Senior Finance Manager (Risk & Controls) CONTRACT (14 month Maternity Cover)

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Finance Manager to join our Finance team in London on a fixed-term contract of approximately 14 months, covering a maternity leave. You will take ownership of a live workload and keep it running smoothly. Your focus will be the SOX controls across general and operational accounting, financial reporting, consolidation and group close, and accounting systems.

Your responsibilities:

• Act as the Finance Risk and Controls expert advisor on SOX controls across general and operational accounting, financial reporting, consolidation and group close.
• Advise and support control owners so that controls are well designed, operate effectively and meet US SOX requirements.
• Be the point of contact for Finance control owners on questions about their controls through each month-end.
• Work with Internal Audit, External Audit and our Internal Controls Testing teams on walkthroughs, evidence and testing in your area.
• Track open deficiencies and close them out with control owners.
• Have a good understanding of the SOX-relevant system controls in Microsoft Business Central and our other internal accounting systems.
• Maintain process maps and risk-control matrices accurate and current in line with SOX standards.
• Work with Finance, Product, Technology and Audit colleagues to solve complex problems.
• Take full ownership of the accountability framework for the record to report process.

Benefits:

• Real impact: You will keep Wise's SOX control environment strong, and support the remediation of Material Weaknesses.
• Visibility: You will work with senior leaders across Finance.
• Autonomy and ownership: You will have a high level of responsibility and the freedom to decide how best to deliver.
• Breadth of learning: You will gain in-depth knowledge of Wise's business by working with teams across Finance and the wider company.
• Room to grow: You will build your expertise and influence in a fast-growing, global FinTech.

Qualifications:

• Professional accounting qualification, such as US CPA, ACA, ACCA or an international equivalent.
• 12–15 years of experience in a similar role, in industry or at a Big 4 firm.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP and IFRS.
• Thorough process knowledge of accounting and the record to report process.
• Experience testing internal controls and evaluating deficiencies.
• Strong knowledge of accounting systems, ideally Microsoft Business Central.

Skills and approach:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work well with minimal direction in a fast-moving, less structured environment.
• Pragmatic and commercially minded.
• Influential without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to take ownership and see remediation through to completion.
• Experience working in international, cross-functional teams.