UK Regulatory Compliance Assurance Senior Manager

Wise; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company seeks a UK Regulatory Compliance Assurance Senior Manager to oversee compliance monitoring and testing in London. This role involves leading a team, developing compliance strategies, and addressing regulatory risks. An ideal candidate has strong risk control knowledge and is passionate about improving processes in a dynamic environment. Flexibility to travel is required approximately every two to three months.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of risk and control with experience in compliance testing.
• Good understanding of FCA/PRA expectations and regulatory landscape.
• Excited about challenges in a fast-growing scale-up environment.
• Comfortable working with autonomy and managing evolving priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain regulatory compliance monitoring and testing plan for the UK.
• Lead and develop the UK Reg CMT team.
• Communicate solutions to address control gaps.
• Collaborate with global colleagues to enhance the monitoring team.
• Adapt focus based on regulatory agenda and compliance needs.

Skills

Risk and control understanding

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Autonomous work

Ability to manage priorities

Communication skills

Job description

UK Regulatory Compliance Assurance Senior Manager

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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. 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.

Your Mission

We’re looking for a UK Regulatory Assurance Senior Manager to cover maternity absence for a period of up to 24 months, who will focus on developing and maintaining our regulatory compliance monitoring and testing plan for the UK and leading the team in executing this plan. You will work with colleagues from a wide variety of teams including Product, Treasury, Operations and Compliance to provide assurance and help strengthen Wise’s approach to managing the regulatory risks throughout a range of current and new products. You will work with global colleagues to share best practice and coordinate approaches.

• Work with key stakeholders to create and deliver a risk based monitoring and testing plan for the UK, including identifying and testing key controls to evaluate compliance with rules and regulations. Work closely with colleagues in the Financial Crime Assurance or other controls testing teams to avoid duplication. Seek out and leverage new methods/approaches to evolve how we test and monitor.
• Lead and develop the UK Reg CMT team, ensuring both the high quality and timely execution of the monitoring and testing plan.
• Proactively communicate solutions to address control gaps or how our processes can be enhanced, as well as tracking these through to completion.
• Support the wider monitoring and testing team strategy by collaborating with global colleagues and developing the UK team.
• Adapt your focus depending on the regulatory agenda, growth plans and compliance needs.

A Bit About You

• Technical skills. You have a thorough understanding of risk and control and have experience in designing and carrying out risk-based controls testing in a compliance, IA, audit or consulting role.
• Fintech focus. Ideally you will have a good understanding of FCA/PRA expectations and the regulatory compliance landscape for payments and investment firms in the UK. If you haven’t worked in a compliance role previously, you’re willing to spend time upskilling yourself and embrace the learning curve in the first months of your role.
• Passion. You’re excited to work at a fast growing scale-up and you’ve considered the challenges and development opportunities that this brings. You get a kick out of improving current practices and processes, and are self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
• Get the job done. You’re comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy and managing evolving priorities to deliver against the team’s strategy.
• Travel. You will be based in London, but you’ll also work with our colleagues in other locations. You’ll be ready to travel to meet your objectives, roughly once every two to three months.

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Finance and Sales

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