Corporate Treasury Operations Lead

Location: Global

Team: General

About the Role

Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money with min fees, max ease, and full speed. We’re seeking a seasoned Corporate Treasury Operations Lead to own group-wide liquidity and cash operations across 40+ entities. In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll lead a high-performing team, optimise liquidity and working capital, manage overnight investments, and shape our corporate FX and interest rate risk approach, ensuring the right cash in the right place at the right time to enable growth. You’ll drive excellence in cash positioning, forecasting, and process automation while partnering cross-functionally with FP&A, Finance, and regional teams. Strengthen controls, banking relationships, and reporting to support senior management and committees. With significant impact on our global operations, you’ll reduce cost of liquidity, enhance insights, and scale our treasury function in a high-growth tech environment. Salary: £88,000 - £130,000 per annum + RSUs. Join our diverse, inclusive team committed to money without borders—for everyone, everywhere.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Corporate Treasury Operations team: Set the vision, priorities, OKRs and KPIs; mentor, coach and develop talent. Drive a culture of excellence, automation and continuous improvement
• Run cash and liquidity operations for all group entities: Own daily global corporate cash positioning, sweeping and funding; execute O/N investments to maximise returns within risk appetite
• Build and maintain short-, medium- and long-term cash and liquidity forecasts at entity and group levels hand in hand with FP&A team
• Optimise working capital and intercompany funding: Partner with AP, AR and Regional Finance to unlock working capital and reduce idle cash. Plan and execute capital injections and intercompany loans
• Strengthen treasury processes, controls and banking infrastructure: Streamline and automate core processes across payment approvals, bank account governance, cash pooling and account structures; prevent fraud and strengthen internal controls
• Maintain strong relationships with banking partners; optimise services, fees and operational SLAs
• Reporting and decision support: Prepare and present daily cash dashboards, group liquidity forecasts and monthly finance packs with clear commentary for senior management
• Risk management and strategy support: Support development and execution of corporate FX and interest rate risk strategies; provide data-driven insights on exposures, hedging needs and P&L/cash impacts

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in corporate treasury operations or financial institution treasury, with deep experience in multi-entity, multi-currency liquidity and cash management
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• Proven people leader with a track record of building high-performing teams and scaling processes
• Working knowledge of FX and interest rate risk management and how they translate to liquidity, collateral and cash operations
• Practical knowledge of ILAAP and liquidity governance; proven track record building robust SOX/controls around payments, cash and collateral

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred
• Professional certifications: ACT qualifications (e.g., CertT/AMCT) or Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)
• Experience in high-growth, tech-led or platform businesses with complex global cash movements

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience with O/N money market investments, cash pooling and intercompany funding
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to influence across Treasury, Finance, Product and regional teams
• Advanced analytical capability; data-driven decision maker
• Proficient with treasury management systems and financial software
• Strong Excel/Sheets and comfort working with large, multi-entity datasets

Benefits

• RSUs (stock options)
• Flexible working
• Parental leave
• Learning budget
• Paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Health insurance
• Company retreat
• Wise card

Wise is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse workforce.