Description
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.
The Finance Risk & Control team partners with Finance and the wider business to strengthen the control environment, support SOX compliance, and improve how risks and controls are designed, operated and evidenced. We're a distributed team across the UK and Estonia, and we're building a SOX testing hub in Hyderabad to increase consistency, quality and scalability of our testing programme.
Responsibilities
- Own the SOX business process controls testing programme (end-to-end)
- Build and run the annual and interim testing plan across all in-scope business process controls
- Plan when testing occurs and ensure sequencing reflects process dependencies, change activity, and auditor timelines
- Deliver both Design Effectiveness and Operating Effectiveness testing to a consistently high standard
- Own and continuously improve the testing methodology, templates, sampling guidance, and evidence standards
- Perform QA reviews to ensure testing is complete, well-documented, and auditor-ready
- Ensure consistent conclusions and a strong 'why' behind pass/fail outcomes
- Be a key interface for the external auditor on business process testing
- Present testing outcomes clearly in governance packs and formal forums
- Manage external testing resources: onboarding to Wise methodology, allocation, progress tracking, and quality/performance oversight
- Oversee how issues are agreed and ensure remediation plans are practical, measurable, and owned
- Track progress and coordinate re-testing / closure requirements
- Build a low-friction evidence request process and smart scheduling to reduce disruption for process owners
- Drive clarity and predictability: stakeholders know what's needed, when, and why
- Build the Hyderabad testing capability: help build the operating model and then hire/lead a team of 6+ testers
- Coach and develop the team; embed standards, consistency, and stakeholder partnership
- Integrate day-to-day delivery with the UK/Estonia Finance Risk & Control team
- Identify opportunities to use AI and analytics to improve coverage, speed, and quality
- Implement in a controlled, explainable way that auditors and internal stakeholders can rely on
- Identify trends across testing results and recommend improvements
- Help build SOX understanding across the business through guidance, coaching and practical support
Requirements
- Strong SOX/ICFR testing experience across business process controls (DE + OE)
- Deep understanding of controls testing methodology, sampling, evidence expectations, and audit standards
- Proven experience running a testing programme end-to-end
- Experience managing/coordinating co-sourced or external testing teams and driving quality
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence remediation outcomes
- Excellent written documentation skills and governance-ready communication
Nice to Have
- Experience building/scaling a testing function or controls centre of excellence
- Fintech/high-growth/regulated environment experience
- Experience with continuous controls monitoring, data analytics, or AI-enabled assurance/testing
- Experience working across time zones and distributed teams