Finance Manager - Asia

Wise Payments; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise Payments in Singapore is seeking a Finance Manager for Asia to strengthen regional finance capabilities and oversee financial performance, controls, and regulatory compliance across Asia entities.

The role offers cross‑functional collaboration with Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Risk, Compliance, Legal and other Finance teams, with significant ownership and exposure across markets.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in financial control, audit, financial reporting, management accounting or related field.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP and a solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience owning or supporting financial reporting, statutory audits or regulatory requirements.
• Strong financial analysis skills and ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience partnering with senior internal and external stakeholders and communicating complex financial topics clearly.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high‑quality work to deadlines.
• A self‑starter mindset – comfortable taking ownership, making decisions and working independently in a fast‑moving environment.
• An understanding of how accounting, tax and regulatory requirements affect financial operations and controls.
• An automation mindset, with an interest in eliminating manual work and improving finance processes through technology. Experience with SQL, Python or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal and other teams internationally.
• You’re excited about Wise’s mission, comfortable operating in an evolving environment, and willing to roll up your sleeves to solve problems and build better ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Own financial oversight of Asia legal entities, including analysis of financial performance and monitoring of financial, capital and liquidity controls.
• Lead regulatory and financial reporting, coordinating monthly, quarterly and annual submissions and supporting ad‑hoc reporting requirements.
• Monitor regulatory capital requirements and ensure entities remain appropriately capitalised.
• Lead finance and statutory audits for assigned entities, including coordinating financial information for regulatory examinations and Group audits.
• Partner across Finance, Banking, Compliance, Risk, Legal and Product to ensure reporting, systems, controls and processes meet regional requirements.
• Drive improvements to finance processes and controls, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Regional Finance initiatives and evolving business requirements as Wise continues to scale across Asia.

Skills

IFRS/US GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Automation mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for a Finance Manager, Asia to join our Regional Finance team in Singapore.

You’ll play a key role in strengthening our Regional finance capabilities, overseeing financial performance and controls across Asia legal entities, and ensuring we meet local accounting, regulatory and tax requirements.

This is a highly cross‑functional role with significant ownership, working closely with Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Risk, Compliance, Legal and other Finance teams.

What You’ll Do

• Own financial oversight of Asia legal entities, including analysis of financial performance and monitoring of financial, capital and liquidity controls.
• Lead regulatory and financial reporting, coordinating monthly, quarterly and annual submissions and supporting ad‑hoc reporting requirements.
• Monitor regulatory capital requirements and ensure entities remain appropriately capitalised.
• Lead finance and statutory audits for assigned entities, including coordinating financial information for regulatory examinations and Group audits.
• Partner across Finance, Banking, Compliance, Risk, Legal and Product to ensure reporting, systems, controls and processes meet regional requirements.
• Drive improvements to finance processes and controls, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Regional Finance initiatives and evolving business requirements as Wise continues to scale across Asia.

What You’ll Get

• Meaningful ownership and autonomy – take responsibility for key entities and help shape how Regional Finance operates.
• Broad regional exposure – work across markets, legal entities and teams in an international fintech environment.
• Build for scale – improve reporting, controls and processes as Wise grows across Asia.
• Develop your career – deepen your expertise across financial control, regulatory reporting, data and finance operations.

Qualifications

About You

You’ll ideally have:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in financial control, audit, financial reporting, management accounting or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP and a solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience owning or supporting financial reporting, statutory audits or regulatory requirements.
• Strong financial analysis skills and confidence working with large and complex datasets.
• Experience partnering with senior internal and external stakeholders and communicating complex financial topics clearly.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver high‑quality work to deadlines.
• A self‑starter mindset – comfortable taking ownership, making decisions and working independently in a fast‑moving environment.
• An understanding of how accounting, tax and regulatory requirements affect financial operations and controls.
• An automation mindset, with an interest in eliminating manual work and improving finance processes through technology. Experience with SQL, Python or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal and other teams internationally.
• Most importantly, you’re excited about Wise’s mission, comfortable operating in an evolving environment, and willing to roll up your sleeves to solve problems and build better ways of working.