Senior Risk Analyst - 6 month contract

TransferWise

Full Time

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

9 months ago

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Since 2011, Wise has had a clear mission: money without borders. Built by and for people who live global lives, we’re the fairest, easiest way to manage your money across borders. We’re just at the beginning of our story and growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone.

In this role as a Senior Risk Specialist in Wise’s second line Risk Management Team, you will be a key contributor in, and risk partner for the delivery of the risk management framework in India. This role is an exciting opportunity for you if you have some risk management experience and are looking to do impactful work. The role will report to and be supported by the Head of APAC Risk. This is a 6 month full time contract role.

Here’s what will you be doing:

Implementation of group risk management framework/ policies including drafting entity specific policies and procedures, setting of risk appetite, monitoring of key risk indicators;

Conducting risk self assessments, including security risk, for the business in entities, as per risk management principles, supporting remediation and closure;

Investigating incidents to determine root cause, impact and follow up on open action items specifically security incidents;

Supporting 1st line teams in regulatory, external or internal audit;

Creating risk awareness through trainings, regular communications to first line;

Implementation of risk toolset;

Represent/ support the management with regulatory reviews around risk

Reporting risk updates to local board of directors, supporting in submissions to group risk committees; and

Involvement in regional or global projects related to risk management topics.

This role is good for someone who has:

Good understanding of risk management principles, risk systems, reporting tools, security risk including policies and frameworks

Knowledge of the payments industry is preferred, but not essential.

Ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders, both local and global, including compliance, operational risk team, product manager, 1st line risk owners.

Is independent, flexible and able to manage multiple tasks or projects at the same time.

Comfortable in presenting to Senior stakeholders (internal and external) and board.

A security risk management background or security related certifications such as CISA, CISSP, etc.

Experience of working in a financial institution specific to payments (preferred)

We're people 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 life experiences and makes sure we leave no-one behind on our journey to mission-zero.

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