FinCrime Operations Team Lead - Screening

Join Wise, a global technology company on a mission to make international money transfers easier and more affordable. As a FinCrime Operations Team Lead, you will oversee a team of analysts, ensuring effective mitigation of financial crime risks while maintaining operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. You will foster a high-performing team culture, drive operational excellence, and act as a subject matter expert in financial crime prevention.

Lead and manage a team of FinCrime Operations Analysts or Specialists, ensuring effective mitigation of financial crime risks.

About Wise

• 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.
• If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit [](https://www.wise.jobs/).
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Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the team, ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and internal policies, and driving operational excellence.
• Act as a subject matter expert in KYC/AML/Fraud/Screening and financial crime prevention, providing guidance and support on complex cases.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to produce clear, concise, accurate, and professional reports, summaries, and customer communications. Additional languages are a plus.
• At least 1-2 years of leading small to medium sized teams, preferably in operations.
• Good understanding of the regulatory framework surrounding KYC/AML/Fraud/Risk and financial crime prevention.
• You are familiar with money laundering methods and other financial crime trends.
• You can build and maintain an environment where your team is incentivised to make decisions and apply a risk-based approach to their work. This involves the ability to guide the team on the right course or course-correct swiftly when necessary, ensuring resources and focus are directed towards the most impactful tasks.
• You are punctual, independent, proactive and willing to get things done.
• Strong operational management and tactical decision-making skills.
• Can work with tight deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining high level of quality and competency.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisational skills, great time management, and ability to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment.
• Ability to multi-task and take responsibility in challenging situations.
• You are capable of identifying gaps in policies and processes and providing detailed feedback, including examples when possible, through the established communication channels.
• A strong process-oriented and efficiency-driven mindset.
• Proven track record of taking individual ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great team-player. Ability to deliver constructive, well-evidenced feedback that drives tangible behavioral change and performance improvement.
• Ability to analyze and move of team’s metrics

Preferred

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Law, or related field
• Certifications: ICA, CAMS, or equivalent certification (KYC/EDD/AML/Fraud/Screening/Risk focused)
• Ability to use analytics tools like, looker, superset, or other similar platforms.