Total 49 job vacancies by Wise

A bit about the role

We are looking for an Internal Audit Senior Manager for the non-financial Risk & Regulatory portfolio to join our fast growing IA team. 

Your main responsibilities will include overseeing the delivery of internal audits within the non-financial Risk & Regulatory portfolio at Wise, and collaborating internally and externally with partnering firms. You will make recommendations to improve governance, risk management and internal controls. You will also play a vital role in performing audit plan development and risk assessment activities in the portfolio. You will be responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the operational activities of the team as well as completing your own tasks.

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda.

We are a 4 year old team that is still forming and storming (we have grown from 2 to 40 people in this time), therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function. 

Your mission

• Support the implementation and operation of the internal audit assurance framework, including development of continuous monitoring and automated audit routines.
• Support development of the annual audit plan for the non-financial Risk & Regulatory  domain, including the audit universe, risk assessment processes and budgeting processes.
• Deliver audits per the audit plan to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Support in building and supporting a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is Singapore-based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations.  You will travel as needed to meet your objectives. 

TEAM: Compliance & Internal Audit Analytics

ABOUT WISE

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 life 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.

More about our mission.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join the Internal Audit branch of the Compliance & Internal Audit Analytics team at Wise.

You’ll partner with Internal Audit (IA) to develop and implement the analytics strategy across the function.

Internal Audit serves as an independent 3rd line of defence that oversees and provides an independent assessment and reasonable assurance on the effectiveness of the company’s corporate governance structure + internal controls. 

The IA Analytics team supports IA by using analytics to provide more coverage, efficiency and accuracy to audit testing, as well as building innovative tools and using automation to support continuous testing and other IA activities beyond the annual audit plan.

This is an IC2 role. For more information on our Analytics Career Map and levelling structure, click here.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Partnering with stakeholders across the IA function covering all regions, products and domains of the business (including Financial Crime, Ops, Risk, Finance and Technology). You will have a specific focus on APAC focused audits and working with the APAC regional team.

• Identifying & implementing opportunities to do the most impactful analytics within audits and influencing and upskilling your partners in IA to do the same

• Working with analytics, engineering, and business specialists to seek out and understand interesting and varied datasets, perform analytics using modern approaches, and develop a strong understanding of operations at Wise.

• Championing innovation and data-led insights, not just within audits but across all IA activities where analytics can add value

• Working on automation and tooling projects to increase efficiency across IA including workflow automation, continuous auditing, leveraging AI, and building MI dashboards.

A bit about the role 

We are looking for an Internal Audit Senior Specialist to join our new and growing APAC IA team in Singapore. 

Your main task will be to contribute to planning and executing the internal audits at Wise, collaborating internally and externally with partnering firms. You will make recommendations to improve governance, risk management and internal controls. 

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda.

We are a growing team, therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function. 

Your mission

• Support the implementation and operation of the internal audit assurance framework, including development of continuous monitoring and automated audit routines.
• Deliver audits per the audit plan to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Help build and support a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is Singapore based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations.  You will travel as needed to meet your objectives. 

A bit about the role

We are looking for an Internal Audit Manager to join our fast growing APAC IA team. 

Your main task will be to coordinate and execute the internal audits at Wise, managing teams and collaborating internally and externally with partnering firms. You will make recommendations to improve governance, risk management and internal controls. You will be responsible for planning, executing and reporting internal audits across a range of business areas.

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda.

We are a newly formed team, therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function.

Your mission

• Support the implementation and operation of the internal audit assurance framework, including development of continuous monitoring and automated audit routines.
• Support development of the annual audit plan for the including the audit universe, risk assessment processes and budgeting processes.
• Deliver audits per the audit plan to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Support in building and supporting a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is Singapore based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations.  You will travel as needed to meet your objectives. 

A bit about the role

We are looking for an Internal Audit Senior Manager to join our growing APAC IA team. 

Your main task will be to coordinate the internal audit process within the company and externally with partnering firms. You will make recommendations to improve governance, risk management and internal controls. You will be responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the operational activities of the team as well as completing your own tasks. 

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda.

We are a newly formed team, therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function. 

Your mission

• Support the implementation and operation of the internal audit assurance framework, including development of continuous monitoring and automated audit routines.
• Support development of the annual audit plan, including the audit universe, risk assessment processes and budgeting processes.
• Deliver audits per the audit plan to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Build and support a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is Singapore-based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations.  You will travel as needed to meet your objectives. 

A bit about you

Skills: 

• You have proven experience working in risk, control or assurance and you want to continuously improve how to get the job done. 
• You have worked in technology, fintech or broader financial services industries.
• You have overseen planning, staffing, delivery and reporting of multiple audit engagements.
• You are able to work independently, you assume responsibility and you make your own judgement. 
• You are prepared to take ownership over complex new areas and solve problems with no or very limited guidance and know when to escalate and ask for support. 
• You have very strong coordination skills and you are able to hold teams accountable for meeting deadlines and delivering high quality outputs.
• You demonstrate attention to details but can summarise key messages succinctly, verbally and in writing, adjusting your style and level of information based on the target audience. 
• You seek to use data analytics and technology in your work and decision making processes.  Practical experience in data analytics preferred.
• You’re curious and collaborative - you’re great at asking insightful questions to understand the real issues and deliver the right outcomes.
• You are passionate about driving change, making improvements and helping stakeholders.
• You are not afraid of making decisions, can work autonomously and take initiative.
• You’re a strong relationship builder across all levels of the business and externally.
• Able to adapt with fast moving and agile business environment

We are looking for an Internal Audit Senior Manager to join our new and growing IA team. 

Your main task will be to coordinate the internal audit process predominantly on financial crime and regulatory compliance internal audit process within the company and externally with partnering firms. You will make recommendations to improve governance, risk management and internal controls. You will be responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the operational activities of the team as well as completing your own tasks. 

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda.

We are a newly formed team, therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function. 

Your mission

• Support the implementation and operation of the internal audit assurance framework, including development of continuous monitoring and automated audit routines.
• Support development of the annual audit plan, including the audit universe, risk assessment processes and budgeting processes.
• Deliver audits per the audit plan to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Build and support a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is Singapore-based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations.  You will travel as needed to meet your objectives. 

A bit about you

Skills: 

• You have proven experience working in risk, control or assurance and you want to continuously improve how to get the job done. 
• You have worked in technology, fintech or broader financial services industries.
• You have overseen planning, staffing, delivery and reporting of multiple audit engagements.
• You are able to work independently, you assume responsibility and you make your own judgement. 
• You are prepared to take ownership over complex new areas and solve problems with no or very limited guidance and know when to escalate and ask for support. 
• You have very strong coordination skills and you are able to hold teams accountable for meeting deadlines and delivering high quality outputs.
• You demonstrate attention to details but can summarise key messages succinctly, verbally and in writing, adjusting your style and level of information based on the target audience. 
• You seek to use data analytics and technology in your work and decision making processes.  Practical experience in data analytics preferred.
• You’re curious and collaborative - you’re great at asking insightful questions to understand the real issues and deliver the right outcomes.
• You are passionate about driving change, making improvements and helping stakeholders.
• You are not afraid of making decisions, can work autonomously and take initiative.
• You’re a strong relationship builder across all levels of the business and externally.

Job Description:

• Develop Enterprise-Grade APIs: Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, reliable, and secure APIs that serve as the backbone for our partners' embedded finance solutions.
• Customer & Partner Engagement: Actively engage with clients and potential partners to deeply understand their technical requirements, operational needs, and strategic objectives, translating insights into product improvements.
• Mentorship & Growth: Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, best practices, and technical excellence within the team.
• Roadmap Contribution: Eagerness and ability to contribute to the team's technical roadmap, influencing future product direction and architectural decisions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, designers, other engineering teams, and business development to support successful partner integrations and deliver cohesive solutions.

As a Treasury Markets Associate joining the Treasury Markets team in Singapore. You will have the opportunity to manage Wise’s portfolio of currency risk, develop hedging strategies as well as be involved in broader Treasury markets risk management functions. You will also have the chance to work with our Cash and Asset Management team to identify and implement yield generating opportunities as well as product teams to enable customer flow.

Depending on your experience the role on offer is either for a Treasury Markets Associate or Senior Markets Associate

Your Mission:

• Manage group-wide FX risks, liquidity trades and projects as part of a Global Markets Team
• Dedicated focus on hedging activities including our in-house Cross-Correlation Strategy across FX products in the APAC timezone
• Work closely with our Data Science team to develop new tooling and hedging strategies for FX risk management
• Collaborate with Treasury Liquidity Operations to optimise funding accounts in APAC
• Manage relationships with international banks and counterparties across APAC, negotiating prices and optimising trades
• Participate in initiatives to improve dealing approach, policies, controls, and systems
• Provide analysis and reporting on dealing activities, working closely with the cash and asset management team for yield optimisation across fixed income products
• Support new currency and product launches, ensuring efficient risk management
• Collaborate with product and risk teams to automate risk management strategies and enhance control frameworks

Qualifications

Qualifications

Must haves:

• Experience in a buy/sell side FX dealing environment. Experience managing customer flow across a broad range of currencies, in particular with Asian FX is an added advantage. 
• Min 2-3 years trading/execution experience preferred.
• Confident dealing spot, forwards & swaps to manage live exposures. Experience dealing NDFs an added bonus
• Good communication skills to maintain and grow relationships with our banks and counterparties 

Good to have: 

• Proficient prioritiser - you make the right decisions on how to allocate time and effort
• Ability to absorb large quantities of detail quickly and communicate complex ideas to various crowds
• Open approach to problem solving in a fast paced environment
• Experience or interactions in the payments industry/fintech space
• Experience with settlements and operating teams will be valuable
• Experience with Asset Management execution (Bonds, MMFs etc)
• ACT Qualifications or equivalent
• Finance / Science / Engineering / Maths graduate preferred
• Excel, VBA, coding a bonus Python, Java, C++

As part of our expanding operations in the APAC, we are now looking for an awesome Senior Tax Manager to join our growing finance team in Singapore serving our APAC operations.

You’ll be part of a commercially-minded Global Tax team in Finance, helping to ensure our tax affairs are efficient, transparently compliant and slick so that our mission is sustainable. 

This is a 12 months fixed-term contract.

Your mission

• Lead tax considerations of APAC countries for all product expansion
• Oversee regional corporate direct tax compliance and corporate direct tax and TP audits as they arise
• Ensure compliance with local TP requirements and manage the regional TP process, including regional benchmarks, Local File documentation and review of monthly TP numbers
• Lead APAC tax projects and provide regional input on global projects
• Stay abreast of international tax developments and assess their potential impact on the company’s tax position
• Partner with the business to integrate tax considerations into the strategic decision making process
• Prepare and maintain tax position papers
• Manage regional tax risks

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Own your own path to success - you’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• Expand your skills - as we continue to scale, you will never be short of opportunities to take on and develop skills in other taxes, countries and projects.
• Be part of an international Finance team - finance folk are currently based across London, Tallinn, Hungary, Austin, Sydney and Singapore.

Qualifications

A bit about you:

As we continue to scale at speed, this role will inevitably evolve over time, so you’ll need to be proactive, independent and excited at the prospect of solving unfamiliar problems.

• Degree in accounting / finance and fully qualified CPA, ACCA or similar
• At least 8 years of Big 4 accounting firm and / or MNC experience would be great but not mandatory
• Strong technical knowledge of APAC taxes and practical experience in handling international direct tax issues for MNCs
• Proven ability to work in an uncertain environment in countries and taxes that you have not worked on before
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex tax problems to diverse stakeholders to support decision making at all levels
• A flair for solving problems and be excited at the prospect of working on challenges outside of your usual comfort zone
• Ability to manage external advisors, setting and managing budgets
• Experience in managing Financial Audits 
• Able to work as part of a team as well as individually and the flexibility to manage a diverse range of stakeholders.  
• Proven to be able to think on your feet and roll your sleeves up

