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 life 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.
As Wise becomes ever more integrated into financial systems around the globe, we are subject to ever increasing scrutiny from regulators, partners and regional stakeholders. If we are successful, we’ll eventually become one of the most heavily regulated companies in the world.
As Regional Information Security Officer for the APAC region, your job will be to represent Wise Security Squad, creating strong partnerships within our APAC legal entities to help reduce Information Security and Technology risk in line with the expectations of the markets in which we operate.
What you will be working on
- Working closely with regional risk, compliance and engineering teams to provide a tailored view of risk to APAC legal entities.
- Leading security responses for regional licence applications, annual certifications, and ad-hoc audits.
- Supporting Group Security Risk assessment process and preparing risk updates for APAC entity committees and boards.
- Evaluating Wise Group Security controls against regional requirements and obligations.
- Supporting our global security security certification process (e.g. ISO27001, PCI-DSS, SOC1 & 2).
- Assisting with other Information Security and Technology risk related activities as needs arise.
This role will have a significant influence on the Security risk posture of the Wise regional entities they support. We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have most of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!
- Significant Information Security or Technology Risk Management experience.
- Demonstrable understanding of the APAC Financial Services regulatory landscape and requirements. Prior experience of working with regulators is an advantage.
- Relevant Information Security Certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CRISC)
- Experience of building enduring relationships in a complex international organisation.
- Effective communicator, able to communicate technical issues into business language.
- Ability to get results through collaboration and partnership with diverse teams.
The holder of this role will be an Accountable Person under the APRA Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) and must be able to travel to Australia to meet regulators if required.
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