Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Tailor your resume to this Regional Head of AML Investigations role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Wise's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Regional Head of AML Investigations role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Wise's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Regional Head of AML Investigations posting at Wise — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Regional Head of AML Investigations posting at Wise — free, in seconds.
About the Role
The Regional Lead of AML Investigations is responsible for the strategic direction and operational excellence of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) investigations, serving as a critical strategic partner to regional executives. This role drives focused results, defines the regional investigative strategy, and ensures sustainable growth by bridging regulatory requirements and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to regional teams, providing data-driven insights into risk profiles, investigative performance, and emerging threats.
- Lead a multi-layered AML organization of approximately 200 people, driving high performance through leadership of direct reports and ensuring workflow optimization.
- Proactively identify emerging financial crime trends and implement investigative strategies to protect the platform.
- Drive the delivery of KPIs aligned with regional business objectives, ensuring AML operations support seamless service delivery and customer experience.
- Build and maintain scalable high-performance teams, uplifting skills, demonstrating proactiveness, and ensuring timely, high-quality SAR/STR filings.
- Foster a high-performing, mission-driven culture of curiosity and integrity, building technical expertise and evolving team structure.
- Mentor Senior Team Leads, investigative leads, and specialists to handle complex cross-border cases.
- Accountable for the regional roadmap of risk tooling, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Global Compliance teams.
- Align investigative capacity with the regional growth roadmap, identifying resource gaps and implementing technological solutions.
- Act as the primary regional lead for internal audits and regulatory exams, ensuring governance framework transparency.
- Provide dedicated support to Global Heads of AML Operations and Investigations Service Delivery, ensuring regional initiatives align with global strategy.
- Escalate regional insights and implement global best practices for a unified approach to financial crime.
Requirements
- Leadership of a multi-layered AML organization of approximately 200 people.
- Leadership of 5 Senior Team Leads (direct reports) and 20 Team Leads.
- Experience in building and maintaining scalable high-performance teams.
- Experience in mentoring Senior Team Leads, investigative leads, and specialists.
- Accountability for the regional roadmap of risk tooling.
- Partnership with Product, Engineering, and Global Compliance teams.
- Alignment of investigative capacity with regional growth roadmap.
- Identification of resource gaps and implementation of technological solutions.
- Acting as the primary regional lead for internal audits and regulatory exams.
- Providing dedicated support to Global Heads of AML Operations and Investigations Service Delivery.
- Ensuring regional initiatives remain synchronized with the global AML strategy.
- Escalating regional insights and implementing global best practices.
Skills
- AML Investigations
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Excellence
- Risk Mitigation
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Product Collaboration
- Regulatory Compliance
- Financial Crime Trends Analysis
- Cross-border Case Management
- Data-driven Insights
- Performance Management
- Process Optimization
- Scalability Planning
- Audit and Exam Management
Location
- Regional
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Leadership
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- USD 172000 - USD 230000 - yearly
About the Company
- Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money with minimal fees and maximum ease.
- Wise is on a mission to make people's and businesses' lives easier and save them money when sending money internationally, spending abroad, or making/receiving international payments.
- The company is creating an entirely new network for the world's money for everyone, everywhere.
Equal Opportunity
- Wise believes teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
- The company has a truly international team and celebrates differences.
- Inclusive teams help Wise live its values and ensure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards the mission, and able to progress in their careers.