LATAM Financial Risk Manager

Wise
São Paulo
Workplace: HybridFull timeBRL 19,000 - 31,000 monthlyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Independent oversight","Quantitative analysis","Risk challenge","Stakeholder communication","Decision support"]

Own second-line financial risk oversight for Wise’s Brazilian operations and LATAM legal entities. Assess and quantify liquidity, capital, FX, safeguarding, counterparty credit, concentration, and intercompany risks; maintain the local Risk and Capital Management framework; and produce/coordinate prudential reporting and stress testing. Translate group finance forecasts into COSIF-based risk analysis and challenge Finance, Treasury, PayOps, and engineering with clear recommendations for governance and regulatory decision-making.

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LATAM Financial Risk Manager

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Job Summary

Own second-line financial risk oversight for Wise’s Brazilian operations and LATAM legal entities. Assess and quantify liquidity, capital, FX, safeguarding, counterparty credit, concentration, and intercompany risks; maintain the local Risk and Capital Management framework; and produce/coordinate prudential reporting and stress testing. Translate group finance forecasts into COSIF-based risk analysis and challenge Finance, Treasury, PayOps, and engineering with clear recommendations for governance and regulatory decision-making.
Location: São Paulo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge of liquidity, funding, intraday liquidity, settlement, counterparty credit, concentration, FX, safeguarding, capital, and intercompany risks.
  • •Maintain and develop the local Risk and Capital Management framework, including policies, risk appetite metrics, limits, KRIs, and governance reporting.
  • •Prepare, coordinate, or challenge capital plans, capital forecasts, RWA calculations, and financial risk stress-testing exercises.
  • •Translate finance forecasts into risk analysis for Brazilian entities and support completeness, accuracy, and timely submission of prudential and Financial Risk reports (e.g., DDR, DRM, DLO, DLI, DRL, Pilar 3).
  • •Monitor capital adequacy and limits, analyze BRL liquidity in normal and closed-market periods, and recommend actions for escalation and governance (including to CRO/CFO and regulatory engagements).

Pay and Benefits

Salary: BRL 19,000 - 31,000 monthly
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalRsusLearning BudgetLife InsuranceParental LeaveSabbatical LeavePaid LeaveCommuter BenefitsMeal VouchersGym MembershipChildcare Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience with regulatory capital, RWA, capital planning, liquidity risk, or prudential reporting.
  • •Ability to build, review, and challenge quantitative models, stress tests, forecasts, limits, and financial risk metrics.
  • •Understanding of Brazilian prudential accounting and reporting, including COSIF and applicable BCB reports.
  • •Experience analyzing payment and FX flows across legal entities, accounts, and settlement mechanisms.
  • •Advanced spreadsheet and data-analysis capability; SQL or equivalent analytical experience is strongly desirable.
Experience:Financial services
Skills:Independent oversightQuantitative analysisRisk challengeStakeholder communicationDecision support
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLIFRSCOSIF

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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