Northam Enterprise and Operational Risk Lead

Wise
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 197,500 - 282,500 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Communication","Executive narrative writing","Problem-solving","Decision-making","Collaboration"]

Lead the enterprise and operational risk management function across Wise’s US and Canada entities. Drive control mapping, control monitoring and testing, risk appetite statements, thresholds, and KRIs, and run the issue management and remediation oversight using Audit Board. Partner with first-line teams and influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Banking, and Compliance to support safer, faster product launches, while producing actionable insights from incidents and quarterly residual risk assessments.

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Northam Enterprise and Operational Risk Lead

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Job Summary

Lead the enterprise and operational risk management function across Wise’s US and Canada entities. Drive control mapping, control monitoring and testing, risk appetite statements, thresholds, and KRIs, and run the issue management and remediation oversight using Audit Board. Partner with first-line teams and influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Banking, and Compliance to support safer, faster product launches, while producing actionable insights from incidents and quarterly residual risk assessments.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage, coach, and mentor a team of four risk management professionals.
  • •Implement and oversee enterprise and operational risk management frameworks across US and Canada entities, including compliance, risk and control self-assessment, and issue management.
  • •Lead control mapping and design scalable controls plus a control monitoring and testing program for material processes.
  • •Develop risk appetite statements, risk tolerance thresholds, and KRIs; work with data analysts and Product managers to create monitoring dashboards.
  • •Provide ongoing oversight of issue remediation, including regulatory remediation, using Audit Board, and validate closure and appropriate risk acceptance.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 197,500 - 282,500 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Manage, coach, and mentor a team of risk management professionals.
  • •Experience in financial services, banking, or fintech with payment services focus, including operational controls and reporting.
  • •Working knowledge of the OCC regulatory regime for enterprise and operational risk management, including regulatory remediation experience.
  • •Experience in enterprise risk and operational risk management, including risk and control self-assessments and risk reporting.
  • •Design and implement control monitoring, risk appetite statements, and KRIs, with comfort using AI and data analysis (SQL, Looker, and Superset are a plus).
Experience:FintechFinancial servicesBankingPayment servicesOperational riskEnterprise risk
Skills:CommunicationExecutive narrative writingProblem-solvingDecision-makingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AISQLLookerSupersetAudit Board

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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