Global Cards Billing & Settlements Tech Lead

Wise; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise in Singapore seeks a Technical Team Lead for Cards Billing & Settlements. You will own two domains, drive cost reduction, and ensure on-time payouts while rebuilding processes for transparency and efficiency.

You’ll lead cross‑functional collaboration with Finance, Treasury, and Engineering, mentor the team, and deliver scalable, automated solutions using SQL and dashboards to improve reconciliation and controls.

Qualifications

• Strong Visa/Mastercard billing and settlement domain expertise.
• Experience with payment methods and banking integrations.
• People management skills to coach and upskill the team.
• Strategic planning to own roadmaps, OKRs, priorities, and delivery plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Strong prioritisation and trade-off judgement across SLA delivery, cost reduction, audit readiness, product launches, and team capacity.

Responsibilities

• Define and own Spend Billing and Settlement Operations strategy with a focus on cost reduction and on-time payouts.
• Translate business priorities into a clear roadmap, actionable OKRs, and team plans.
• Own KPIs including settlement payout SLA, billing reconciliation rate, cost per transaction, and avoidable cost reduction.
• Lead root-cause analysis for settlement delays, payout discrepancies, and billing issues; drive scalable automation solutions.
• Own audit, compliance, and control readiness; coordinate with external auditors for evidence and remediation actions.
• Act as cross-functional POC with Finance, Treasury, Analysts, Payment Operations and Internal Controls to resolve billing and settlement matters.
• Manage, coach, and upskill the team in project management, SQL, dashboards, automation thinking, and practical AI usage.

Skills

Billing & settlements domain expertise

People management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Decision-making & communication

Prioritisation & trade-offs

Tools

SQL

Dashboards

Automation thinking

Job description

Wise in Singapore seeks a Technical Team Lead for Cards Billing & Settlements. You will own two domains, drive cost reduction, and ensure on-time payouts while rebuilding processes for transparency and efficiency.

You’ll lead cross‑functional collaboration with Finance, Treasury, and Engineering, mentor the team, and deliver scalable, automated solutions using SQL and dashboards to improve reconciliation and controls.