Associate Controller - North America

Associate Controller for North-America

We’re looking for an Associate Controller - North America to join our finance team in Austin, Texas! 

Austin is our newest location in the US and it’s expanding rapidly! If you’ve got Financial Services experience dealing with financial controls, audit and advisory, and working with a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally, and an interest in working at one of the fastest growing FinTech companies, read on! 

You’ll receive a competitive package including a salary, based on experience + Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) in a profitable company + best in class benefits! 🚀

A bit about the role

As Wise continues to grow, we need to grow our finance capabilities to:

• Help pilot the rocket ship. Controller capabilities are essential to steer the ship in the right direction, ensuring we comply with accounting, regulatory and tax requirements. 
• Work with the Regulatory Reporting team, Regional Controllers & Compliance teams to help build compliant and accurate reporting automatically from the source systems with clear definitions and change management.
• Compile monthly, quarterly and yearly reports for submitting to regulatory authorities. 
• Work with the Compliance team and Regional Controllers to provide financial data during regulatory exams and financial audits.
• Help the Regional Finance team in performing day-to-day overview of legal entities, including analysing financial results and making sure necessary financial controls are performed.
• Work with finance teams to ensure systems, controls and processes are prepared for regional requirements.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Own your own path to success - you’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• Expand your skills and develop for the future - help build efficient reporting and financial control processes and build experience that can take you to other exciting roles in the Finance team.
• Work in an international Finance Team and learn a lot about the Finance area, fintech and driving financial sustainability of a fast growing company

A bit about you

Experience:

• Relevant experience in either financial controlling, financial audit, financial reporting or management accounting.
• Knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP and strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience in working with large datasets and building financial reports for businesses like ours.
• Dealt with internal or external stakeholders on a regular basis, communicating reports, definitions, requirements etc.

Skills:

• Advanced financial reporting and analysis skills.

• You are accurate and detail oriented, great at finishing detailed jobs and meeting deadlines.
• You are a self-starter and can organise your own work.

• Able to communicate complex issues to all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
• Have an ability to move beyond Excel and dig into raw data.
• You get finance and accounting terminology and have the ability to understand the importance of tax and regulatory rules & frameworks.

Who are you?:

• You have a passion for what we’re building at Wise.
• You are keen to roll up sleeves and get the job done.
• You are humble, comfortable operating with a high level of uncertainty, can act independently, be decisive and take responsibility.
• You are open to self-development, willing to gain experience, improve your skills and keen to learn new tricks.
• You are detail oriented, with ability to deliver and communicate complex areas on time and succinctly.
• You are able to work with multiple teams within and outside of finance as well as internationally on projects or ad hoc requests as required, with flexibility and a can do attitude.
• You feel passionate implementing your skills and knowledge in creation and improvement of controls framework and internal processes

Key Benefits: 

• 💵  Competitive salary based on experience
• 🚀  RSU's in a rapidly growing company 
• 💻  Hybrid working – up to 3 days/week working from home, the other 2 days in the office
• ✈️  Wisers can work remotely for 90 days a year. By ‘remote’ we don’t just mean from home, but from wherever in the world you choose to
• 💪  An annual self-development budget
• 🩺  Medical, dental, & vision insurance – including HSA and FSA options
• 💝  Company-paid: Life Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability, and an EAP program
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