Financial Crime Product Compliance

Financial Crime Product Compliance & Risk Manager - South-East Asia Full-time Compensation: SGD 9,500 - SGD 12,500 - monthly 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. Salary Range: SGD 9,500 - 12,500 per month + RSUs We’re looking for a Financial Crime Product Compliance & Risk Manager to join our growing Product Compliance & Risk team in APAC (South-East Asia) and launch new products, grow our presence, and protect our existing licenses and products in South-East Asia through a deep understanding of the FinCrime requirements and regulators’ expectations around them. This role is hands‑on, a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission and help save millions more people money. This is a first line Product Compliance & Risk role, embedded in the APAC Product Squad and working closely with the FinCrime Squad. You, in collaboration with APAC and Fincrime Squad, will be responsible for: Creating and improving our amazing products in a compliant way: Deeply understand 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 related controls are implemented consistently prior to launch; and Enable product teams to adopt a risk‑based approach in developing products, processes, and controls. Regulatory risk and remediation: By understanding both the Wise product deeply enough and the local regulatory expectations - support Product and other teams on how to interpret regulatory FinCrime requirements, and improve processes and our product to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents; and In collaboration with second line Compliance and Risk teams, identify and align on the main FinCrime issues and risks in South‑East Asia. Present this in a very clear and understandable way to the wider teams, to work with them on defining the solutions and how this should be executed. 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 and be able to clearly and effectively articulate Wise’s FinCrime framework; Provide input on FinCrime related matters, always representing Wise customer‑oriented culture while ensuring compliance. Must have: Expert in financial crime compliance, having a background in Financial Crime Regulation in one or more countries in South‑East Asia Previous hands‑on experience in FinTech or previous financial regulation role (e.g. consultancy, Compliance) Ability to analyse and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively; Problem solving attitude, with the ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions; Strong executor, that drives and delivers cross‑functional project from inception to completion, timely and with attention to the details; Fluency in English. Legally authorised to work in Singapore. Willingness to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; Other preferred skills: A true team player with a collaborative spirit and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders, such as Product and Compliance; Passionate to help solve problems and build best‑in‑class products for customers; Ability to effectively and clearly communicate and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations; Fluency in other languages in South‑East Asia will be a plus. 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 visitWise.Jobs . #J-18808-Ljbffr