Compliance Lead (Wise Platform)

Job description

The Wise Platform - Compliance Lead is a strategic role responsible for the design, scalability, and execution of the European Wise Platform's financial crime compliance framework. You will act as a primary driver for how Wise integrates with global banks and enterprises, ensuring our expansion is balanced with a robust, world-class risk approach. Beyond oversight, you are a leader within the compliance function. You will cut through complexity to make high-stakes decisions, build momentum across multiple teams, and coach others to deliver exceptional results.

Your goal is to ensure that our Platform controls are not only compliant with Belgian and European standards but are also built to scale globally. You must have extensive experience working within Correspondent frameworks, including new partner onboarding, ongoing monitoring and new product launches to be considered for this role. Please ensure this experience is clearly documented within your profile and / or cover letter.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Oversight & Framework Development Lead the evolution and growth of the Wise Europe Platform compliance framework. You will be responsible for setting and adapting standards for partner onboarding and ongoing monitoring, ensuring they are resilient to emerging risks and shifting regulatory expectations. You ensure that as we scale, Wise Europe’s compliance framework remains in line with the highest industry standards as well as any regulatory obligations and expectations from our regulator in Belgium.

You will help evolve the wider compliance environment so it can be optimised for growth, cutting through detail to create clarity for first line teams and a clear path forward. Advisory & Decision Making Provide expert challenge and support to first line teams in Product as well as operations, while ensuring changes to Wise’s control framework are designed effectively. You will confidently defend Wise’s risk appetite and compliance standards during engagements with partners, regulators, and government bodies.

Act as a strategic advisor to the AMLCO and first line teams on complex risk decisions. You will be responsible for resolving friction points across the organisation, building the momentum needed to deliver products and partnerships at scale. Risk Leadership & Scalability Actively pre-empt compliance risks across Platform products and integration types. You will help construct and drive mitigation plans that address potential financial crime vulnerabilities in our products long before they materialize.

Be a valuable partner in the development of risk monitoring frameworks and KRIs in partnership with Product and Risk. You provide the AMLCO and Board with deep insights into risk exposure, enabling risk-based and data-led strategic decisions. Communicate high-level insights to the Wise Europe Board, regulators, and external stakeholders in a clear way. You translate complex regulatory landscapes into transparent and effective narratives that drive informed decision-making.

Coaching & Culture While being the subject matter expert on correspondent banking and business onboarding, you also help the wider compliance organisation to deliver their best work.

Qualifications

Significant experience ( 7+ years) in financial crime compliance, with a proven track record of leading oversight for correspondent banking , BaaS, or complex platform products.

Strategic Leadership

Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale change projects and drive alignment toward a central mission across multiple functions.

Regulatory Expertise

Deep technical knowledge of Belgian and European AML/CTF regulations, with the confidence to defend risk approaches to senior leadership or regulators.

Communication

Excellent communication skills; able to distill complex data into clear, strategic narratives for executive leadership and external stakeholders, as well as more junior team members.

Empowerment

A "coaching pro" mindset with experience in mentoring specialists and helping teams reach their full potential.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in law, finance or other related areas. Additional certifications such as ACAMS or ICA are beneficial.