Senior Product Compliance Manager - Greater China

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Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
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HK Salary Range: HKD $105,600 - $132,000 Per Month + RSUs

SGP Salary Range: SGD $13,000 - $16,700 Per Month + RSUs

Location: Hong Kong or Singapore 

We’re looking for a Product Compliance & Risk Senior Manager to join our growing Product Compliance & Risk team in APAC and to help out the APAC team build and improve Wise products, with focus on Greater China. This role is hands-on, a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission and help save millions more people money.

This is a first line Product Compliance & Risk role, embedded in the APAC Product Squad. 

You, together with the team in South-East Asia, will be responsible for:  

Creating and improving our amazing products, focusing on products in Greater China:

• Deeply understand regulatory needs, translate this into solutions and work together with the Product Teams to build compliant new products and services  in a customer oriented way; 

• perform regulatory analysis of new products and services, and that related controls are implemented consistently prior to launch. 

Regulatory risk and remediation:  

• By understanding both the Wise product deeply enough and the local regulatory expectations - support Product and operational teams on how to interpret regulatory requirements, improve processes and our product to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents; 

• In collaboration with Risk and Compliance second line and APAC Product Squad, identify and align on the main regulatory risks in Greater China. Present this in a very clear and understandable way to the wider teams, to work with them on defining the solutions and how this should be executed. 

Third Party Relationships: 

• Represent Wise in external meetings (with for example regulators, bank partners), being able to clearly and effectively articulate all Wise Products ; 

• provide input on regulatory related matters, always representing Wise customer-oriented culture while ensuring compliance. 

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge at full speed; 

• Build world-class products: The role is a unique opportunity to build state-of-the-art products that are compliant for our customers and regulators

• Work together with all our amazing teams globally 

Must have:

• Previous financial regulation advisory role or experience in a compliance/legal department, risk and control function or in a consultancy environment. You have experience dealing with regulatory audits and understand the expectations of local regulators/policymakers; 

• Expert in regulatory and fincrime compliance (or both) having a background in Financial Regulation and a thorough knowledge of regulations in Greater China (main focus Hong Kong); 

• Ability to analyse and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively; 

• Ability to prioritise effectively and call-out what are the key areas of improvement and implementation required from a regulatory point of view; 

• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations; 

• Problem solving attitude, with the ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions; 

• A natural owner, that drives and delivers project from inception to completion, timely and with attention to the details; 

• Legally authorised to work in Hong Kong or Singapore

• Willingness to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; 

Other preferred skills: 

• A true team player with a collaborative spirit and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders, such as Product and Compliance;

• Passionate to help solve problems and build best-in-class products for customers;

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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