Senior Product Compliance & Risk Manager UAE

We are looking for a candidate ready to leverage their UAE regulatory and fincrime  legal experience in a dynamic fintech environment. This is an exciting hands-on opportunity working directly with product managers analysts and engineers to launch and manage compliant products. 

Your mission: 

Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Your mission is to enable our UAE Product team to launch new products grow our presence and manage compliance risks in the UAE through a deep understanding of FinCrime and other regulatory requirements and regulator expectations around them. 

You will exhibit a high degree of ownership in ensuring our products are compliant and have a structured approach to mitigating local risks all while balancing this with an excellent customer experience.

This is a first line of defense hands-on role embedded in the MEA Product Squad.

You together with the team in UAE will be responsible for:  

Creating and improving our products in a compliant and scalable way: 

• By deeply understanding both the Wise product and regulatory needs in the UAE support Product and other teams on interpreting regulatory requirements including fincrime ones and improving processes controls and our product accordingly;

• Perform Risk assessments of new products and services and ensure that related controls are implemented consistently prior to launch; and

• Enable Product teams to adopt a risk-based approach in developing products processes and controls.

Regulatory change and remediation:  

• Conduct regulatory gap analyses define and scope required actions to remediate gaps and take ownership over ensuring implementation plans are executed in a timely manner; and

• In collaboration with global teams identify opportunities to maximise synergies and drive consistency and scalability by leveraging programs of work already executed or in flight across the Wise Group.

Manage and Mitigate Regulatory Risks and the Control Environment: 

• Oversee the control environment for the UAE designing effective creative and targeted controls and evaluating the residual risk exposure;

• Collaborate with Compliance colleagues to ensure Wise Product Teams are constantly aware of the most recent regulations and guidance; and

• Work with Product Teams and the wider Risk & Compliance Team to implement and maintain Management Information that enables Wise to make informed decisions at the regional and Global levels. 

Audit issue management and remediation: 

• Manage audits and (where required) challenge audit findings in collaboration with Product and second line of defence Risk and Compliance teams; and

• Develop remediation plans and ensure they are agreed upon and executed promptly.

• Represent Wise in meetings with Banking Partners and Central Banks being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wises products and compliance framework.

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

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

• Build state-of-the-art products that are compliant for our customers and regulators; 

• Work together with all our amazing teams both locally and globally; and

• Play a key role in owning and shaping Wises  compliance program in the UAE 

About you: 

• You have a strong compliance background with expertise in and knowledge of applicable regulations in the UAE specifically for entities regulated by the Central bank  

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

• Strong communicator with the ability to effectively interact with different audiences (from Product & Engineering teams to external auditors and regulators such as CBUAE);

• Problem solving attitude with the ability analyse and interpret complex regulatory and risk management frameworks and apply them effectively with data to drive practical actionable and value-adding business decisions; 

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

• Ability to prioritise effectively and call-out key areas of improvement.

Further information: 

• Were people without borders without judgment or prejudice too. We want to work with the best people no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission youll fit right in.

• Also qualifications arent that important to us. If youve got great experience and youre great at articulating your thinking wed like to hear from you.

• And because we believe that diverse teams build better products wed especially love to hear from you if youre from an under-represented demographic.

Additional Information :

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

Were 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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time