Some extra skills that would be fantastic:

• In-house experience
• Experience of working on Indian taxes
• Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP
• Presentation skills and comfortable presenting in board meetings

• Designing and developing mobile experiences across Wise product
• Consistently seeks out and delivers on product level vision, tasks and problem
• Actively assists in scoping and executing most impactful work for the team
• Regularly delivers large features and product improvements that have a meaningful impact on Wise product and customers
• Takes initiative to identify and solve important problems.
• Coordinates with others on cross-cutting technical issues
• Architects and designs services/systems using design patterns that allow for iterative delivery and future scaling
• Communicates and collaborates across functions like product, analytics and design as required
• Autonomous in approach and may direct or coach other less experienced Engineers
• Proactively identifies and tackles technical debt becoming too big through planning work and aligning team. Does this with careful evaluation of additional cost on development.

Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Our customers can also manage their hard-earned money with the world’s first platform to offer true multi-currency banking. Your mission is to help us manage our risks in real time, and help us keep lowering our prices.

Our Markets team manages the risk on our Global FX book and our GBP 15bn of customer assets.

Here’s how you’ll be contributing to the Treasury team:

• The role offers managerial responsibilities in charge of a small growing dealing team
• Using your experience managing dealing activities, you will help us manage group wide FX risks and manage liquidity trades to ensure we have money where our customers need it
• As part of a Global Dealing Team, manage the day-to-day FX Trading hedging activities during APAC timezone. This will include managing our correlation strategy across FX products Spot, Forwards & NDFs in the APAC timezone
• Working closely with Treasury Data Analysts & Scientists to assess risk over upcoming market events, product launches and regular assessment of existing trading strategies. Work on automating risk management and funding strategies once proven
• Working closely with Treasury Liquidity Operations & Regional Banking to optimise funding and reduce Treasury costs with our partners in APAC time zone
• Be a point of contact and help manage relationships with our panel of international banks and counterparties across the APAC region. Ensuring we are constantly negotiating on price, and optimising for both price and broader relationship whenever we trade
• Supporting Global Wise Platform and Product teams with Treasury solutions on new or existing currencies & product launches such as new currencies ensuring Treasury can manage the risk efficiently 
• Take part in initiatives aimed at making upgrades to our dealing strategy, policies, controls and systems with the risk teams within 1st and 2nd lines to help build a more robust control framework
• Build and deliver analysis and reporting on dealing activities with monthly improvements as the role evolves
• Within our Markets area we also manage our cash and asset book of GBP15bn+, this role will offer opportunities to work closely with this team

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Choose your path to impact - we believe people are most empowered when they can act autonomously. So rather than telling you what to do, you’ll work with your team to create a vision of your own. Of course, you can always gather feedback from smart, curious people across Wise but you’ll have the freedom to make your own calls
• Be part of a well established but rapidly growing team, in an expanding business, giving opportunities to expand the role as you grow
• Be flexible in how you work, we understand everyone needs a little something different so we’ll do our best to make it happen
• You’ll have the opportunity to travel and work with our teams globally
• Grow as a leader – with our rapid growth, this role will need to be a source of markets expertise across our entire business

Qualifications

About you: 

• Minimum 8-10+ years of experience in a buy/sell side FX dealing environment and/or Treasury functions.
• Experience dealing across a broad range of currencies, especially Asian Exotics
• Confident dealing spot, forwards, swaps, and NDFs to manage live exposures
• An experienced professional relationship builder with our banks and counterparties
• A leader that has experience managing a small team
• Experience in a change environment, with broad collaboration
• Proficient prioritiser - you make the right decisions on how to allocate time and effort
• You can easily communicate complex ideas to various crowds
• You have delivered tools, processes or products that optimise and scale in the treasury environment (Trading, Cash Management,  Pricing, Risk management, etc)
• Open and flexible approach to problem solving in a fast paced and changing environment

Some extra skills that would be great (but not essential):

• Experience in the payments industry/fintech space
• Experience with settlements and operating teams will be valuable
• Experience with Asset Management execution (Bonds, MMFs etc)
• ACT Qualifications or equivalent

The Assistant Company Secretary will support the APAC Company Secretariat team in delivering best practice governance for our APAC entities as well as ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation/regulation. 

