Senior Finance Manager - SOX Testing

About the Team Finance Risk & Control partners with Finance and the wider business to strengthen the control environment, support SOX compliance, and improve how risks and controls are designed, operated, and evidenced. We are a distributed team across the UK and Estonia, and we are establishing a dedicated SOX testing hub in Hyderabad to drive consistency, high audit quality, and scalability across our global testing program. Position Overview As a Senior Finance Manager - SOX Testing, you will play a hands-on execution and leadership role in executing our end-to-end business process SOX testing program. Reporting to the Head of SOX Testing, you will build and lead a team of testing specialists, oversee day-to-day testing delivery across design and operating effectiveness, perform rigorous Quality Assurance (QA) reviews, and partner with business process owners across the globe to ensure practical, audit-ready compliance. Your Mission End-to-End Fieldwork Execution: Lead day-to-day execution of Design Effectiveness Testing (DET) and Operating Effectiveness Testing (OET) for business process controls across all key finance and operational cycles (e.g. P2P, R2R, Treasury). Team Leadership & Capacity Building: Directly manage, mentor, and coach a squad of SOX testing analysts. Review workpapers to maintain an exceptionally high bar for evidence and documentation. Co-Sourcing Supervision: Supervise external/co-sourced vendor testing teams. Ensure they adhere to Wise methodology, meet quality standards, and stay on schedule without creating rework. Quality Assurance & Audit Readiness: Perform detailed QA reviews on completed control walkthroughs and sample testing to ensure conclusions are well-supported, clearly articulated, and fully compliant with PCAOB/COSO standards. Issue Management & Root-Cause Analysis: Lead discussions on identified control failures with control owners. Agree on deficiency severity, identify root causes, and track remediation re-testing to completion. AI & Automation Integration: Adopt and embed data analytics, automated evidence extraction, and AI-enabled testing tools into daily testing procedures to increase speed and coverage. The role will give you the opportunity to Own your own path to success: You’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility. Develop an in-depth knowledge of Wise’s business: Get to know many teams across finance and the business as you partner with them to help them implement a risk and controls culture Grow with the role: You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills and grow your own team as the business and finance function grows in complexity.

A bit about you Theory: Professional Certification: Active CA, CPA, CIA, or equivalent qualification or an MBA. Experience: ~10–12 years of hands-on experience in SOX 404 / ICFR business process controls testing within a Big 4, global corporate, or fast-paced tech environment (with 3+ years in a team leadership role). Technical Depth: Expert knowledge of business process controls testing methodology, statistical sampling guidance, PCAOB audit expectations, and COSO framework. Quality Focus: Proven track record of reviewing workpapers and producing "governance-ready" audit documentation that withstands external audit scrutiny. Practice: You have demonstrable experience leading and managing internal controls / audit teams on multiple assignments preferably within Financial services. Commercial acumen: You understand the value of taking a balanced approach to risk and controls to support the growth of the business Collaborative: Thrives in a multi-time-zone, international team environment (UK, Estonia, India), with a proven ability to influence outcomes through others.

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