Finance Change Leader: S2P & SOX Transformation

Wise; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is seeking a Change Management Specialist to join our Finance transformation efforts in London. You will lead change management for S2P, SOX compliance, and other finance system changes with global impact.

You will partner with Finance, Procurement, Risk and Compliance, and Tech, designing communications, training, and adoption strategies while embedding change into programmes and building cross-functional capability.

Qualifications

• Leading change management for major Finance initiatives including S2P implementations, SOX-related control enhancements, and other Finance system and process changes with global impact.
• Partnering with Finance, Procurement, Risk & Compliance, and Tech teams to assess change impacts, define stakeholder strategies, and drive adoption of new processes, systems, and controls.
• Embedding change management into Finance programmes by ensuring regulatory, audit, and compliance considerations (e.g. SOX) are reflected in change planning, communications, and training approaches.
• Developing and driving a Finance Change Portfolio view by defining the approach and ways of working to provide increased visibility of change and better manage the collective impact of change across the Finance teams, including owning a Change Roadmap for the Finance initiatives.
• Providing change advisory support to smaller Finance initiatives by offering frameworks, tools, and guidance to ensure consistent and effective change practices.
• Driving adoption and behavioural change by designing targeted communications, training, and engagement strategies tailored to Finance stakeholders, including leadership, operational teams, and control owners.
• Building change capability within Finance teams by creating practical toolkits, delivering training, and coaching stakeholders to embed change management into their ways of working.
• Supporting planning and prioritisation of Finance initiatives with a change lens, ensuring impacts are understood early and programmes are sequenced effectively to reduce risk and disruption.
• Building strong cross-functional partnerships across Finance teams to enable collaboration, delivery and success on projects.

Responsibilities

• Work on high-impact Finance programmes that are critical to Wise’s scalability, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Shape how change management is embedded within Finance at Wise, influencing both strategic programmes and day-to-day operations.
• Develop as part of a growing, cross-functional team, working at the intersection of People, Finance, Procurement, Tech and others.
• Be part of our mission to make Money Without Borders the new normal.

Skills

Change management

Finance transformation

S2P

SOX compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Training and coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Wise is seeking a Change Management Specialist to join our Finance transformation efforts in London. You will lead change management for S2P, SOX compliance, and other finance system changes with global impact.

You will partner with Finance, Procurement, Risk and Compliance, and Tech, designing communications, training, and adoption strategies while embedding change into programmes and building cross-functional capability.