The position will require a company secretary with a minimum of 7 years experience who will be able to work efficiently in an expanding ambitious company. 

Key Responsibilities of the Role:   

• To provide a full governance and secretarial service to the APAC legal entities 
• To own a portfolio of APAC legal entities (South East Asia) and provide full Company Secretariat support
• Help to design and deliver corporate governance and company secretarial standards 
• Be involved in governance projects that sit across the APAC and Global Company Secretariat team
• Interact with stakeholders on all aspects of corporate governance
• Horizon scan to ensure APAC is to up to date with all relevant developments in company secretarial practice, law and regulation and support the APAC Company Secretary in developing best practice as a result of these changes
• Contribute to Legal team strategy and planning
• Liaise with contacts and external service providers for Company Secretariat
• Be responsible for the APAC entities on Diligent entities and Diligent Boards
• Support the development of the Company Secretarial Assistant (opportunity to become a Lead)
• Any other relevant duties

What we are looking for:

• CGI qualified or international equivalent with 7 years experience
• Experience gained in an international financial services, professional services provider or technology company would be beneficial
• Understanding of how to navigate the requirements of a growing dynamic company 
• Experience of using Diligent Boards and Diligent Entities
• Commercial and business awareness
• Be able to come into the office three days a week (exceptions can be discussed)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels
• Confident and approachable
• Ability to be able to prioritise appropriately
• Flexible and hands-on approach to duties
• Attention to detail
• Good team player

Qualifications

• CGI qualified or international equivalent with 7 years experience (Part qualified also considered)

We’re looking for an Analytics Director for the APAC Squad who is passionate about our mission of Money Without Borders, to lead a high-impact analytics team that is central to building out the product roadmap for this major Region. This is a unique opportunity to drive decision making in a diverse, high-potential region!

You’ll report to the Global Senior Analytics Director for Regional Expansion, and partner daily with the Product, Banking and Engineering leads for the APAC squad. Together, you will form a cross-functional group of key decision makers who own the challenge of driving the product roadmap in this Region. You’ll also be part of the Analytics community within Wise, giving you access to a global network of analytics professionals.

You’ll lead a team of c.10 passionate product analysts and support them to partner across product teams to drive data-led decision making and ensure robust measurement of the impact of the work we do! You will also support them in identifying insights to inform our planning process - all to ensure that we are enhancing our customer’s experience across the diverse countries in the APAC region. 

If you’ve previously led or helped to build analytics teams in fast-paced, scaling, global companies - we’d love to hear from you. 

Problems you’ll solve in this role:

• Support the APAC squad to address the most important challenges for the Region using data and insights, and building relevant KPIs to measure impact and hold ourselves accountable 

• Develop, coach and support a talented analytics team, unblocking them to influence the strategic roadmap for the Region

• Refine the analytical vision and plan for APAC and contribute to the Regional Analytics strategy globally (we are solving similarly complex problems across all Regions)

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Be part of a positive change in the world. Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply.  So we’re building a new one. Our mission is to make money without borders the new normal

• Have a significant impact by shaping the next phase of analytics in a fast-paced, scaling, global company

• Learn from a global network of professionals. We have a large, diverse team of analysts and data scientists that you will work with and learn from by being part of the Analytics community

• Use all your experience and skills to bring new thinking and ideas to how we build an outstanding analytics function

Qualifications

• Experienced Analytics leader who has successfully built analytics functions in fast-paced, scaling, global companies (ideally at the scale of 10+ people teams, including other leads).

• Makes the complex simple by building and telling stories with data to drive data-led org-level change

• Led, developed, supported and grown a team of analysts enabling them to effectively partner with cross-functional stakeholders and build trusted relationships

• Hands-on data manipulation and analysis experience including scripting/coding (and coaching others) in SQL and Python (or R)

• Co-owned team wide projects, helping to bring teams together to plan around problems with KPIs that make a difference

• Would be amazing if you've practically used + applied AI / machine learning techniques and built predictive models to get deeper insight

We are seeking a Financial Crime Compliance Officer (FC CO) for Singapore. You shall be responsible for the Company’s ML/TF/PF compliance and oversight of financial crime-related areas (e.g., fraud, bribery and corruption, etc.). This includes developing policies, monitoring transactions, training staff, and reporting to regulatory bodies. Your role will report into the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (“MLRO”) Singapore. 

