Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Category: Compliance
Job ID: R_106997
Job Type: Regular

Job Description:

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we’ve tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it’s supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we’re not just here to move money— we’re here to move our global customers forward.

We’re looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that’s you and you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role:

Remitly is looking for a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager to lead the team responsible for the due diligence, onboarding, and ongoing monitoring of Remitly's global disbursement network. You will report to our Deputy Chief Risk Officer and will manage the Partner Oversight team directly, including the Manager, Partner Oversight. You will work closely with Compliance, Sanctions Compliance, Global Money Movement, Business Development, and Treasury. You will be located in Seattle, WA. It is a hybrid role, with a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in-office requirement.

You Will:

Own execution of the Country Risk Assessment Framework.
Run formal due diligence on partners before onboarding to include AML/CFT program review, licensing checks, sanctions and PEP screening, adverse media, UBO identification, and financial-crime controls assessment.
Own the due diligence model, including onsite/offsite inquiries into downstream networks, and hold partners accountable for the transparency of their downstream network.
Run the periodic due diligence refresh program, the onsite/offsite visit cadence maintaining annual refresh cycle.
Own daily sanctions and adverse-media screening operations across partner network.
Participate in on-site engagements with key partners
Report exposures and resiliency plans to senior leadership and governance.
Escalate material partner events through the Issues Management framework.
Represent Partner Oversight as a standing attendee at the Counterparty Risk Committee, and own the monthly Partner Tracker and Watchlist reporting to senior management and governance.
Manage, coach, and grow the Partner Oversight team, and size the team and its tooling to the pace of network growth.
Exercise independent judgment on partners.
Look for opportunities to improve Partner Oversight processes and tooling as the network scales, and partner with Data and Engineering where automation would reduce risk or backlog.

You Have:

8+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, financial-crime compliance, third-party/vendor risk, or AML/sanctions roles, including due diligence on financial service providers, or banking counterparties.
3+ years of direct people-management experience, ideally leading a compliance, risk, or investigations team.
Working fluency with sanctions and adverse-media screening tools (e.g., ComplyAdvantage or equivalent), UBO/beneficial-ownership analysis.
Experience operating a due-diligence or risk program across multiple regulatory regimes and currencies, not only a single-market compliance function.
A track record of presenting to senior management or a governance committee, and of writing clearly for a non-specialist executive audience.
Bachelor's degree required; Masters Degree, MBA, or an equivalent preferred.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment, and confident making and defending independent risk decisions.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $168,000 – $200,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:

Flexible paid time off
Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Continuing education

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.

Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job Description:

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we’ve tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it’s supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we’re not just here to move money— we’re here to move our global customers forward.

We’re looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that’s you and you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role:

Remitly is looking for a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Manager to lead the team responsible for the due diligence, onboarding, and ongoing monitoring of Remitly's global disbursement network. You will report to our Deputy Chief Risk Officer and will manage the Partner Oversight team directly, including the Manager, Partner Oversight. You will work closely with Compliance, Sanctions Compliance, Global Money Movement, Business Development, and Treasury. You will be located in Seattle, WA. It is a hybrid role, with a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in-office requirement.

You Will:

Own execution of the Country Risk Assessment Framework.
Run formal due diligence on partners before onboarding to include AML/CFT program review, licensing checks, sanctions and PEP screening, adverse media, UBO identification, and financial-crime controls assessment.
Own the due diligence model, including onsite/offsite inquiries into downstream networks, and hold partners accountable for the transparency of their downstream network.
Run the periodic due diligence refresh program, the onsite/offsite visit cadence maintaining annual refresh cycle.
Own daily sanctions and adverse-media screening operations across partner network.
Participate in on-site engagements with key partners
Report exposures and resiliency plans to senior leadership and governance.
Escalate material partner events through the Issues Management framework.
Represent Partner Oversight as a standing attendee at the Counterparty Risk Committee, and own the monthly Partner Tracker and Watchlist reporting to senior management and governance.
Manage, coach, and grow the Partner Oversight team, and size the team and its tooling to the pace of network growth.
Exercise independent judgment on partners.
Look for opportunities to improve Partner Oversight processes and tooling as the network scales, and partner with Data and Engineering where automation would reduce risk or backlog.

You Have:

8+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, financial-crime compliance, third-party/vendor risk, or AML/sanctions roles, including due diligence on financial service providers, or banking counterparties.
3+ years of direct people-management experience, ideally leading a compliance, risk, or investigations team.
Working fluency with sanctions and adverse-media screening tools (e.g., ComplyAdvantage or equivalent), UBO/beneficial-ownership analysis.
Experience operating a due-diligence or risk program across multiple regulatory regimes and currencies, not only a single-market compliance function.
A track record of presenting to senior management or a governance committee, and of writing clearly for a non-specialist executive audience.
Bachelor's degree required; Masters Degree, MBA, or an equivalent preferred.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment, and confident making and defending independent risk decisions.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $168,000 – $200,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:

Flexible paid time off
Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Continuing education

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.

Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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