Senior Finance Business Partner

Overview

As a Finance Business Partner in Wise’s FP&A team in London, you will act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, shaping long-term plans and translating data into actionable insights. You will lead planning, forecast headcount and operating costs, and build models to scrutinize Wise’s cost base. Your analyses will inform leadership communications and strategic decisions to sustain growth while lowering customer costs. This autonomous role offers a chance to influence financial strategy in a fast-moving global business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders (including Department leads) to shape plans and decisions
• Drive the planning process and forecast headcount and operating costs for sustainable growth
• Build financial models and reports to analyse cost base and identify risks and opportunities
• Provide deep dives on key metrics and compare actuals to forecasts to improve accuracy
• Develop narrative and manage reporting to Department leads and leadership
• Support Wise’s growth strategy by optimizing investment and cost management
• Operate with autonomy and collaborate across multiple teams and time zones

Key requirements

• Proven experience partnering with Department leads and acting as trusted advisor
• Extensive experience building financial models and cost analyses (e.g., planning tools like Anaplan)
• Experience establishing policies, cost controls, and spend monitoring
• Experience forecasting headcount
• Professional finance qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with IFRS knowledge

• Strong communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Project management and ability to cut through complexity
• Data-driven thinking and systematic analysis of interdependencies
• Anaplan
• Workday (knowledge)
• Excel

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