We鈥檙e looking for a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist to join our growing North America Regulatory Oversight Compliance team. In this role, you鈥檒l be a key partner in managing our regulatory obligations, particularly as they relate to ongoing regulatory changes and policy management.
You鈥檒l work closely with cross-functional teams and lead our efforts in delivering regulatory change management, helping ensure Wise remains compliant as we scale. You鈥檒l also help shape and evolve our second-line compliance framework, providing critical insights to product, operations, and leadership teams, and helping embed compliance into everything we do.
If you're passionate about systems that make compliance smart, scalable, and transparent鈥攁nd you鈥檙e excited to work at the intersection of tech and financial services regulation鈥攚e鈥檇 love to hear from you.
Your mission:
As a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist, you will be on the front lines of a dynamic regulatory landscape, fully owning our horizon scanning program and establishing metrics to assess its ongoing effectiveness helping us understand what鈥檚 coming and ensuring our internal policies and controls are prepared for it. You will work closely with your team to monitor regulatory changes, provide insightful data-driven analysis to the business, and manage the lifecycle of our core compliance documentation.
Your responsibilities will include:
Horizon Scanning & Regulatory Intelligence: Monitor, identify, and track proposed and final regulations, guidance, and enforcement actions from key US regulators (e.g., CFPB, FinCEN, OCC, FTC, state banking departments like NYDFS).Establish KPIs and reporting metrics to regularly assess the effectiveness, coverage, and speed of our scanning program.
Regulatory Advisory Support: Support Compliance in conducting impact assessments for new laws and regulations, summarizing this information to provide leadership with actionable data trends on emerging regulatory risks.. Also, assist in translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable business and product requirements for our internal teams.
Policy Governance and Management: Assist in the end-to-end lifecycle of our compliance policies and procedures, including drafting, reviewing, and updating documents to reflect new regulations or business changes. Develop and enhance controls to ensure compliance with new regulatory changes/updates.
General Compliance Support: Assist in gathering information for regulatory inquiries, examinations, and internal audits. Develop and maintain dashboards or reporting structures that track regulatory changes and policy health for management visibility. Also, participate in special projects and initiatives as directed by the Compliance Lead.