Senior Finance Business Partner (12 Months FTC)

About the Position

Senior Finance Business Partner (12 Months FTC)

Join Wise as a Senior Finance Business Partner for 12 months, driving strategic financial planning and analysis in London.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across the business, helping them form long-term plans, and proactively identify insights to support decision making.
• Drive our planning process and improve our ability to forecast headcount and operating costs, enabling the business to continue growing sustainably and lowering prices for customers.
• Build frameworks (models and reports) to analyze Wise’s cost base, identify risks and opportunities, and derive actionable insights.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• Professional finance qualification such as the ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent (MBA or master's in Finance) with proven post-qualification experience and demonstrable knowledge of IFRS reporting and general accounting concepts.

Skills

• 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 analyzing 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.

Bonus Points For

• 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.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: GBP 90,000 - GBP 117,500 per year.
• Full-time position.
• Opportunity to be part of a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

About the Company

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.

Job Location

London, United Kingdom

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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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