Senior Finance Business Partner at Wise in London, , United Kingdom

Job description

• As a financial technology company moving billions of GBP of customer money in over 70 countries, Wise must have bulletproof financials. We need timely, accurate, and scalable financial data to be compliant with regulations and make strategic business decisions to support our hyper-growth and financial objectives.
• We’re on the hunt for a highly strategic Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A team in London. You’ll be part of the team that helps pilot the rocket ship.

Responsibilities

• You will be a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across the business, including People and Workplace, helping them form long-term plans, and proactively identify insights to support decision making.
• You will be driving our planning process and improving our ability to forecast headcount and operating costs, enabling the business to continue growing sustainably and lowering prices for customers
• You will build frameworks (models and reports) to analyse Wise’s cost base, identify risks and opportunities and derive actionable insights
• You’ll provide deep dives on key business and financial metrics and focus on actuals to forecast variance comparison to drive accuracy, optimal decision making and develop strategy
• You’ll use this deep knowledge to help build a narrative on our results and manage communications and reporting to various stakeholders including Department leads and our leadership team
• Play a crucial role in using data to help manage Wise’s financial growth sustainably and shape financial strategy to optimise growth investment and cost management
• Partner with Department leads to help them understand their performance, cost base and assist them with decision making
• Own your own path to success. You’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• Learn and grow, there’s a lot to be done!

Requirements

• Proven experience in partnering with stakeholders including Department leads and becoming their trusted advisors
• Extensive experience in building financial models (ideally through a planning tool such as Anaplan) and owning cost analysis
• Extensive experience in establishing effective policies and procedures, implementing cost controls and monitoring ongoing spend to help the organisation operate smoothly and grow sustainably
• Experience in forecasting headcount
• You have a professional finance qualification such as the ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent (MBA or masters in Finance) with proven post qualification experience and demonstrable knowledge of IFRS reporting and general accounting concepts.
• Passionate about what we’re building at Wise.
• Strong project management skills and ability to cut through complexity
• Love digging in data, numbers, thinking systematically, and analysing inter-dependencies.
• Strong communicator: articulate, clear, strategic with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Keen to roll up sleeves and get the job done, we all do our own Excel still.
• Humble, comfortable operating with a level of uncertainty, keen to learn. Firm and forceful when required.
• Able to operate to defined timelines while bringing together a diverse stakeholder group.
• Able to work across multiple teams, offices, time-zones (and travel when needed!) with flexibility and a can do attitude.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with AI to help drive process improvements
• Experience working with Core Functions (People/HR, Finance, Legal, Compliance, etc)
• A working knowledge of Anaplan and Workday

Skills

Required

• Strong project management skills
• Ability to cut through complexity
• Data analysis and systematic thinking
• Financial modeling
• Cost analysis
• Forecasting headcount
• Proficiency in Excel

Preferred

• Working knowledge of Anaplan and Workday
• Experience in fast-paced environment