FinCrime Operations Team Lead - Sanctions

Here’s how you’ll be contributing to the Sanctions Screening team:

Hire, lead, develop and manage a Sanctions team, including amongst others administrative tasks such as scheduling, interviewing, organising team activities etc.

Measure team's KPIs, plan capacity and maintain focus on customer experience; as well as taking ownership of various projects

Develop effective operational processes, task allocation, training and performance management to deliver a great customer experience with a tightly managed cost base

Collaborate with Wise’s Quality team to maintain a high quality of sanctions checks that were performed by the team

Take decisions within our policy framework and working with compliance to evolve both our policies and processes

Understand and manage training the team on our regulatory obligations, how our policies fulfil them and our risk-based approach to deterring and preventing money laundering and financial crime

Able to represent the policies, processes and auditable screening work to regulators and auditors

Work with third party management, outsourcing partners, product teams, customer support and across compliance to manage operational impact of changes and identify opportunities to improve the customer experience, increase automation or improve operational efficiencies.

About you:

You’re legally authorised to work in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

You have management experience in operations or compliance.

You have previous work experience in the financial sector, compliance or similar (that has given you strong compliance knowledge and a good understanding of the relevant regulatory landscape); Sanctions experience is a big plus;

You can multitask and take charge in different situations

You have the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally

You have great communication and presentations skills to assist on internal and external projects and audits

You have a good understanding of the team’s metrics and ability to analyse and move them

You have a proven track record of taking ownership as well as being a great team-player

You are familiar with reading legal and regulatory documents, formulating strategy to make informed decisions, and successfully execute plans

You are able to persevere in a fast paced environment

Nice to have:

• Certified in ABRACAM (ABT1)

*Please note, only resumes provided in English will be considered*

Our Benefits:

🚀 RSU’s in a rapidly growing company

💻 Flexible working model

💪 An annual self-development budget

🩺 Health and dental allowance for you and your dependents

💝 Company-paid: Life Insurance, and an EAP program

☀️ Paid time off: 30 days vacation + 3 “Me” days + 1 volunteer day, annually

🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

👶🏼 8-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us and child care assistance

🚌 Transportation vouchers

🍕 Food (730 BRL per month) and meal (1,188 BRL per month) vouchers

🏋️ TotalPass access to 3,500 gyms and studios throughout Brazil

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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