Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. 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 life 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. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission.
Job Description We're looking for a Wise Philippines Compliance Officer to strengthen our compliance team. Based in Manila, Philippines, you will work with a growing team of multidisciplinary specialists globally (Product, Treasury, Expansion, Engineers) to help build world-class products in the Philippines. You'll also manage and strengthen the teams' relationships with regulators by being the regulator's point of contact, keeping everybody informed and protecting our most valuable asset – our customers.
Your mission: Building and continuously improving the compliance program in line with our mission to be instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free.Maintain our regulatory licence for the Philippines: (i) regulatory reporting and filing, (ii) regulatory liaison and (iii) leading our audits.Build trust with our regulator: manage and coordinate meaningful reporting internally and externally, respond to information requests, and proactively communicate product changes and notifiable events.Help Develop systems / processes to track and monitor our regulatory risk, compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.Work with teams within Wise to educate them about Philippines regulatory requirements, and empower teams to build risk based processes which are clearly documented.Scrutinise and test compliance programs, including quality assurance, analyse findings and work with Operational teams to develop our risk based approach, provide constructive feedback and be responsible for resolutions, including addressing any audit findings.Adapt your focus on different compliance issues depending on growth plans and compliance needs.Work with global Product and Operational teams and travel to our operational offices.This role will give you the opportunity to: Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise's business and get to know many teams across the company as you liaise with them to help them understand the regulatory framework and bring together the information that our regulators need.Work in a fast-growing company, in the fastest growing region with a lot of new initiatives.Gain exposure to multi-geographical projects and ability to scale up and manage/support other regions.Qualifications A bit about you: If you have a compliance background in the payments industry or other financial sector, great communication and organisational skills, and tons of motivation, then this role could be perfect for you!
Theory: You are an expert in the Philippines payment system regulatory landscape and Philippines AML/CTF regulations.Practice: You have a minimum of 8 years of demonstrable experience designing and challenging compliance processes, ideally across money transfer or e-wallet products. You have worked, or work directly with the BSP in various engagements.Passion: You get a kick out of improving current practices and processes and can apply different compliance strategies to develop multiple compliance frameworks.Get the job done: You have a sense of urgency and an ability to work well under pressure, prioritising, taking responsibility and working to tight deadlines.Development: You've considered the challenges and development opportunities of working at a fast-growing scale-up and are looking to get into FinTech or payments compliance.Location and Language: Based out of Manila, Philippines, must be willing to travel, subject to government regulations. You must be fluent in English and Tagalog (native speaker). Please note that visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.Additional Information We're people without borders — without judgment or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you're passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you'll fit right in. Also, qualifications aren't that important to us. If you've got great experience, and you're great at articulating your thinking, we'd like to hear from you. And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we'd especially love to hear from you if you're from an under-represented demographic.
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