Head of Financial Crime Control Governance

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 89,000 - 127,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Governance","Stakeholder management","Prioritization","Problem-solving","Data literacy"]

Design, own, and operate Wise’s 1LOD financial crime control governance framework across entities, ensuring controls are integral, effective, and audit-ready. Maintain the financial crime control library as the single source of truth, lead control mapping, enforce documentation quality, and continuously improve assurance workflows with automation where appropriate. Run governance forums with senior sign-off, produce board-ready materials, support regulatory exams/audits, and lead a small team.

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Head of Financial Crime Control Governance

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Job Summary

Design, own, and operate Wise’s 1LOD financial crime control governance framework across entities, ensuring controls are integral, effective, and audit-ready. Maintain the financial crime control library as the single source of truth, lead control mapping, enforce documentation quality, and continuously improve assurance workflows with automation where appropriate. Run governance forums with senior sign-off, produce board-ready materials, support regulatory exams/audits, and lead a small team.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, own, and operate the 1LOD financial crime control governance strategy and operating model across Wise entities.
  • •Own and maintain the Financial Crime control library as the single source of truth, including ongoing hygiene.
  • •Lead control mapping across the end-to-end framework (risks, processes, product, and regulatory obligations) and enforce documentation quality checks.
  • •Drive continuous improvement of the control assurance framework and workflow design, including automation where appropriate.
  • •Run control approval governance forums with senior management sign-off, track actions to completion, and support regulatory exams/audits; lead a small team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 89,000 - 127,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience in controls governance and risk within a regulated financial institution (bank, payments, fintech at scale, or consulting).
  • •Strong knowledge of financial crime risk domains, including AML, sanctions, CDD/KYC, transaction monitoring, and fraud.
  • •Proven ownership of control libraries and control frameworks, including control lifecycle management and mapping to obligations.
  • •Ability to run governance forums, manage senior stakeholders, and produce audit-ready decision records.
  • •Experience partnering with 2LoD Compliance/Risk and supporting Internal Audit and regulatory reviews.
Experience:Financial_servicesFintechPaymentsRegulated financial institutionConsultingBanking
Skills:GovernanceStakeholder managementPrioritizationProblem-solvingData literacy
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AI

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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