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Job DescriptionAbout the role:
You'll join the Finance Tribe at a pivotal stage of Wise's growth. We've recently moved our primary listing from the LSE to Nasdaq, and as we scale globally we're investing significantly in the technical foundations of our finance systems — with SOX readiness as one of the critical drivers. Beyond audit and compliance, we see this as a chance to redefine what finance tooling looks like in the AI era.
You'll lead the engineering team behind Wise's Finance Systems estate — the platforms our Group Finance org runs the company financial operations on. This is a transformation role–over the next 2–3 years you'll partner with the Product and CFO org to modernise our ERP and surrounding finance tooling, stand up the engineering foundations for SOX as a newly US-listed company, and shape what AI-native finance operations look like at Wise.
What you'll be owning:
- Technical strategy for Finance Systems. Set the architecture and multi-year roadmap for our ERP and surrounding finance platforms.
- The team. Lead, hire, and grow a senior engineering team. Set the bar for engineering quality in a domain where correctness, auditability, and resilience is non-negotiable.
- SOX engineering foundations. Build the tooling, controls, and change-management practices that make SOX compliance a property of how we Engineer.
- Operational maturity. Drive deployment frequency, observability, incident response, and change control to a standard appropriate for systems the CFO signs off on.
- Co-own the roadmap with Finance and Product. Translate Group Finance's priorities — (e.g. close acceleration, intercompany, AP/AR, statutory reporting, others) — into a credible engineering plan.
- Automation and AI. Drive efficiencies through AI-assisted finance operational tooling by deciding where automation pays off, where it doesn't, and helping us make the right tooling choice & integrations.
What do you need?:
- 12+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years leading engineering teams in finance, fintech, or other regulated/audited domains.
- Deep experience with Tier 1 ERPs (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Financials, or NetSuite at enterprise scale) — including at least one migration, consolidation, or major modernisation programme you led the engineering side of.
- SOX or equivalent control-environment experience. You've built — not just complied with — engineering practices that hold up to external audit.
- Architectural range. Comfortable across vendor configuration, custom extensions, integration middleware, and event-driven patterns. You know when to buy, when to build, and when to wrap.
- Stakeholder fluency at the CFO level. You can partner transparently with Finance Business Process leads, explain complex trade-offs, and successfully achieve organisational alignment.
- A pragmatic transformation instinct. You ship in increments, but you don't lose sight of the destination.
Nice to have
- First-hand experience taking a company through SOX readiness post-listing.
- Fintech, payments, or banking background.
- Public POV on AI in the finance back-office — what works, what's hype.
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What do we offer:
Starting salary: 135K - 175K GBP + RSUs
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Skills Required
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years leading engineering teams in finance, fintech, or other regulated or audited domains
- Deep experience with Tier 1 ERPs, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Financials, or NetSuite, at enterprise scale
- Led the engineering side of at least one ERP migration, consolidation, or major modernization program
- Experience building SOX or equivalent engineering controls and audit-ready practices
- Architectural experience across vendor configuration, custom extensions, integration middleware, and event-driven patterns
- Ability to partner with CFO-level stakeholders and Finance Business Process leads
- Pragmatic transformation approach focused on incremental delivery and long-term strategy
- First-hand experience taking a company through SOX readiness after listing
- Fintech, payments, or banking experience
- Public perspective on AI applications in finance back-office operations
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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