Cash Controller

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 a Cash Controller to join our Finance Team in London. 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. A bit about

the role

As a Cash Controller you will be supporting the Balance Sheet Controller overseeing Wise’s financials, ensuring that Wise’s Cash balances across entities are controlled and reported accurately. Specific responsibilities include:

• Execute month end controls for cash balances across regions and entities ensuring balances are recorded accurately based on cut-off policies;
• Support the Balance Sheet controller in developing a robust substantiation program for cash balances with particular emphasis on financial statement assertions;
• Conduct periodic reviews of bank integrations ensuring adherence to policies, escalate exceptions to engineering teams so the root cause can be identified and fixed at source;
• Work closely with our first line BAAM controlling teams to provide guidance and support during bank account setup ensuring relevant reference data is captured and recorded appropriately;
• Develop a good understanding of bank account integrations to support external audit walkthroughs and documentation and acting as a first point of contact for Cash related questions;
• Create and maintain "end-to-end" documentation of how various transactions impact both Corporate and Customer Cash incorporating risk and controls;
• Identify missing or insufficient processes and take initiative to find solutions, in collaboration with other teams;
• Participate in team planning cycles and raise key items to remediate to make cash controlling more robust and secure;
• Build strong working relationships with the wider Finance Tribe.