KYC Operations Senior Manager

Company Description

Job Description

As a KYC Operations Senior Manager for KYC Business, you would be the full owner of your space, driving strategic direction and operational excellence across key sites and functional domains.
In this role, you would be responsible for defining and executing your area's strategic objectives and building high-performing teams that consistently achieve our operational targets and quality standards. You would lead various cross-team initiatives to streamline processes, ensuring our business customer verifications remain compliant, seamless, and scalable. By acting as a Wise culture ambassador and clearly articulating complex challenges, you would inspire your team to be successful and enable the Wise mission to move money without borders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic direction of your area, ensuring all operational objectives align with Wise's global mission and high-quality standards.
• Oversee multiple KYC Operations Senior Team Leads, focusing on building a high-performing leadership tier through continuous development and succession planning.
• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives to streamline processes, increase automation, and enhance efficiency across your sites or domains.
• Take full responsibility for your area's KPIs, using data-driven insights to manage resource allocation and refine standard operating procedures.
• Communicate complex regulatory and operational topics in an engaging way, collaborating with central functions and compliance to evolve internal policies.

Qualifications

• You have at least 4+ years of experience leading large teams (100+ people), including experience managing other leaders.
• You bring 2+ years of expertise in KYC/AML, financial crime, or compliance within financial services.
• You possess an advanced understanding of global KYC/AML regulatory frameworks and can translate complex requirements into actionable operational plans.
• You are proficient in using and translating analytics to move team metrics and manage operational performance independently.
• You have excellent verbal and written English skills, with a knack for articulating complex challenges to diverse stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Finance, Law, Business), professional certifications (ICA, CAMS), or experience with BI tools like Looker or Superset.

Additional Information

Work authorization requirements

Applicants must possess unrestricted right to work in Hungary at the time of application. We are unable to sponsor work permits or visas for this position.

Hiring process

• Application review
• Screening call 
• First interview and
• Second interview with the hiring team members

What we offer

• RSUs in a rapidly growing company
• Flexible working model 
• An annual self-development budget
• 33 days paid time off per year
• A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

Click here to learn more about the benefits that we offer at Wise.

If you're interested in joining our team, please apply by sending your CV and Cover Letter.

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.

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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.

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