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Max ease. Full speed.\nWhether 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.\nAs part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.\nFor everyone, everywhere.\nMore about our mission and what we offer.\nJob Description\nYour mission\nYour mission is to lead the KYC Operations Function organization to Ensure its Compliance and Provide Instant Service with best-in-class Quality. And to do this in a scalable, cost-efficient manner, working in partnership with other Wise teams and functions, most prominently with Wise Product and Compliance.\nWhat you’ll be doing\nIn this role, you will lead a team of Area Leads and their functional areas to drive strategic direction and operational excellence. 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Some examples of your Success metrics might include but not be limited to:\nFor the Customers: Quality of KYC Function processes (false positive and negatives), Resolution of customer-facing cases, Response SLA, KYC-related appeals upheld\n\nFor Wise: False Positives, False Negatives, Customer Attrition during onboarding, Handling Time, Risk Indicators, Cost per Contact\n\nFor Wisers: Engagement Score, Attrition, Rewards\n\nA few ways in which you’ll contribute to Wise’s success in this role\nSetting the Strategy for KYC Operations Function\nLead the design of the vision and strategy for your team, aligned with the overall Servicing Strategy, in making the processes more compliant, faster, better and more scalable, with a clear customer focus\n\nBuilding the best processes\nBuild and develop a robust and compliant customer onboarding program\n\nBuild the necessary support systems for the processes: Metrics, Targets, Governance\n\nUtilize data and user research to optimize our on-boarding experience and transform how we currently fight financial crime and fulfill regulatory obligations\n\nDrive improvement initiatives and manage an efficient process while providing continuous effective risk management and control\n\nManage and optimize 3rd party services and outsourced vendors across the KYC operating model\n\nWork closely with our Risk and Compliance teams to align on risk appetites and capabilities to support the growth of the business\n\nNurturing a great team\nEnsure that the right KYC Operations Function organization and the right leaders are in place\n\nBuild and develop a people strategy that allows execution upon the vision - cross functions and locations\n\nRevamp the People management processes together with the People Operations team - skills, career paths, performance management\n\nOversight of team's budgets and high level reporting.\n\nSet KPIs and developmental objectives across the current team of 150+ people (regional teams across across the globe)\n\nPartnering with Product\nWork closely with Product teams to ship and deliver best in market KYC products and experiences to our customers\n\nThis is not intended to be an exhaustive list. 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Ability to articulate complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.\nExtensive experience, typically 10+ years, in Operations (preferably KYC/AML, financial crime, compliance, or related fields within the financial services industry).\n\nDemonstrated leadership experience, preferably 8+ years, in leading and mentoring large teams, fostering an inclusive and high-performance culture.\n\nIn-depth expertise and strategic understanding of the regulatory environment and evolving framework surrounding KYC/AML.\n\nProficient in utilizing advanced analytics tools, such as Looker, Superset, or equivalent platforms, to drive data-driven decision-making.\n\nHighly punctual, with a strong sense of initiative and a proactive approach to driving strategic objectives and delivering results.\n\nExceptional communication and interpersonal skills, coupled with strong organizational capabilities. Ability to effectively manage time and thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.\n\nExpertise in multi-tasking and maintaining accountability in complex and challenging scenarios.\n\nProven ability to identify and address gaps in policies and processes, providing detailed feedback and constructive recommendations through established communication channels.\n\nStrong track record of personal ownership and responsibility, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across various teams and levels within the organization.\n\nStrategic capability in analyzing team metrics and implementing initiatives to enhance performance and drive key project outcomes.\n\nValues and behavioural expectations\nThis isn’t just a job, it’s a revolution.\nVisionary Leadership: Helps the team create/align with the function & team vision and set goals that are aligned with Wise’s mission. Stays up to date and embraces and drives change.\n\nMission-Oriented Problem Solving: Ensures teamwork is aligned with the company mission, identifies improvement opportunities, quantifies them and ensures ownership of the solution. Helps the team identify and solve impactful problems.\n\nEmpowers Team Members: Adapts leadership style to support team members through coaching, guiding, and recognizing achievements and supporting career growth.\n\nChampions Change: Approaches change with a positive and constructive attitude. Embraces experimentation, is open to new solutions, and proactively seeks opportunities to challenge the status quo and improve processes, doesn't settle for 'good enough'.\n\nWe get it done.\nData-Driven Decisions: Uses core data and key metrics confidently to coach team members effectively and guide the team based on data-driven insights.\n\nAccountability and Impact: Holds team members accountable for delivering goals and monitors the impact of their work through key metrics. Regularly tracks and discusses team and individual impact through predetermined key metrics.\n\nClear, Quantified Impact: Ensures team members have clarity on which KPIs they are responsible for influencing and how these KPIs link to the overall Servicing strategy.\n\nCustomer > team > ego.\nCustomer Focused: Provides clarity on customer needs and challenges, incorporates key customer-focused metrics into team goals, and tracks for continuous improvement.\n\nSupportive Leadership: Hires, onboards, and supports team members to set them up for a successful and impactful career. Ensures that team decisions prioritise customer needs and impact. Encourages team members to always consider the broader team and customer perspective in their work.\n\nGrowth-Oriented: Conducts regular one-to-ones, and performance review sessions (e.g. Grow Wise), balancing both numerical and behavioural performance with development discussions. Invests in and drives their own growth as a leader. Embraces both successes and failures to support learning.\n\nKnowledge Sharing: Shares area expertise and skills to help the team find the best solutions. Uses coaching to encourage team members to share their knowledge and be more involved in decisions affecting their work.\n\nNo drama, good karma.\nInclusive Leadership: Creates an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work while being fully themselves. Actively collaborates within their organisations and Wise to reach impact.\n\nRespectful and Open Communication: Stays respectful, embraces different perspectives, and positively contributes to discussions even in challenging situations. Demonstrates great listening skills, empathy, and patience, and communicates honestly and transparently, focusing on solutions\n\nFeedback and Growth: Gives timely and specific feedback to support the growth and impact of team members. 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