FinCrime Operations Team Lead - Sanctions
Core
Lead and scale a Sanctions Screening team to screen customers against sanctioned entities and conduct complex investigations on alerts for Wise's multi-currency banking platform.
Role type
Senior IC Operations/Compliance Team Lead (Sanctions)
Builds
Sanctions screening operations and investigative workflows for Wise's global customer base
Domain
Financial Services / Compliance / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Sanctions
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Team leadership and hiring, operational process design, KPI measurement and capacity planning, regulatory policy interpretation, stakeholder management, audit representation, training development
Preferred skills
ABRACAM (ABT1) certification, prior sanctions experience, financial sector compliance background
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Hire, lead, develop and manage a Sanctions team; Measure team's KPIs, plan capacity and maintain focus on customer experience; Develop effective operational processes, task allocation, training and performance management; Collaborate with Quality team to maintain high quality of sanctions checks; Take decisions within policy framework and work with compliance to evolve policies and processes; Manage training on regulatory obligations and risk-based approach; Represent 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
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities