Your mission

• Develop the internal finance systems strategy, create an internal product roadmap to deliver a high data volume, scaleable, real time Financial System with an efficient data pipeline
• Own our internal finance systems and tools from a requirements and design perspective, working with our in house finance engineers 
• Work with our finance engineering team to provide requirements and feedback on internal infrastructure solutions to make our internal finance systems more robust, efficient and scalable.
• Develop the roadmap and manage the well-groomed backlog of new platform initiatives and enhancements to existing implementations. Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations.
• You will own and track the plans and prioritizations for the team, set team KPIs, facilitate and build efficient processes for them to resolve cross-team incidents and retros
• Own finance team usage of off the shelf reporting systems such as Planful
• Coach, develop, support and lead 1-2 direct reports, grow the team across London and Tallinn if required

This role will give you the opportunity to

• Choose your path to impact – we believe people are most empowered when they can act autonomously. So rather than telling you what to do, you’ll work with your team to create a vision of your own. Of course, you can always gather feedback from smart, curious people across Wise but you’ll have the freedom to make your own calls
• Grow as a product person and a leader – Grow and inspire your team to join our mission
• Get amazing exposure to the full breadth and depth of our internal product finance systems while working with a group of amazing and dedicated product managers, engineers, analysts, and operations. 
• Work with a modern microservices system with key parts written in-house, which allows to move fast and build controls and experiences that are above industry standards and push the boundaries of what is possible
• Be part of our mission to make money without borders the new normal

Things that might describe you

• You’re hands on, and you’d do everything needed to make the team and the product successful. You get it done
• You have experience in finance systems and familiarity with core principles of accounting & finance
• You are a seasoned Product Manager with experience managing end-to-end product development lifecycles from scoping to delivery and post production support
• You are equally willing to work on technical architecture, finance & reporting requirements and are able to shape and influence thinking on these point
• You enjoy getting deep into the processing logic. You like to be thorough and understand how things work and all their dependencies in-depth. You can channel this knowledge in bringing clarity to the team over complicated processes
• You inspire others. You can empower and mentor cross-functional teams with a vision and strategy for non-customer facing teams
• Data-driven – You can pick up the signal from the noise. You are comfortable to dig deep into data, explore and make decisions based on insights
• You’re familiar with SQL and can communicate big data / complex data sets clearly
• You’ve applied agile software development methodologies and tools before

Beneficial (but not mandatory) experience

• Previous experience in evaluating APIs and capabilities
• Passion for technical products and understanding of tech stacks used in software engineering
• Previous leadership experience

Our Offer

• Base salary:: £83k - £110k gross / year base (based on experience & interview outcomes)
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs):https://www.wise.jobs/2021/03/26/the-true-value-of-stock-in-a-high-growth-company-like-wise/
• Numerous amount of other benefits:https://www.wise.jobs/2020/07/07/benefits-in-our-london-office/

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