Head of Finance Business Partnering - Functions & Workforce Strategy in Bristol

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. 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. As a financial technology company moving billions of GBP of customer money in over 70 countries, Wise must have bulletproof financials. We need timely, accurate, and scalable financial data to be compliant with regulations and make strategic business decisions to support our hyper-growth and financial objectives.

Due to our continued expansion, we're on the hunt for a seasoned, highly strategic Finance Business Partner Leader to join our FP&A team in London. In this role, you will be the primary lead for the financial oversight of our Core Functions, responsible for mentoring and developing a high-performing group of two Senior Finance Business Partners and an Analyst. Your core focus will be supervising team output and leaning into complex business challenges, while spearheading our global workforce financial strategy and collaborating cross-functionally with peer FBPs Leads.

You will be the ultimate strategic financial partner to our Chief People Officer (CPO), her People Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Teams that lead our Core Functions (Finance, Legal, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, and People). In addition to managing costs within the Functions, your mission will be to help us centralise and actively optimise how we manage workforce costs by improving our internal processes, driving strategic location expansion and extending our planning horizon.

• Leadership & Team Management: Lead, mentor, and elevate two Senior Finance Business Partners and Analyst, ensuring cohesive delivery of financial planning, cost control, and analysis across all Functions.
• KPI-driven Performance Management: Establish, track, and own the critical financial KPIs and metrics relating to organisational health, span of control, location concentration, and cost-per-head to drive accountability across departments.
• Global Headcount Governance: Oversee employee benefit expenses and headcount management framework for the entire business. Drive the automation of headcount tracking and employee benefit expenses reporting towards scalable, tool-driven architectures to maximise efficiency and data integrity.
• Strategic Workforce Management: Partner with the CPO and People Leadership Team to drive the long-term financial strategy behind global workforce location expansion, talent mapping, and organisation design to optimize our workforce costs sustainably.
• Drive Executive Level Influence: Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, turning complex data into clear, actionable insights that guide our global investment decisions.

Proven track record of managing senior-level finance professionals and driving matrixed collaboration with peer finance partners to achieve company-wide objectives. Demonstrated track record of managing complex, company-wide headcount structures, long-term workforce planning, international location strategies, and substantial operational expense budgets.

Data & Automation Mindset: Passionate about leveraging technology and automation to eliminate manual processes; strong experience building KPI dashboards and predictive models.

Financial Modelling Mastery: Advanced expertise in building, scaling, and owning complex financial frameworks and capacity models, with a strong preference for enterprise planning tools.

Credentials: You hold a professional finance qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent (MBA / Masters in Finance) with extensive post-qualification experience, alongside a strong grasp of IFRS and corporate accounting.

High-Level Influencer: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex financial concepts clearly and strategically to influence the leadership team.

Systemic Thinker: You love digging into data, but you naturally zoom out to see the macroeconomic and organisational interdependencies, applying a strict KPI-driven lens to problem-solving.

Project Leadership: Strong project management skills, capable of driving cross-functional alignment across multiple offices, time zones, and complex stakeholder groups. While you operate at a leadership level, you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and validate the data yourself when needed.

Bonus points for: Experience in a hyper-growth FinTech or fast-paced global tech company. Direct experience working closely with Workday and Anaplan integrations. A background utilising AI to optimise financial processes, data pipelines, and headcount forecasting.

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