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.
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Job DescriptionAs our Treasury Controller for Operational Risk, you’ll be at the heart of our mission—building a safer, more resilient financial network for millions of global customers. This newly created role offers you the chance to make a genuine difference as we scale up, launch new products, and prepare for our US listing.
This role is your springboard to build a best-in-class Treasury risk environment at a company that’s scaling at pace. Your work will touch nearly every part of Wise—enabling ambitious growth, keeping our platform secure, and building trust with millions of people and businesses worldwide. You’ll work alongside high-performing colleagues, make decisions that matter from day one, and help shape the future of the world’s money movement.
Your Mission
Shape the future of Treasury: You will have the opportunity to design and build our Treasury operational risk framework to allow us to identify, measure and report on operational risk.
You will coordinate the design and implementation of effective internal first line controls within our Treasury operations team to help build efficiency and maintain an effective control environment. This will span across our Treasury money movement, FX execution and engineering teams.
Drive Change Through Insight: Identify, measure, and report on operational risks—using your expertise to develop impactful Key Risk Indicators and dashboards for Wise leadership.
Own End-to-End Solutions: Take ownership as you deliver process improvements, coordinate with teams to implement and test business continuity plans, and help embed risk management and effective control environments in everything we do.
Fuel Innovation: Partner with world-class engineers and product leaders to streamline processes and support the launch of game-changing financial products, challenging the status quo along the way.
As part of 1LoD be a trusted advisor to the Treasury and Product teams by supporting new product launches, designing reporting capabilities and advising on appropriate risk appetite.
You will work closely with our operations team to ensure our operating environment is scalable and ready to service our ambitious product plans.
Lead with Influence: Chair our Treasury Operational Risk Committee, driving group-level discussions, shaping risk culture, and ensuring Wise remains resilient for our customers—and compliant on the global stage.
Make a Company-Wide Impact: Directly support regulatory submissions and critical audits as we transition to SOX compliance and public markets, helping Wise become the standard for operational excellence in Fintech.
Qualifications
Practical experience designing, implementing, and monitoring operational risk controls within fast-paced or high-volume environments.
A strong understanding of risk frameworks, internal controls, and delivering on compliance requirements (FIN, SOX, etc.).
The confidence to influence, challenge, and collaborate with stakeholders from across Treasury, Product, Operations, and Engineering.
Commercial acumen: you know how to balance risk with speed and innovation.
Passion for problem-solving and delivering change—always with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
Prior experience in Treasury, Finance, or regulated environments is a plus but not essential; curiosity and willingness to learn matter most.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; data skills (SQL/Python) a plus.
Additional Information
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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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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