Finance Business Partner - Servicing in London

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. 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.

Due to continued and rapid growth we’re on the hunt for a Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A team in London. You’ll be part of the team that helps pilot the rocket ship.

Your mission:

• You will be a strategic partner to senior stakeholders in the Servicing team (including Customer Support, Financial Crime, and KYC), helping them scale costs effectively and proactively identify insights to support decision making.
• You will lead the delivery of the planning process for Servicing, improving our ability to forecast complex headcount requirements and operating costs to enable sustainable growth and lower prices for customers.
• You will design and own scalable financial frameworks to analyse Wise’s cost base. You’ll identify risks and opportunities and influence change across the Servicing tribe through data-driven storytelling.
• You’ll provide deep dives on key metrics and perform variance analysis (Actuals vs. Forecast) to drive forecast accuracy and strategic decision-making.
• You’ll use this deep knowledge to help build a narrative on our results and manage communications and reporting to various stakeholders including Department leads and our leadership team.
• You will proactively share knowledge across the Finance tribe, representing your team in cross-functional initiatives and mentoring junior colleagues on their operational deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior department leads, with the ability to negotiate and influence upwards.
• Extensive experience building complex financial models (ideally through a planning tool such as Anaplan) and owning end-to-end cost analysis.
• Proven track record of managing high-volume headcount planning and capacity modeling, ideally in an operational or customer-facing environment.
• Experience in establishing effective policies and procedures, implementing cost controls and monitoring ongoing spend.
• Have an ability to go beyond the numbers and understand the bigger picture.
• Detail oriented, great at working autonomously and meeting deadlines.
• You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence others.
• You have a professional finance qualification such as the ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent (MBA or masters in Finance).

Skills:

• Passionate about what we’re building at Wise.
• Strong project management skills and ability to cut through complexity.
• Love digging in data, numbers, thinking systematically, and analysing inter-dependencies.
• Strong communicator: articulate, clear, strategic – with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Keen to roll up sleeves and get the job done.
• Humble, comfortable operating with a level of uncertainty, keen to learn.
• Able to operate to defined timelines while bringing together a diverse stakeholder group.
• Able to work across multiple teams, offices, time-zones (and travel when needed!) with flexibility and a can do attitude.

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.

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