Senior Finance Manager - SOX Testing

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. About the TeamFinance Risk & Control partners with Finance and the wider business to strengthen the control environment, support SOX compliance, and improve how risks and controls are designed, operated, and evidenced. We are a distributed team across the UK and Estonia, and we are establishing a dedicated SOX testing hub in Hyderabad to drive consistency, high audit quality, and scalability across our global testing program.Position OverviewAs a Senior Finance Manager - SOX Testing, you will play a hands-on execution and leadership role in executing our end-to-end business process SOX testing program. Reporting to the Head of SOX Testing, you will build and lead a team of testing specialists, oversee day-to-day testing delivery across design and operating effectiveness, perform rigorous Quality Assurance (QA) reviews, and partner with business process owners across the globe to ensure practical, audit-ready compliance.Your MissionEnd-to-End Fieldwork Execution: Lead day-to-day execution of Design Effectiveness Testing (DET) and Operating Effectiveness Testing (OET) for business process controls across all key finance and operational cycles (e.g. P2P, R2R, Treasury).Team Leadership & Capacity Building: Directly manage, mentor, and coach a squad of SOX testing analysts. Review workpapers to maintain an exceptionally high bar for evidence and documentation.Co-Sourcing Supervision: Supervise external/co-sourced vendor testing teams. Ensure they adhere to Wise methodology, meet quality standards, and stay on schedule without creating rework.Quality Assurance & Audit Readiness: Perform detailed QA reviews on completed control walkthroughs and sample testing to ensure conclusions are well-supported, clearly articulated, and fully compliant with PCAOB/COSO standards.Issue Management & Root-Cause Analysis: Lead discussions on identified control failures with control owners. Agree on deficiency severity, identify root causes, and track remediation re-testing to completion.AI & Automation Integration: Adopt and embed data analytics, automated evidence extraction, and AI-enabled testing tools into daily testing procedures to increase speed and coverage.The role will give you the opportunity toOwn your own path to success: You’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility.Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise’s business: Get to know many teams across finance and the business as you partner with them to help them implement a risk and controls cul...