Product Implementation Lead – Finance

Job title:

Product Implementation Lead – Finance

Company

Wise

Job description

Company DescriptionWise is one of the fastest growing companies in Europe and we’re on a mission: to make money without borders the new normal. We’ve got 13 million customers across the globe and we’re growing. Fast.Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply.So, we’re building a new one.Job DescriptionWe’re looking for a lead to join our growing Finance Implementation Team in London or Tallinn. This role is a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission by ensuring we build smart and scalable internal financial systems, grow as a product leader and empower millions more people with instant, borderless money.Your missionYou’ll ensure that the finance impacts of Wise’s product expansion are considered, built/recorded, controlled, reported and explained in an efficient, timely and accurate way.How you’ll contribute to our Finance Product TeamYou’ll build an understanding of how new and existing products translate into compliant financials & lead the team to integrate product changes into finance ledger (Product changes such as new regions & new currency launches, new products, new features etc.) This involves working with product managers, engineers, analysts and other finance stakeholdersYou’ll share knowledge on finance requirements and collaborate with product teams to reduce current risks and gaps impacting financialsYou’ll lead retros on large finance implementations or failures and ensure learnings are used to improve future expansionsYou’ll own and track the quarterly plans and prioritizations for the team, set team KPIs, facilitate and build efficient processes for the team to cover all areas of implementation – building finance ledger, controls, explaining insights and reportingYou’ll be responsible for hiring, developing, and supporting our finance implementation team of five implementation managersYou’ll bring external ideas, best practices through leadership into your work and future plansThis role will give you the opportunity toChoose your path to impact – we believe people are most empowered when they can act autonomously. So rather than telling you what to do, you’ll work with your team to create a vision of your own. Of course, you can always gather feedback from smart, curious people across Wise but you’ll have the freedom to make your own callsGrow as a leader – Grow and inspire your team to join our missionGet amazing exposure to the full breadth and depth of our internal product finance systems while working with a group of amazing and dedicated implementation managers, engineers, analysts, and operations.

Work with a modern microservices system with key parts written in-house, which allows to move fast and build controls and experiences that are above industry standards and push the boundaries of what is possibleBe part of our mission to make money without borders the new normalQualificationsExcellent and consistent ability to create clarity with stakeholdersYou’re hands on when it comes to product implementation and delivering features and building roadmaps. You’d do everything needed to make the team and the product successful. You get it doneRequired to influence without authority with stakeholders to ensure that function objectives and KPIs are metYou have experience in finance systems and familiarity with the core principles of financeYou are a seasoned lead with experience of managing end-to-end implementation lifecycles from scoping to delivery and post production support. You have delivered ambitious, impactful customer / non-customer facing products before in data-driven environmentsLeadership experience. You have proven experience leading teams and empowering cross-functional, medium-large diverse teams with a long term vision and strategy for non-customer facing teams.You are equally willing to work on technical architecture, finance & reporting requirements, audit obligations and are able to shape and influence thinking on these pointBeneficial (but not mandatory) experienceFinance / accounting backgroundPassion for learning finance domainAdditional InformationOur OfferBase salary: £110k – £140k gross / year base (based on experience & interview outcomes)Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)Numerous amount of other benefits: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 .Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on and .

Expected salary

£110000 – 140000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:15:12 GMT

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