Financial Crime Risk Manager

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Wise Full time
Position Overview:

We are seeking a Financial Crime Risk Manager to spearhead and oversee a second line team dedicated to providing insightful challenge and supervision of risks and controls within the financial crime sector.

Your Contributions:

  • Cultivating a proactive risk management culture through the establishment and monitoring of effective Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), incident management, and remediation strategies.
  • Assessing and refining existing frameworks related to financial crime risk.
  • Ensuring that all models associated with financial crime are thoroughly documented, sanctioned, and adhere to robust model standards, including data governance, assumptions, backtesting, and model change management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Team Development and Leadership: Build, mentor, and guide a second line team focused on global financial crime risk.
  • Governance and Change Control: Deliver effective second line risk oversight and challenge to guarantee that financial crime risk is managed within its defined appetite and that controls are effectively designed and operational.
  • Risk Advisory & Oversight: Provide second line of defense risk oversight on the classification, management, and remediation of financial crime-related risk incidents and breaches of KRIs.
  • Risk and Control Oversight: Ensure that the taxonomy and control libraries are comprehensive, well-documented, and subject to effective governance.
  • Models and Risk Oversight: Establish appropriate governance and frameworks essential for managing model risk related to financial crime.
  • Risk Monitoring: Offer oversight and challenge during quarterly risk assessments at the financial crime risk committee, ensuring focus on pertinent topics.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
  • Over 10 years of extensive experience in financial crime risk management, particularly in fraud models and controls.
  • A comprehensive understanding of financial crime typologies, taxonomies, and control frameworks.
  • Familiarity with global regulatory frameworks and experience in designing and implementing financial crime frameworks to meet multi-jurisdictional requirements.
  • A proven history of developing and leading high-performing teams.
  • Experience with regulatory requirements and industry best practices in financial crime risk management.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • A professional certification in fraud examination (e.g., CFE) or financial crime (e.g., CAMS) is highly regarded.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive base salary ranging from £115,000 to £160,000, along with RSUs.
  • Flexible hybrid working policy.
  • A variety of additional office perks.

At Wise, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We believe that our teams are strongest when they reflect a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. We celebrate our differences and strive to ensure that every team member feels respected, empowered, and able to progress in their careers.

To learn more about our company culture, please visit our careers page.

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