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.

A Bit About the Role

As Wise continues to grow, we need to grow our finance capabilities to:

• Help pilot the rocket ship. Controller capabilities are essential to steer the ship in the right direction, ensuring we comply with accounting, regulatory and tax requirements.

• Work with Regional Controllers, Group Accounting, Reporting & Tax teams to ensure financial compliance, including controlling local audits, outsource firms and financial regulatory relationships.

• Be the regional team’s (Expansion, Compliance, Product & People) main point of finance contact in ensuring that all new entities, products, legislation etc are understood and finance is prepared for all changes, ensuring the customer product is understood and optimised for growth.

• Work with finance teams (Finance Product team (software engineers) and Group Accounting to ensure systems, controls and processes are prepared for regional requirements, with clear definitions and change management.

• Review monthly and quarterly financials to ensure all accuracy of your entities.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Own your own path to success – you’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.

• Expand your skills and develop for the future – help build efficient reporting and financial control processes and build experience that can take you to other exciting roles in the Finance team.

• Work in an international Finance Team and learn a lot about the Finance area, fintech and driving financial sustainability of a fast growing company

A Bit About You

Experience:

• Relevant experience in either financial controlling, financial audit, financial reporting or management accounting.

• Knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP and strong understanding of accounting principles.

• Experience in working with large datasets and building financial reports for businesses like ours.

• Dealt with internal or external stakeholders on a regular basis, communicating reports, definitions, requirements etc.

Skills:

• You are accurate and detail oriented, great at finishing detailed jobs

• You can take responsibility and make decisions independently, great at organising your own work schedule with little or no guidance

• Able to communicate complex issues to all levels of internal and external stakeholders

• Have an ability to move beyond Excel and dig into raw data

• You get finance and accounting terminology and have ability to understand importance of tax and regulatory rules & frameworks

• You have a strong understanding of basic accounting principles.

• Strong understanding of IFRS

Type of person: 

• You have a passion for what we’re building at Wise and you will work on any financial requirements

• You are keen to roll up sleeves and get the job done, we all do our own Excel still

• You are proactive and take the initiative to get things done

• You are humble, comfortable operating with a high level of uncertainty, can act independently, be decisive and take responsibility

• You are open to self-development, willing to gain experience, improve your skills and keen to learn new tricks

• You are detail oriented, with ability to deliver and communicate complex areas on time and succinctly

• You are able to work with multiple teams within and outside of finance as well as internationally on projects or ad hoc requests as required, with flexibility and a can do attitude.

• You feel passionate about implementing your skills and knowledge in creation and improvement of controls framework and internal processes.

If you are looking for a role where you can truly contribute and develop your skills in a dynamic, international setting, we would love to hear from you.

£68,000-£88,000

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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