Senior General Accountant

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

Join our finance team and help navigate us through a critical transformation

The Finance team is critical in supporting the Wise mission. We are working to become listed in the US stock exchange in 2026 and need to ensure our accounting function is set-up to meet the respective regulatory requirements.

We’re looking for a finance accountant to join us

Wise is looking for a Finance Accountant to join our General Accounting team in Tallinn, Estonia. The General Accounting team is part of the Finance Tribe and is responsible for the financial deliverables for all entities in Wise Group. Working closely with Product, Controlling, Analytics, Risk and Controls and other Finance teams, you will be responsible for accounting processes ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting as well as taking part in new accounting projects and initiatives.

Your mission

• Actively participate in month-end activities, mainly focusing on cost of good sold accruals, investments accounting and other product related adjustments. Collaborate with various finance and other teams to gain an understanding of transactions and calculate accurate accruals for the month-end.

• Collaborate with risk & controls to ensure SOX compliance in own domain.

• Manage and maintain high-quality documentation for all manual calculation processes and entries created.

• Engage in numerous improvement projects aimed at making accounting processes more reliable, efficient and automated.

• Participate in the external audit by responding to external auditors’ questions and information requests.

• Assist in the preparation of group-wide consolidated financial statements.

Qualifications

A bit about you:

• At least 3 years of experience in accounting, financial controlling or audit.

• Good understanding of the core accounting principles.

• Good collaboration skills.

• Advanced data processing skills (expert in Excel is a must, SQL would be an advantage), and the ability to understand complex spreadsheets and create efficient, reliable calculations with built-in controls, easy scaling and updating capabilities. Experience working with large volumes of data.

• Accurate and detail oriented. Enjoy owning your work and taking charge of projects when needed. Keen to roll up your sleeves and get the job done.

• Good written and verbal English skills.

Nice to have:

• US GAAP and/or IFRS knowledge.

• You have worked in a multinational environment across different cultures and countries.

• You have worked in regulated environments, Fintech or Financial Services.

Additional Information

Salary for the role - 2800 to 3500 EUR (+RSU')

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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