You will act as the primary advisor on AML/CFT matters, and shall also serve as the primary contact for regulators, when required, and ensure the company's adherence to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) laws in alignment with MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) requirements.

Your Mission & Key Responsibilities:

• Provide logical, persuasive, and data-driven arguments to functional teams, fairly representing the  financial crime risk analysis for any particular application or business initiative.
• Monitor and analyze financial crime trends and regulatory changes to proactively adjust internal controls and procedures.
• Ensure the Fincrime space meets regulatory obligations and mitigates key financial crime risks across various products.
• Serve as the primary contact and liaison with regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies on all financial crime matters.
• Monitor adherence to internal controls and regulatory enactments related to AML/CTF/PF and fraud.
• Act as a bridge and liaison between operational teams, FinCrime/Regulatory Product Compliance teams, regional compliance teams, and Compliance Oversight.
• Support product and product compliance teams with compliance insights by conducting thorough Financial Crime Risk Assessments for new products, services, and operational changes, proposing effective mitigation strategies.
• Propose and lead projects to enhance controls through training, process improvements, or product enhancements.
• Proactively identify gaps and lead remediation plans for any missing controls to mitigate financial crime.
• Support audits by closely cooperating with the audit team, preparing for audits, and managing follow-ups and remediation plans based on audit reports.
• Mentor and/or lead relevant team members and stakeholders in developing financial crime compliance expertise.
• Manage any regulatory requests / reporting end-to-end, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete submissions that meet all regulatory requirements.
• Manage regular and ad-hoc fincrime reporting to the MAS accurately and within prescribed deadlines.
• Handle escalations from the SPF/MAS/CAD or any external stakeholders, promptly disseminating information to relevant internal teams for timely resolution and official response.
• Maintain and update relevant manuals/policies

Support Compliance Office

• Assist the local MLRO with regulatory horizon scanning, tracking, and managing both internal and external projects to ensure alignment with evolving regulations, particularly those in the fincrime space.
• Collaborate with the MLRO, Compliance Officer and other internal stakeholders  to draft and update policies, ensuring compliance with local regulation and effective policy implementation.
• Monitor compliance risks and KPIs, coordinate periodic governance and stakeholder review meetings, maintain robust compliance frameworks and documentation, and support liaison efforts during audits (internal, external, and regulatory).
• Help maintain robust compliance frameworks and documentation.
• Support and facilitate liaison efforts during internal, external, and regulatory audits/examinations.

Projects and compliance specific reviews:

Depending on the overall compliance program and criticality, engage in and manage specific and thematic compliance reviews to assess control effectiveness and identify potential gaps.

Qualifications

• 8- 10 years of experience in regulatory and / or fincrime compliance 
• Compliance Expertise: Strong background in compliance, law, accounting, or consulting, with specialized expertise in AML/CTF/PF  practices.
• Financial Crime Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of financial crime regimes and their practical application within the organization's operations.
• Analytical Skills: Proven ability to analyze transactions, identify risks, and critically evaluate compliance processes.
• Leadership and Influence: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams, cultivate strong professional relationships, and drive effective change.
• Communication Prowess: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for articulating findings clearly and engaging effectively with senior management and regulatory bodies.
• Risk Management Experience: Extensive experience in conducting thorough risk assessments and accurately interpreting identified risks.
• Organizational Skills: Strong time and project management capabilities.
• Domain Familiarity: Sufficient familiarity with operational and product domains to effectively frame problems and propose solutions.
• Professional Experience: At least 8 years of experience as assisting the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) or Head of Fincrime or in the Compliance team.
• Certifications (Optional): ICA/ACAMS certification is considered a valuable asset.