Finance Implementation Manager

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.

We’re looking for a Finance Implementation Manager to join our fast growing Finance Product team in Tallinn. This role is a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission by ensuring we build smart and scalable internal financial systems and empower millions more people with instant, borderless money.

Your Mission

As a financial institution moving billions of GBP of customer money in more than 70 countries, Wise must have bulletproof financials. 

Wise is rapidly expanding globally, creating new products to consumers and businesses, and entering new jurisdictions. This is a unique opportunity to  lead complex projects implementing new Wise products and markets into Wise’s finance system  supporting Wise in being financially compliant and ensures our bigger team can make timely, accurate and sustainable business decisions based on a global set of financials.

How you’ll contribute to our mission

• Planning and scoping
• You will be a key point of contact for Product teams and Finance stakeholders on integrating new products, features and regional expansions to ensure Wise has accurate view of currency exposures
• You will review the existing implementations for any risks and gaps
• You will proactively engage with relevant product teams to understand their needs, and navigate prioritisation problems ensure impact to Finance are minimised
• You will develop an Implementation roadmap and lead quarterly planning of Finance Implementation work, as part of the wider team quarterly planning

Execution and implementation

• You will figure out a plan and work with a team of product managers, engineers, data analysts and operations specialists to integrate all new Wise products, regions and entities into our finance system
• You will be owning large and complex integrations and you will support the team with clear documentation including requirements, detailed project plans, resource allocation, testing, delivery etc.
• You will support operations teams through new implementations, including training regional operations teams on safeguarding processes as part of regional expansions

Support

• You will ensure documentation of product flows
• You will get hands-on when things go wrong - supporting product and engineering teams during incidents to understand the impact, drive resolution and improve controls to prevent similar incidents recurring

This role will give you the opportunity to

• Get amazing exposure - you will be omniscient. You will know almost everything about every product flow and geography that Wise is launching, while working with a group of amazing and dedicated implementation managers, product managers, engineers, analysts, and operations. You will learn everything you ever wanted to know about payments, banks, regulations and assets not just for one geography - but for the entire world.
• Choose your path to impact – we believe people are most empowered when they can act autonomously. So rather than telling you what to do, you’ll work with your team to create a vision of your own. Of course, you can always gather feedback from smart, curious people across Wise but you’ll have the freedom to make your own calls
• Work in a world-class international Finance & Treasury Team, learn a lot about fintech, finance and treasury, while also building a high-volume, real time finance system.
• Work with a modern microservices system with key parts written in-house, which allows to move fast and build controls and experiences that are above industry standards and push the boundaries of what is possible
• Be part of our mission to make money without borders the new normal

A bit about you

• You’re hands on when it comes to product implementation and delivering features and building roadmaps. You’d do everything needed to make the team and the product successful. You get it done
• You have experience of managing end-to-end product integration lifecycles from scoping to delivery and post production support for ambitious, impactful customer / non-customer facing products before in data-driven environments
• Data-driven – You can pick up the signal from the noise. You are comfortable to dig deep into data, explore and make decisions based on insights
• You create energy and clarity. You have great communication skills that help you bring people together behind a common goal, manage multiple points of view and create clarity and organisation into complex problems and diverse teams.

 Beneficial, but not mandatory experience

• Finance / accounting background
• Experience working with business analytics tools (e.g. Looker, Superset)
• Passion for technical products and understanding of tech stacks used in software engineering

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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