Head of SOX - Strategic Projects and Growth

Wise Australia Investments; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Wise is seeking a senior Finance Risk & Control professional to lead the SOX testing function, initially establishing a team in India. The role partners with the core SOX team to embed controls across a major finance systems transformation and day-to-day operations.

You will shape risk management across three lines of defence and build scalable operating models. The ideal candidate brings deep SOX knowledge, proven project leadership, and a track record of building teams and processes from

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
• Experience delivering cross-functional initiatives and programmes.
• Ability to build teams, processes, and operational frameworks from scratch.
• Strong stakeholder management with product and engineering teams.
• Translate technical SOX/accounting concepts into clear guidance.

Responsabilités

• Form and lead a SOX testing and support team based in India.
• Partner with the core SOX team to improve ways of working.
• Act as primary controls lead for a major finance systems transformation.
• Translate complex accounting concepts into clear guidance for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and finance teams to embed risk management.
• Design and build teams, processes, policies, and workflows to support SOX compliance.

Connaissances

SOX expertise

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Offshore teams

Financial systems

Accounting concepts

Outils

ERP systems

Description du poste

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Finance Director for Risk and Control, this role will partner with stakeholders across our fast moving business on change projects and initiatives to ensure SOX is effectively and efficiently embedded.

Initially this will see you establish a SOX testing team, based in India, to in-source SOX management testing. You will support the creation of the team’s approach, structure and ways of working, facilitating a seamless integration with the existing SOX team and first line of defence stakeholders. Once set up, the team will then move into our BAU structure. Following this you will support a finance systems transformation, to build in the SOX consideration into design and the system roll out.

You will sit in a broader finance risk and control function dedicated to shaping SOX delivery across the three lines of defence that currently consists of a team of Control Partners and SOX methodology specialists.

• Form and lead a dedicated SOX testing and support team based in India to establish robust long-term operational frameworks.
• Partner with the core SOX team to continuously improve and accelerate operational ways of working.
• Act as the primary controls lead for a major finance systems transformation project.
• Translate complex accounting and Sarbanes-Oxley concepts into simple, actionable language for diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and finance teams to embed risk management into day-to-day operations.
• Design and build teams, processes, policies, and ways of working to support SOX compliance.

Qualifications

• Professional background demonstrating deep expertise in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), gained either within professional practice or industry.
• Demonstrated project and programme management experience, successfully delivering complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven capability to build teams, processes, policies, and operational frameworks from scratch.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with a track record of working effectively alongside product and engineering teams.
• Ability to interpret and translate technical Sarbanes-Oxley and accounting concepts into clear, actionable guidance.

Additional Information

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with general IT controls alongside business process control frameworks.
• Experience managing or establishing offshore teams and operational support structures.
• High comfort level navigating ambiguity and thriving in a fast-paced growth environment.

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