At Wise, we’ve got a clear mission — money without borders. Built by and for people who live global lives. As a FinTech company moving billions of GBP of customer money in over 70 countries, Wise needs bulletproof financials & insights into the growth of the company. We need timely, accurate and scalable financial data to make accurate business decisions inside the company.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will lead a team of analysts who are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust data controls for our safeguarding obligations and our real-time ledger. These controls are vital to protecting our customers’ funds, and to enabling our entire FX trading operation

• You will own the technical architecture around the controls code and be responsible for making sure that it is fast, scalable, interpretable and flexible

• You will manage and coach a team of 3 analysts building these controls

• You will participate in and drive discussions around engineering, product and regulatory choices with a diverse group of stakeholders to ensure they enable a sensible and controls friendly environment

• You will also be the conduit between the team and the business. You’ll be expected to help stakeholders define their data control needs and regulatory requirements, and to help the team implement solutions that meet those requirements.

Who you are:

• 5-6 years experience in a data management role and 2-5 years leading others (can be overlapping)

• Strong analytical and technical ability. Background in writing complex data pipelines and clear evidence of managing large and complex datasets

• Advanced SQL skills with Python

• Data visualisation and storytelling ability

• Ability to self organise and manage stakeholders

• Demonstration of impact/going above and beyond basic role requirements

• Previous exposure to regulatory controls preferred
   

Desirable:

• DBT

• Previous experience in building control frameworks

• Legally authorised to work in the UK

Some important stuff we would like you to know

To meet our regulatory obligations as a licensed financial services company, Wise needs to conduct background checks on all new hires, which in the Finance team includes Criminal and Credit checks. Please discuss with the Recruiter if you have any concerns regarding this process.

What do we offer: 

• Salary: £100,000 - £125,000

• Company Restricted Stock Units

• Numerous great benefits in our London office 

Key benefits:

• Hybrid working 

• Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities

• 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

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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