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Wise

Low-cost international money transfers with API

Head of Sanctions Service Delivery

Financial Crime & AMLConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLondon, UK£110k - £145k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 5-8 years experience leading teams within Sanctions
  • Great communicator both verbal and written
  • Experience setting targets and holding your team accountable to them
  • Proven track record of taking individual ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great team-player
  • Good understanding and ability to analyse, forecast and move of team’s metrics
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a complex organisation, across multiple cultures, geographies, and disciplines
  • Project management and organisational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time
  • You're able to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead 5 Senior Operations Managers and 500+ Sanctions Agents globally
  • Coach, develop and performance manage the team to drive a high performance culture
  • Hiring new staff as you build out your team
  • Own demand and capacity planning for your team ensuring we have enough staff to support our customers
  • Manage service delivery ensuring your finger is always on the pulse with all queues and customers are not left waiting for responses
  • Maintain strong relationships with Compliance, ensuring we have the right structure and processes in place for effective oversight
  • Own the plan to develop Sanctions Operations team capabilities, strategic placement of staff across teams, skills and capacity over 12+ months, including skills mapping and training plans, leading significant cross-team projects requiring material decisions and content contribution as well as project management
  • Proactively monitor process controls to ensure consistent performance ensuring any irregularity is investigated
  • Maintain strong relationships with Product, Analytics, Engineering and Compliance
  • Become a subject matter expert for processes and tooling

Desired Qualifications

  • Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification or similar
  • Additional language skills in one or more jurisdictions in which Wise has operations

About the Company

Wise

Low-cost international money transfers with API

Wise enables international money transfers with lower fees by using a peer-to-peer model to match transfers across borders. It offers a multi-currency account for holding and managing money in different currencies and provides an API for businesses to integrate Wise transfers into their platforms. Unlike traditional banks that charge higher fees and poor exchange rates, Wise uses transparent, small-per-transaction fees and real-time exchange rates to reduce costs. Its approach differentiates it from competitors by emphasizing simplicity, cost transparency, and a broad API for business integration. The goal is to make cross-border payments cheaper, faster, and more transparent for individuals and businesses around the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2011

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