Senior Finance Controller

Wise
Austin
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 135,000 - 185,000 annuallyFunction: Finance & AccountingEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Communication","Ownership","Cross-functional alignment","Scalability mindset"]

Own controllership and close activities, ensuring accurate general ledger integrity under US GAAP and leading month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, and audit-ready documentation. Serve as the primary contact for regulators, external auditors, and internal audit, driving regulatory reporting setup and quarterly submissions. Manage the annual statutory audit while partnering across FP&A, Product, Banking/Ops, Tax, Treasury, Compliance/Risk, and Data/Analytics. Build scalable controls, automation, and decision support as the organization expands.

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Senior Finance Controller

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Job Summary

Own controllership and close activities, ensuring accurate general ledger integrity under US GAAP and leading month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, and audit-ready documentation. Serve as the primary contact for regulators, external auditors, and internal audit, driving regulatory reporting setup and quarterly submissions. Manage the annual statutory audit while partnering across FP&A, Product, Banking/Ops, Tax, Treasury, Compliance/Risk, and Data/Analytics. Build scalable controls, automation, and decision support as the organization expands.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own general ledger integrity and controllership activities, including month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, journal entry review, and balance sheet substantiation under US GAAP.
  • •Design, operate, and continuously improve key financial controls, leading remediation for control/audit findings and supporting complex accounting positions and memos.
  • •Lead regulatory reporting and audit/examiner management, including quarterly/periodic submissions, audit regulator contact, and maintaining a regulatory reporting playbook/evidence repository.
  • •Manage the annual statutory audit end-to-end, coordinating PBCs, preparing/reviewing statutory financial statements and schedules, and resolving audit findings and control recommendations.
  • •Partner with global FP&A and analytical teams on budgeting/rolling forecasting and improve KPI definitions, reporting cadence, and decision-useful insight while scaling the function via automation/process improvement.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 135,000 - 185,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in accounting/controllership, ideally in banking, fintech, payments, or other regulated environments (Big 4 experience is a plus).
  • •Experience setting up and producing regulatory reporting for federal or state regulators and working directly with regulators/auditors.
  • •Experience managing annual statutory audits, including coordinating external auditors and preparing financial statement support.
  • •Proven ownership of close processes, reconciliations, and financial reporting quality, with strong knowledge of US GAAP (IFRS familiarity a plus).
  • •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA strongly preferred.
Experience:BankingFintechPaymentsRegulated environmentsBig 4
Education:Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance
Skills:Analytical thinkingCommunicationOwnershipCross-functional alignmentScalability mindset
Certifications:CPA
Languages:English
Tech Stack:US GAAPIFRSExcelAnaplanPlanfulFFIEC call report

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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