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

Your Mission:

At Wise, we’ve got a clear mission — money without borders. Built by and for people who live global lives. As a FinTech company moving billions of GBP of customer money in over 70 countries, Wise needs bulletproof financials & insights into the growth of the company. We need timely, accurate and scalable financial data to make accurate business decisions inside the company.

Due to continued and rapid growth we’re on the hunt for a Lead Analyst to lead our Liquidity and Safeguarding team in Shoreditch, London. You’ll be part of the team that helps pilot the rocket ship.

What you’ll be doing:

Your principal responsibility will be to make an impact and lead us to better decisions for the company and our customers

Leading a team of analysts who will be responsible for curating datasets, surfacing metrics, some statistical modelling, and deeper dive analysis that we expect to influence the direction of the team and the company

You will also be the conduit between the team and the company. You’ll be expected to help stakeholders shape and understand what they want and need, and to help the team shape their work to fit that need

The team you’re applying for will be focussed on the following:

Analysing the causes of our growth (or lack thereof) and publicising those findings among key decision makers to inform a better company strategy

Working with your team and stakeholders to build repeatable explanatory frameworks around our growth performance

Working with our DS teams to build customer models to help simplify and enhance our understanding of our own performance

Partnering with other analytics teams to inform their local efforts with our own global perspective

Leading and managing a team of 2 analysts

Who you are

5-6 years experience as an analyst and 2-5 years leading others (can be overlapping)

Strong analytical ability

Intermediate to advanced SQL skills

Understanding of stats and statistical modelling (measures of central tendency, understanding of variance and testing, feature engineering, some regression modelling, clustering techniques)

2-4 years experience in similar roles

Data visualisation and storytelling ability

Ability to self organise and manage stakeholders

Demonstration of impact/going above and beyond basic role requirements

Python/R

Mathematical background
 

Desirable

Dbt

Data modelling in a warehouse context

Understanding of testing and experimental design

Legally authorised to work in the UK

Some important stuff we would like you to know

To meet our regulatory obligations as a licensed financial services company, Wise needs to conduct background checks on all new hires, which in the Finance team includes Criminal and Credit checks. Please discuss with the Recruiter if you have any concerns regarding this process.

What do we offer: 

Salary: £100,000 - £125,000

Company Restricted Stock Units

Numerous great benefits in our London office 

Key benefits:

Hybrid working 

Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities

6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

Additional Information

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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