Area Controller - Hold & Assets

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.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

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As a financial institution moving billions of pounds of customer money in more than 70 countries, Wise must have bulletproof financials. We are now looking for an Area Controller to join our Finance Team in Budapest. This role is a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission by ensuring timely and accurate financial data as well as building mature processes and a scalable control environment. 

Product Description:

The ‘Hold’ product consists of the Wise account (also called the Wise multi‑currency account or Wise Account / “MCA”). The Wise Account (MCA) is a multi-currency payment account for personal and business use. It allows you to receive money with local bank details, hold and convert multiple currencies at the mid-market rate, and spend via card or direct debit. You can also organize funds into Jars for future use. Essentially, it is an all-in-one hub for international banking that is faster and cheaper than traditional alternatives.

Assets is an investment feature that allows you to grow your Wise balance. You can move money into regulated funds, choosing between Interest (low-risk, government-backed assets) or Stocks (global index funds). Wise manages the custody and trading of these units for a small fee, acting as an agent to keep your investments secure.

About The Role:

As an Area Controller you will be overseeing the month-end closing process for the Hold and Assets products, ensuring that related controls have been executed and ultimately signing off on the Products Financial Statements. A list of some of the key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring various teams execute their financial closing tasks in an accurate and timely manner;
• Identifying missing or insufficient processes and taking initiative to find solutions, in collaboration with other teams, both within and outside the Finance;
• Ensuring the balance sheet and income statement are fully substantiated and key variances are understood in relation to underlying changes in the product. 
• Working with analysts to ensure sufficient tooling to help explain period variances and providing commentary on those variances to support monthly group level signoff. 
• Completing documentation to show how the product operates end-to-end through Wise, including how accounting entries are generated and controlled. 
• Participate in the external audit by replying to external auditors’ questions and information requests;
• Actively participating in team planning, actively highlighting key items to Implementation Managers to help remediate items that could impact the accuracy of the financial statements for your product.
• Maintaining relationships within the Finance Tribe and with all other stakeholders to ensure information sharing and properly manage expectations.
• Signing off on controls and assessing their effectiveness in AuditBoard, the firms risk and control repository. 
• Reviewing manual journal entries to remediate known gaps in the accounting flow, to ensure financial statements are accurate and without material misstatement.

A Bit About You:

• Significant experience (7+ years) in either financial controlling, financial audit, financial advisory or management accounting. You have a working knowledge of IFRS and/ or US GAAP.
• You are a self-starter and can organise your own work.
• Not afraid of challenges and making decisions, can work autonomously and take initiative.
• Cooperative attitude and ability to manage deadlines.
• You are a great communicator. You can adapt your communication style to different audiences. You’re able to persuade others and you aren’t afraid to challenge something when you need to.
• Keen to challenge people and drive changes – can think outside the box and provide long term vision.
• Professional finance qualification such as the ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent (desirable not essential)
• You have worked in a multinational environment across different cultures and countries.
• You have worked in regulated environments, Fintech or Financial Services.

Key Skills / Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to challenge
• Ability to own issue remediation through to completion
• Financial Qualification (e.g. CFA, CIMA, ACCA or other relevant qualification)

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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.