Bank Account Controller

Bank Account Controller at Wise

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Our mission is to make sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments easier, faster, and cheaper for everyone, everywhere. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Treasury Team as a Bank Account Controller. Your key responsibilities will revolve around the development, implementation, and execution of Wise’s Bank Account & Access Management (BAAM) framework. This ensures that risks associated with bank accounts, user accesses, and payment activities are monitored within a secure and SOX-compliant control environment.

You will be integral to the daily operations of BAAM, ensuring our processes and controls over bank account and user access management are executed effectively. This is a highly cross-functional position, demanding exceptional collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including Payment & Treasury Operations, Risk and Control teams, as well as internal and external auditors.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Together with the Product and Engineering teams, own the SOX control environment, process, and infrastructure for BAAM at Wise.
• Maintain complete and accurate internal records of our counterparties, bank accounts, authorised signatories, and user accesses in the relevant systems.
• Work closely with Payment Operations, Treasury, and Banking teams to ensure the effective execution of BAAM processes, acting as the primary point of contact for all BAAM-related matters.
• Review and ensure timely and appropriate closure of BAAM tickets and requests.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure the soundness of our BAAM infrastructure and its overall operating environment.
• Prepare periodic reporting materials on BAAM operations.
• Support the lead and stakeholders to continuously enhance the BAAM processes to improve efficiency.
• Keep all BAAM documentation, including user guides, flowcharts, and the risk and control matrix, up-to-date and relevant.
• Liaise with a wider stakeholder group to tackle complex situations or new types of products or implementation.
• Take charge of periodic reviews of accounts, user accesses, and signatories to ensure our records are complete, accurate, and ready for audit.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors to address any audit requests and queries.
• Support the Treasury function on other ad-hoc projects related to BAAM areas when required.

What We're Looking For

• At least 4 years of proven experience in treasury or audit within a SOX control environment, coupled with a solid understanding of risk and control principles in a large and fast-paced organisation.
• In-depth understanding of treasury operational risk management, treasury best practices, and SOX requirements.
• Experience in opening & closing bank accounts for an organisation and managing user accesses and authorised signatories, or experience in financial audit or control testing in these areas.
• Experience in managing a high number of bank accounts (500+) across different regions and setting up a control governance framework.

Skills & Qualifications

• A self-starter with the ability to work independently in a self-directed way and thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented, and fast-paced environment.
• Critical thinking with the ability to identify potential risks in a given situation.
• Great attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritise, and work to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to establish good relationships across the organisation and build an effective working atmosphere with teams like Banking, Treasury, Finance, and Payment Operations.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written, including the ability to summarise key messages.
• Ability to process data using Microsoft Excel and produce presentations using PowerPoint is essential.
• Basic knowledge in data querying and visualisation including SQL, Excel VBA, and Snowflake is preferable.
• Relevant professional qualifications such as ACT, CIMA, ACCA, ACA are desirable but not mandatory.

What’s In It For You

• RSUs in a rapidly growing company.
• Flexible working model.
• An annual self-development budget.
• Paid time off: 28 days vacation + 3 “Me” days + 1 volunteer day, annually.
• A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years.
• Health insurance coverage with Medicare.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship/visa support for this position. Please make sure you have full right to work in Hungary before applying.

Key skills/competency

• Treasury Operations
• SOX Compliance
• Risk Management
• Bank Account Management
• User Access Control
• Audit Liaison
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Process Enhancement
• Microsoft Excel
• SQL