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 life 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.
Job Description
Wise is looking for a capable and enthusiastic Regulatory Compliance Specialist to join our team in São Paulo, Brazil. This role will be working alongside the second line compliance and will interact with several different stakeholders and statutory directors, providing support and second line advice and oversight to the growing Brazilian operation.
The Regulatory Compliance Specialist also plays a crucial role in protecting the integrity and reputation of Wise, ensuring that it operates within the legal and ethical boundaries established by regulators and other authorities.
If you're interested in applying, please submit your resume in English.
The responsibilities for this position include:
Daily monitoring of new regulations published by major regulatory bodies and best market practices.
Assertive communication of key regulatory changes and addressing them with business and support areas.
Monitoring and supporting preparation of responses to inquiries from regulators and internal and external audits.
Managing key Compliance content repositories (policies, local board of Directors, etc.) and ensuring their completeness.
Supporting the Compliance team in conducting regulatory tests, identifying gaps, and proposing possible solutions and/or action plans.
Assisting business areas by providing regulatory advice on products and procedures.
Prevention and detection of inconsistencies that may result in regulatory gaps.
Evaluation of new products and services from a regulatory perspective.
Recording and monitoring of action plans for compliance with regulatory requirements and deadlines.
Collaborating with local Wise teams in addressing global requirements, processes, and procedures.
Assisting Wise areas and teams in the development of policies and other regulatory reports.
This role would be great for someone who has:
Theory. You understand and have previous work experience with regulations issued by the Central Bank of Brazil. You may be currently working or have worked within the area of regulatory compliance preferably in a fast paced environment.
Practice. You can help design and challenge processes, ideally across multiple products. You have thought about Wise's mission and how it intersects with regulatory compliance.
Passion. You get a kick out of improving current practices and processes and can apply different compliance strategies to develop regulatory compliance frameworks.
Communication. You are a comfortable and effective communicator in both your writing and speaking (Portuguese and English are both required for this position).
Get the job done. You have a sense of urgency and an ability to work well under pressure, prioritizing, taking responsibility and working to tight deadlines.
Detail. You have meticulous attention to detail and are able to demonstrate your organizational skills daily, managing several projects at the same time and ensuring completeness to our routines and processes.
Team player. You have great people skills and can effectively and efficiently collaborate, build relationships with colleagues throughout the business and across the globe.
Travel. You must be willing to travel to our other offices as required.
It would be ideal but not essential if you had:
Compliance-related bachelor's degree, including Law, Business Administration, Economics, and International Relations.
Key benefits:
🚀 RSU’s in a rapidly growing company after a year with us
💻 Hybrid working model – A combination of work-from-home and from the office
✈️ Wisers can work remotely for 90 days a year. By ‘remote’ we don’t just mean from home, but from wherever in the world you choose to
💪 An annual self-development budget
🩺 Health and dental allowance for you and your dependents
💝 Company-paid: Life Insurance, and an EAP program
☀️ Paid time off: 30 days vacation + 3 “Me” days + 1 volunteer day, annually
🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
👶🏼 18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us and child care assistance
🚌 Transportation vouchers
🍕 Meal (600 BRL per month) and food (968 BRL per month) vouchers
🏋️ TotalPass access to 3,500 gyms and studios throughout Brazil.
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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.
Every Wiser should feel that they can be themselves at work.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to share their contributions towards mission zero and able to progress in their careers.
Having diverse teams that reflect our diverse customer base helps us build a better product. We can be more creative and empathetic to our customer’s needs and make sure we leave no-one behind on our journey to mission-zero.
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.
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