Analytics Manager - Risk & Controls

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether 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.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer .

Job Description

The Platform Tribe:

We are the driving force behind Wise, making sure everything runs smoothly. We support our engineering teams so they innovate, build and ship great code quickly and confidently. Our expertise spans Data, Machine Learning, Incident and Risk Management, Hardware, and System Efficiency, all designed to foster an unparalleled Engineering Experience.

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Data Analytics Manager to join our Platform Engineering and Security team. This role is pivotal in shaping how we manage compliance and risk through data. You will play a key role in building robust data pipelines to support continuous control monitoring while using insights to drive strategic opportunities within Wise's secure and compliant framework.

Why Should You Join Our Team?

- Data-Driven Impact: You'll have the opportunity to redefine how we approach compliance and risk within the organisation, leveraging data to highlight areas for improvement and efficiency.
- Growth and Innovation: Experiment with cutting-edge technology and methodologies in data analytics and engineering, pushing boundaries in various domains.
- Supportive Environment: Enjoy a healthy balance of independence and collaboration, backed by a team of dedicated experts across domains for when you need support.

What will you be working on?

- Data Engineering → Build and Optimise Pipelines: Develop, optimise, and maintain data pipelines using Python, REST APIs, DBT, and Airflow to ensure seamless data flow for compliance and risk management.
- Understanding Control Requirements & Continuous Monitoring: Partner closely with control owners across security domains (such as Access Management, Vulnerability Management, Data Governance, etc.) to translate abstract compliance and testing requirements into concrete, measurable metrics, SLAs, and continuous monitoring dashboards.
- Compliance and Risk → Define KPIs: Collaborate with stakeholders to define and refine key performance indicators necessary for monitoring compliance and risk for our IT systems, ensuring data accuracy and relevance.
- Opportunity Identification → Insights: Utilise data to identify opportunities for enhancing compliance processes, mitigating risks, and driving higher efficiency throughout the organisation.

Qualifications

A bit about you:

- You have strong quantitative skills. Ideally a background in statistics, maths, physics, engineering, or other scientific area 
- You have experience with SQL, Python and Data Pipeline building (DBT, Airflow)
- You have strong communication skills and an ability to translate business problems into analytical solutions
- You have an ability to structure business problems with minimal supervision and an ability to prioritise problems independently, as well as condense complex systems/ideas into simple-to-understand models
- Hustler-mentality. You can take work beyond the analysis and get things done
- You have experience with data visualisation tools (Looker, PowerBI, Tableau etc.) and demonstrate storytelling ability with data
- You have 5+ YOE analysing data in a professional setting
- You have 1+ YOE in managing a small team (>2) analysts.

Additional Information

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.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
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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