About the role
Job Description
A bit about the role
We are looking to hire a Head of Finance to lead our Europe Regional Finance team!
If you’ve got Financial Services experience dealing with commercial finance, strategic advisory, financial resources process & controls and audit, and working with a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally, and an interest in working at one of the fastest growing Fintech companies, read on!
Your mission
* Be Finance Effective Leader for our Belgium regulator (National Bank of Belgium). Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, and internal governance frameworks. Lead implementation of new regulatory requirements and assess their financial reporting impact.
* Act as the primary finance partner to Europe business and product leads, supporting and influencing strategy and investment decisions.
* Provide actionable management insight and driving performance improvements
* Own the regional P&L, balance sheet and cash flows across multiple entities and currencies in Europe.
* Be the regional main point of contact in finance to ensure that all new entities, products and legislation are correctly interpreted and efficiently structured.
* Be the main point of contact for our European financial service regulators. Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, and internal governance frameworks. Lead implementation of new regulatory requirements and assess their financial reporting impact.
* Act as the primary lead for external audit execution. Coordinate the process from initial planning and walkthroughs to finalisation, ensuring a clean and timely audit cycle.
Qualifications
About you:
* 10+ years of progressive finance leader in fintech / payments / banking or high-scale tech, with regional scope.
* Proven ownership of a multi-entity, multi-currency P&L and balance sheet in a regulated environment.
* Strong controllership, financial reporting and FP&A foundations; comfortable moving from strategy to spreadsheets.
* Proven strategic finance impact by supporting decision making to support growth and expansion in existing and/or new markets.
* Regularly managed and influenced senior stakeholders (board of directors including NEDs, regional leadership committees.
* Inclusive people leader who develops talent and builds diverse teams.
Additional Information
For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
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