External Reporting Manager

Overview

In this role you will support the Head of Reporting across US Business workstreams, focusing on disclosures governance, external reporting, AI governance, and audit readiness. You’ll contribute to month-end packs, automation initiatives, and control design for new AI-driven reporting impacts, collaborating with multiple teams in a fast-moving fintech environment. You will help optimize audit processes, support auditors, and drive continuous improvements in financial reporting. This role offers a chance to shape Wise’s financial reporting posture for a US-listed company and work across cross-functional programs with broad impact.

Responsibilities

• Support Disclosure Governance and external reporting documentation, including position papers on new metrics and governance planning
• Review FS disclosures and support taxonomy-related projects
• Contribute to AI governance by aligning policy/procedures with analytics/products and assisting on reporting impacts of AI initiatives
• Assist in design of controls for AI initiatives affecting financial reporting
• Support Month End Reporting Pack enhancements with Internal Reporting Senior Manager
• Assist with Financial Reporting Automation (Workiva) tool selection, data prep, and rollout
• Lead Audit Readiness initiatives: prepare position papers and walkthroughs for new accounting/audit initiatives (Bond, Lease, Bank Time Stamps, Terrapay, Safeguarding, BAAM)
• Support audit walkthroughs, champion best practices, and continuously optimise the audit process
• Handle ad hoc audit issue support and maintain Audit Matters Tracker ownership

Key requirements

• AC A qualified
• Deep understanding of a company’s reporting function
• Audit background
• Ability to manage projects from start to finish and remove blockers
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams on different priorities
• Experience or familiarity with working for a US-listed company is integral
• Fintech experience helpful but not essential
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment

• Strong written documentation skills
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem solving and blocker removal
• Workiva (Financial Reporting Automation)
• Experience with governance, risk and controls in financial reporting
• Awareness of AI governance and its impact on reporting

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