Wise
Compliance Lead - Canada
Ottawa, , Canada
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
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About the role
- In this role, you'll be leading our Canada regulatory and financial crime compliance programs and regulator engagement..
- You'll also help shape and evolve our second-line compliance framework, providing critical insights to product, operations, and leadership teams, and helping embed compliance into everything we do.
- This includes managing internal audits, tracking remediation plans for any identified gaps, and providing comprehensive reporting to the Board of Directors on the health of the Canadian compliance program.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate directly with Product Managers and Engineers and Product Compliance teams to ensure new features or payment rails are "compliant by design." You would provide expert guidance on how to integrate regulatory and FinCrime controls into the user journey while maintaining the speed and transparency Wise is known for.
- Support and oversee regular monitoring and testing of the firm's regulatory and financial crime controls to evaluate their effectiveness.
Requirements
- Knowledge of money transmission, prepaid accounts, Canada's consumer compliance regulations, and FinCrime related regulations
- 5 years experience in compliance or audit including experience:
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Experience (or interest) in working at a fast-paced internet, technology, or financial services companies in risk or compliance
- Experience using G-Suite, Office, Confluence, Jira and collaborative tools (e.g. Slack, Teams)
Skills
- For everyone, everywhere.
- Your responsibilities will include:
- Experience working in the Money Services Business (MSB) industry
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