Financial Crime Product Compliance & Risk Senior Manager

Wise
Sydney
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeAUD 172,000 - 225,000 monthlyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration","Risk management"]

Own Wise’s Australia and New Zealand financial crime risk management program within the Product Compliance & Risk team. You’ll design and continuously improve products and controls to balance regulatory requirements with customer experience, assess and communicate risks quantitatively and qualitatively, run regulatory gap analyses and remediation, and represent Wise in external audits and inspections. This hands-on role partners globally and regionally across product and compliance teams.

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Financial Crime Product Compliance & Risk Senior Manager

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Job Summary

Own Wise’s Australia and New Zealand financial crime risk management program within the Product Compliance & Risk team. You’ll design and continuously improve products and controls to balance regulatory requirements with customer experience, assess and communicate risks quantitatively and qualitatively, run regulatory gap analyses and remediation, and represent Wise in external audits and inspections. This hands-on role partners globally and regionally across product and compliance teams.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and continuously improve product controls by translating Wise product understanding, regulatory requirements, and financial crime risks into practical, risk-based implementations.
  • •Manage financial crime risk by staying ahead of trends and regulatory agenda in AU/NZ, assessing and presenting risks in clear quantitative and qualitative terms, and defining risk mitigation plans.
  • •Perform regulatory gap analyses, scope and execute remediation actions, and ensure timely implementation plans while coordinating with global programs.
  • •Represent Wise in external engagements including audits and regulatory inspections, explaining and defending financial crime controls and remediation plans.
  • •Partner with product teams globally and in APAC to enable compliant-by-design product launches and growth in AU/NZ.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: AUD 172,000 - 225,000 monthly
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Expert in financial crime compliance and risk management in AU/NZ with 8+ years’ experience in financial services (banking, fintech, or consulting) translating regulations into business requirements.
  • •Strong ownership and autonomy to identify improvement opportunities or elevated risk, prioritize, and drive work to completion with limited oversight.
  • •Ability to analyze and interpret complex regulatory and risk management frameworks and propose scalable, customer-centric solutions using data to quantify risks.
  • •Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with Product & Engineering teams and external auditors/regulators (such as AUSTRAC).
  • •Legally authorized to work in Australia.
Experience:8+ yearsFinancial services
Skills:OwnershipProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationRisk management
Languages:English

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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