Jul 30, 2026
Full time
hackajob is collaborating with Wise to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Company Description 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. More about our mission and what we offer . Job Description This role is a unique opportunity to have a massive impact on Wise's mission, and build the engine that powers the revolution, Money without Borders. Your mission: Your mission is to scale the backend financial engines at Wise during a pivotal growth phase following our recent US listing on NASDAQ. You will lead critical work within our Accounting Infrastructure team - which is responsible for the financial truth at Wise Your impact: Your mandate is to maintain the core General Ledger databases, backend processing microservices, and financial infrastructure that act as the source of truth for Wise. You will ensure the availability, technical integrity, and control environment of our ledger infrastructure. This role focuses strictly on the backend ledger systems and internal financial services. The Scale: You will manage ledger infrastructure that ingests over 1bn+ journal entries per month and oversee the process that turns these into financial reports. System Boundaries: You own the technical health and data integrity controls of the core General Ledger databases and company ERP platforms. Downstream Trust: The controls you build directly impact the data accuracy of downstream reporting lakes, tax systems, and corporate consolidation tools. Example of questions that you will answer in your role are - How do you design reliable tracking systems and workflows so we never lose track of money or make unapproved/unanticipated changes to our financial data? How do you build secure software tools and APIs so that our team members can post financial records safely with minimal risk of errors? How do you structure our databases so they can automatically generate separate, correct financial reports for different regional accounting standards at the same time? You will define and execute the product strategy to achieve real-time reconciliation and assurance at global scale, providing functional finance teams with systems they need to operate effectively, compliantly, and efficiently in 50+ countries. You are joining the Finance Product team at a pivotal, hyper-growth stage as Wise has recently listed in the US. The Finance team is strategically expanding its footprint to raise the bar on global regulatory maturity and provide a robust financial foundation for Wise's sustained, rapid growth. This expansion is directly driven by the need to proactively mature our global financial controls and infrastructure to meet the highest standards required of a US-listed, global financial technology company. Qualifications What we're looking for: Product Management Excellence 5-6 years of product building experience, as a product manager in a hands on role A willingness and capability to dive into the technical architecture, engaging directly with engineers to influence ledger design, data models, and event-sourcing patterns. An analytical mind to trace data lineage across interconnected microservices and design systemic solutions. Have defined and moved KPIs with features shipped Have built roadmaps for teams finding a path from uncertainty/chaos to clarity Problem Solving Strong grasp of mathematics, analytically-minded, can clearly frame problems, articulate hypotheses and solutions, measure them and has used the tools to be able to do this without an analyst Showcases system-level thinking, a proven ability to look beyond the scope of a single product to design interconnected systems Nice-to-haves: Finance, Payments or Treasury experience particularly in Ledgers, Controls or Accounting Domain Understanding Understanding of finance systems in either an engineering, data or product role Understanding of operating in Finance organisations including financial reporting, commercials, and risk and control Experience with SOx Controls or Audits Experience of third party finance systems Additional Information Base salary: £93-148K (based on experience & interview outcomes) Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) & a variety of other benefits: Wise Benefits 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.