Head of Financial Crime Risk Assessment
Core
Lead and scale the first-line Financial Crime (FC) risk assessment framework across multiple entities, focusing on AML/CTF, sanctions, and fraud typologies.
Role type
Senior IC Head of Financial Crime Risk Assessment
Builds
Scalable governance framework for risk identification, scoring, and control effectiveness across Wise entities
Domain
Financial Services / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Sanctions / Fraud
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Financial Crime risk assessment leadership, risk methodology design (scoring models, materiality), regulatory impact analysis, GRC/workflow tool implementation, data literacy, team leadership
Preferred skills
Experience with multi-entity/multi-region scope, product risk assessment alignment, digital transformation strategy integration
Technologies
Optro, GRC platforms, internal risk assessment tooling
Responsibilities
Manage end-to-end FC risk assessment lifecycle, establish governance frameworks, drive continuous improvement of methodology, perform regulatory impact analysis, track remediation plans, partner with Analytics for reporting, prepare materials for senior management, lead a small team
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership