Balance Sheet & Product Financials Controller

As a financial institution moving billions of pounds of customer money in more than 70 countries, Wise must have bulletproof financials. We are now looking for a Balance Sheet & Product Financials Controller to join our Finance Team in London. This role is a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission by ensuring timely and accurate financial data as well as building mature processes and a scalable control environment. As a Balance Sheet & Product Financials Controller, you will oversee the production of P&L and Balance Sheet for our core Wise products, ensuring that related controls have been executed and ultimately signing off on the Products Financial Statements. A list of some of the key responsibilities include: - Own the month-end close process for all of Wise’s core product offerings, executing and reviewing key controls. - Review and challenge P&L and Balance Sheet commentaries prepared by the team explaining monthly/ quarterly variances; - Responsible for functional ownership of SOX projects and remediation plans ensuring they are completed by their due dates; - Own and drive the Balance Sheet substantiation project ensuring policy and governance is in place to scale the program; - Develop E2E business and process documentation for the Core products bringing commercial aspects, risk and controls in one place. - Participate in the external audit by replying to external auditors’ questions and information requests; - Work with Treasury in developing metrics around Balance Sheet usage across our Core products; - Identifying process gaps and take initiative to find solutions, in collaboration with other teams, both within and outside of Finance; - Own and drive team planning, actively highlighting key items to remediate that could impact accuracy of the financial statements; - Work closely with wider finance teams and stakeholder management. A bit about you: - Significant experience (10+ years) in either financial controlling, financial audit, financial advisory or management accounting. You have a working knowledge of IFRS and/ or US GAAP. - You are a self-starter and can organise your own work. - Not afraid of challenges and making decisions, can work autonomously and take initiative. - Cooperative attitude and ability to manage deadlines. - You are a great communicator. You can adapt your communication style to different audiences. You’re able to persuade others and you aren’t afraid to challenge something when you need to. - Keen to challenge people and drive changes – can think outside the box and provide long term vision.