About the Role
We are looking for a tech-forward, analytical, and autonomous Finance Manager to join our Regional Finance team in Austin. This role is critical in scaling North American operations, focusing on new products like Wise Assets, and navigating complex financial, operational, and regulatory landscapes. You will help grow finance capabilities, ensure compliance with local requirements, and gain cross-functional exposure.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Regional Controllers, and Compliance teams to deliver compliant and accurate reporting with clear definitions and robust change management.
- Compile and own monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports for submission to North American regulatory authorities.
- Support ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis requests.
- Act as a key finance stakeholder during regulatory examinations and external financial audits, working closely with Compliance and Regional Controllers to provide clean, verifiable financial data.
- Assist the Regional Finance team in performing day-to-day oversight of North American legal entities, analyzing financial results, and ensuring necessary internal financial controls are strictly executed.
- Collaborate with global finance engineering and product teams to ensure financial systems, automated controls, and reporting processes are optimized for regional requirements.
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant experience in financial controlling, financial audit, financial reporting, or management accounting.
- Strong foundational understanding of accounting principles with hands-on knowledge of both IFRS and US GAAP.
- Proven experience working with massive, raw datasets and building data-driven financial reports for complex, transaction-heavy businesses.
- Experience dealing with internal or external stakeholders on a regular basis, effectively communicating financial reports, data definitions, and requirements.
- Comfortable moving beyond standard spreadsheets to query and analyze data directly.
- Exceptional financial reporting and analytical skills.
- Accurate, detail-oriented, obsessed with data integrity, and thrive on beating tight regulatory deadlines.
- Able to translate complex financial, tax, and regulatory issues into clear, succinct insights for both internal executive stakeholders and external regulators.
- An organized professional who can independently structure their day, prioritize competing deliverables, and drive projects to completion.
- Experience working within a broker-dealer, regulated financial institution, or fintech company.
- Prior Big 4 accounting or consulting experience.
- An active CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification.
Skills
- SQL
- Financial Controlling
- Financial Audit
- Financial Reporting
- Management Accounting
- IFRS
- US GAAP
- Data Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication
- Organization
- Prioritization
Location
- Austin
Work Type
- Individual Contributor
Experience Level
- 4+ years
Education Level
- CPA
- CFA
Salary/Compensations
- USD 110000 - USD 135000
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.
- Wise is on a mission to make people's and businesses' lives easier and save them money when sending money internationally, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments.
- We are creating an entirely new network for the world's money.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
