Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
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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.
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You will serve as the principal governance advisor and strategic partner to the Boards and Committees of our regulated subsidiary entities. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for maturing our subsidiary governance framework, ensuring operational resilience, and navigating complex regulatory environments. You will act as the key liaison between the subsidiary Boards and the Group, ensuring that governance is not just a process, but a strategic enabler of our global scale-up.
Provide a full governance and company secretarial service to the Group. This includes:
Governance ownership: Act as the primary governance advisor for multiple complex and regulated subsidiaries. Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of board and committee management, including agenda setting, driving high quality reporting and meeting minutes, tracking actions, maintaining statutory records.
Entity governance and compliance: Managing the annual board calendars to secure timely approvals, renewals, compliance attestations, statutory filings, and mandatory regulatory evaluations. Monitor changes in the legislative and regulatory landscape, advising the Board and senior management on the impact of new requirements and best practices.
Stakeholder management: build and maintain strong, effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including executives, non-executive directors and external service providers. Present complex governance issues clearly, providing pragmatic solutions that balance growth objectives with regulatory compliance.
Governance maturity: Drive the maturity of our subsidiary governance as we expand through continuous process improvement and developing designing sustainable governance frameworks that adapt to a rapidly growing, global subsidiary group.
Group-wide projects: deliver initiatives that will impact the wider Group e.g. corporate transactions, Annual General Meeting, UK and US listing requirements.
Team leadership: contribute to fostering a culture of mentorship and development across the global team.
Qualifications
Qualified chartered secretary (ACG or FCG) or lawyer with 7+years’ experience
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks
Proven ability to navigate difficult issues and multiple senior level stakeholders, advising the business on key risks, and developing solutions
Ability to operate autonomously in fast-paced environments, managing multiple high-priority workstreams without sacrificing precision or quality.
Experience providing governance services for a subsidiary entity within a multinational group.
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Skills Required
- Qualified chartered secretary (ACG or FCG) or lawyer with 7+ years' experience
- Demonstrated ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks
- Proven ability to advise senior stakeholders and develop pragmatic risk-based solutions
- Ability to operate autonomously in fast-paced environments and manage multiple high-priority workstreams with precision
- Experience providing governance services for a subsidiary entity within a multinational group
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Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Global paid time off is presented as 33–36 days including local public holidays, plus three “Me Days,” with a paid six‑week sabbatical and stipend after four years. Work-from-anywhere for up to 90 days per year after six months further complements time away and flexibility.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — RSUs are granted to all employees, enabling broad ownership in the company. Equity is positioned as a standard, company‑wide component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous across markets, with U.S. pages listing up to 18 weeks fully paid for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non‑birthing parents. Additional family‑oriented supports such as onsite Mother’s Rooms and abortion travel benefits are noted in certain locations.
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What We Do
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.
Why Work With Us
We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.
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