Safeguarding Controller - APAC

Job Description

Working alongside an existing team of Safeguarding specialists and reporting to the Global Safeguarding Accountable Owner, your role is to assist each of the existing controllers and product managers in ensuring the APAC safeguarding control framework runs smoothly. The role will span across both safeguarding for payments and e-money and investment business and offers a fantastic opportunity to learn about the handovers between the regimes. You will also be joining at an exciting time of product growth and expansion..

Your Mission

• You will play a crucial role in ensuring that new product launches are compliant with safeguarding regulations and controlled in a proportionate manner
• You will be responsible for ensuring completeness of our policies and procedures and coordinate with individual controllers to obtain attestations of the controls operation and alignment to the controls framework
• You will be responsible for coordinating and implementing a first line of defence assurance for APAC safeguarding controls
• You will be responsible for maintaining the APAC safeguarding risk and controls matrix for the APAC entities
• You will be the first point of escalation of discrepancies identified by the Reconciliations team for safeguarding reconciliations and provide SME advise on their resolution and treatment
• You will be involved in the incidents management process and link incidents to control failures, which will enable senior management to see themes within the control environment
• You will be responsible for MAS regulatory reporting and other safeguarding regulatory reporting preparation
• You will be responsible for the annual safeguarding audit coordination
• You will help document, challenge and build an end-to-end view of our internal control environment to illustrate key risks, controls and processes. This will all be done within our internal risk management software

Opportunities

• Own your own path of success - You’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• Grow with the role - You will have the exposure and opportunity to speak to key senior members of the organisation getting into the details of remediation steps. You will be able to develop your technical skills and knowledge by being involved in several change management programmes relating to regulatory uplifts across different territories as well as related to implementing new products or features working with our engineering team to ensure these are safeguarding compliant.
• Stepping stone - This role provides an excellent platform for someone looking to step into the safeguarding function of a fast-growing Fintech.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise’s business - Get to know many teams across the business as you partner with them as part of day-to-day activities.