Finance Transformation & Change Manager

Join our Finance team and help lead us through a critical transformation

The Finance team is critical in supporting the Wise mission of Money without Borders.

We are working on numerous projects to transform the finance tribe to enable us to better manage risk scale our operations and enable growth. This is an unique opportunity to be a key contributor to building the future of finance and Wise.

Were looking for a Finance Programmes and Change Manager to join us.

This role will partner across the entire Finance function to drive the successful delivery of our key projects and programmes as well as to embed and continuously improve project delivery within the function.

This role would suit someone highly collaborative who is experienced in programme management and comfortable with working at pace to build something new.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Lead high-impact Finance projects or programmes - You will own and deliver significant complex initiatives across Group Finance (such as finance efficiency optimisation controls uplift and regulatory-driven change) impacting multiple teams. This is a hands-on role where you will directly drive delivery working closely with stakeholders rather than relying on large dedicated project teams. Working with finance process owners senior leadership and technical partners youll define scope success criteria and delivery approach ensuring execution with discipline and pace. Youll drive prioritisation and decision-making across stakeholders and define success metrics to track benefits realisation delivering measurable improvements in efficiency control and scalability.

• Build cross-Finance alignment and drive change that sticks Youll partner closely with Accounting Reporting FP&A Tax Risk & Controls Product Analytics and Engineering to ensure initiatives progress cohesively. Youll use data structured thinking and stakeholder alignment to resolve blockers and drive outcomes. Youll also lead structured change management including impact assessments communication training and adoption tracking to ensure sustainable change.

• Drive improvements in Finance processes systems and ways of working Youll collaborate with Finance leaders and Product teams to identify opportunities to standardise automate and simplify processes across Finance. Youll ensure business requirements are met systems and tooling are effectively leveraged and compliance and control standards are upheld.

• Ensure strong programme governance and delivery discipline Youll lead planning scheduling and risk and issue management with clear reporting and follow-up to ensure timely high-quality delivery.

About You: 

• You are an experienced Programme Manager - able to establish credibility quickly and tailor your programme governance structures and controls to your environment. You have a recognised programme or portfolio management qualification and likely a project management qualification too. You might also have a change management qualification and experience of managing programmes of work on  or Jira.

• You are an excellent communicator and highly collaborative - you are excellent at building relationships quickly and working across teams and functions; able to bring people together to achieve a common goal. Youre also an excellent communicator who is able to influence across matrix structures to get things done.

• You have a passion for working in a Finance team - you understand that Finance at Wise isnt just about numbers but about enabling our mission of money without borders. Youve worked in Finance teams within high-growth regulated environments and are driven by the complexity of supporting a global financial services platform.

• You understand good change management and communication are key to successful programme delivery - youre great at guiding the business through the cumulative change your programme of projects brings; and amazing at communicating effectively and thoughtfully varying your style based on the circumstance

• You think globally - youre experienced supporting leaders and employees split across geographies and timezones. You understand that thinking globally is not just jargon its key to the successful delivery of a global programme of work.

• Youre data driven - you use data to inform your decisions

Additional Information :

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were 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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time