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About the Role
You will lead the engineering team responsible for Wise's Finance Systems, modernizing ERP and finance tooling, establishing SOX readiness as a newly US-listed company, and shaping AI-native finance operations.
Responsibilities
- Define the technical strategy for Finance Systems, including architecture and a multi-year roadmap for ERP and surrounding platforms.
- Lead, hire, and grow a senior engineering team, setting high standards for engineering quality in a regulated domain.
- Build SOX engineering foundations, including tooling, controls, and change-management practices.
- Drive operational maturity in deployment frequency, observability, incident response, and change control.
- Co-own the roadmap with Finance and Product, translating Group Finance priorities into engineering plans.
- Drive efficiencies through AI-assisted finance operational tooling, evaluating automation opportunities and tooling choices.
Requirements
- 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years leading engineering teams in finance, fintech, or other regulated/audited domains.
- Deep experience with Tier 1 ERPs (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Financials, or NetSuite at enterprise scale), including leading at least one migration, consolidation, or major modernization program.
- Experience building engineering practices that meet SOX or equivalent control-environment standards and withstand external audit.
- Comfortable with vendor configuration, custom extensions, integration middleware, and event-driven patterns, knowing when to buy, build, or wrap.
- Stakeholder management skills with CFO-level executives, including transparent partnership, explaining trade-offs, and achieving organizational alignment.
- A pragmatic approach to transformation, shipping in increments while maintaining focus on the long-term vision.
Skills
- SOX readiness
- ERP modernization
- AI in finance operations
- Engineering leadership
- Financial systems
- Technical strategy
- Roadmap development
- Stakeholder management
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 12+ years software engineering
- 5+ years team leadership
Salary/Compensations
- GBP 135000 - GBP 175000
Benefits
- RSUs
- Wise Benefits
About the Company
- Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
- Wise is on a mission to make international money transfers easier and more affordable.
- Wise is 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.