Wise

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.

Compliance Lead - Canada

ComplianceComplianceFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 8,000Since 2011

Location

Canada

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1 day ago

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0

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Senior

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Job Description

Compliance Lead - Canada

Wise

Company Description Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission and what we offer. Job Description We’re looking for a Senior Regulatory Compliance Lead to join our growing North America Regulatory Oversight Compliance team. In this role, you’ll be leading our Canada regulatory and financial crime compliance programs and regulator engagement. . You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and lead our efforts to ensure that Wise complies with all applicable regulations in Canada. You’ll 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—and you’re excited to work at the intersection of tech and financial services regulation—we’d love to hear from you. Your responsibilities will include: - Regulatory Liaison & Horizon Scanning: Act as a primary point of contact for Canadian regulators (such as Bank of Canada, FINTRAC and CIRO) and banking partners. You are responsible for "horizon scanning"—identifying upcoming changes in Canadian regulatory and financial crime (FinCrime) legislation (e.g., the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act) and advising product teams on how these changes impact Wise's roadmap. - Fincrime Framework Oversight: Develop, implement, and maintain the Second Line of Defense (2LoD) policies and procedures for regulatory and FinCrime compliance requirements for the Canadian market. This includes overseeing KYC (Know Your Customer), EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence), and transaction monitoring controls to ensure they effectively mitigate risks without creating unnecessary friction for customers. - Compliance Advisory: Collaborate directly with Product Managers and Engineers and Product Compliance teams to ensure new features or payment rails are "compliant by design." You would provide expert guidance on how to integrate regulatory and FinCrime controls into the user journey while maintaining the speed and transparency Wise is known for. - Monitoring & Independent Testing: Support and oversee regular monitoring and testing of the firm’s regulatory and financial crime controls to evaluate their effectiveness. This includes managing internal audits, tracking remediation plans for any identified gaps, and providing comprehensive reporting to the Board of Directors on the health of the Canadian compliance program. About you: - Knowledge of money transmission, prepaid accounts, Canada's consumer compliance regulations, and FinCrime related regulations - 5 years experience in compliance or audit including experience: - Utilizing Canadian territory portals and processes to deliver ad hoc and ongoing regulatory reporting - Working with internal cross-functional stakeholders including product, operation, finance, legal, and people teams - Communicating effectively with external stakeholders including auditors and regulators - Very detail-oriented - Ability to meet tight deadlines - Discretion and personal integrity, especially in regards to sensitive financial, personal, and corporate information - Ability to be both reactive and help solve problems in the moment as well as proactive, building longer term solutions using data-driven decision making - Experience (or interest) in working at a fast-paced internet, technology, or financial services companies in risk or compliance - Experience using G-Suite, Office, Confluence, Jira and collaborative tools (e.g. Slack, Teams) - Willing to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; and Some extra skills that would be great: - Experience working in the Money Services Business (MSB) industry - Experience working with international teams and understanding of global regulatory environments. - Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager or similar qualification - Prior experience working with the Bank of Canada, FINTRAC and CIRO. We’re people without borders — without judgment or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in. Also, qualifications aren’t that important to us. If you’ve got great experience, and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you. And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic. Additional Information 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 Wise.Jobs. Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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