Senior Assurance Manager

Job Description:

Remitly’s vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services to remove barriers and provide customers with trusted, accessible, and customer-centric financial solutions—no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees growing their careers with purpose and connection while making a meaningful impact on millions of lives globally.

About the Role

As an L4 Assurance Program Manager on Remitly’s Global Compliance Internal Testing (GCIT) team, you will lead key compliance assurance initiatives that directly shape Remitly’s ability to operate safely and responsibly across global markets. You will apply deep domain expertise and a global risk lens to influence the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of compliance control testing across complex regulatory domains. Your work will directly support regulatory readiness, senior stakeholder confidence, and customer trust.

This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional influence. You will partner with senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Risk to guide Remitly’s approach to assurance, drive systemic improvements, and deliver insights that inform compliance strategy and enterprise risk decisions.

You Will:

• Lead and guide enterprise-level assurance projects across AML, sanctions, consumer protection, safeguarding, and regulatory reporting domains, ensuring relevance, completeness, and alignment to Remitly’s risk appetite.

• Apply subject matter expertise to advise on control design, risk mitigation strategies, and testing methodologies in high-risk, high-impact areas.

• Evaluate complex, non-standardized processes and global control environments to deliver principled, forward-looking assurance insights.

• Influence the evolution of GCIT’s testing framework and methodology through strategic input, innovation, and application of best practices.

• Build and maintain formal cross-functional partnerships with senior stakeholders; align testing scope and findings to broader risk, audit, and compliance priorities.

• Provide leadership and guidance to peers and junior team members, mentoring others and uplifting team craft standards.

• Represent GCIT in regulatory engagements, internal audit interactions, and executive discussions, communicating risk findings with credibility and clarity.

• Drive adoption of scalable assurance practices that embed risk intelligence into Remitly’s global operations.

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk, or related discipline—or equivalent practical experience.

• 7+ years of experience in compliance assurance, internal audit, risk testing, or regulatory consulting in financial services or fintech.

• Expertise in global regulatory environments, including AML/CTF, OFAC/sanctions, consumer protection, safeguarding, and transaction monitoring.

• Proven ability to deliver enterprise-wide assurance in complex, ambiguous environments, including regulatory transformation or expansion scenarios.

• Demonstrated leadership in designing, testing, and advising on controls across distributed systems and cross-functional teams.

• Advanced communication skills with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders and synthesizing risk insights into clear, actionable recommendations.

• High ownership mindset and bias for strategic execution; able to set vision and guide others in ambiguous or high-stakes environments.

• Preferred: experience working with international regulatory bodies (e.g., FCA, Ba Fin, MAS) or in global markets with high-risk jurisdiction exposure.

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