regulation together with data to drive business decisions.
• Natural owner who drives and delivers projects from inception to completion, on time and with attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret data and create actionable insights or proposals.
• Proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable business requirements.
• Willingness to travel and legally authorised to work in Belgium.

We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We celebrate our differences and encourage an environment where every Wiser feels respected, empowered and able to progress in their career.