SpotOn Connections Recruitment Solutions was created to focus on the Finance, Legal, Technical, and Multilingual sectors in Europe, delivering a premium recruitment service to all our clients and candidates alike. Due to popular demand for our consultancy, we have now branched into other industries. Our consultants come from a recruitment background, specialising in specific industries and services, thus allowing us a better understanding of our clients' needs. We provide a no risk service to our clients and an individually tailored service to suit our candidates.
The Role
Our client is looking for someone to assume high level of ownership, be a self-starter, analytically minded with a strong focus on detail, and committed to high quality deliverables. The ideal candidate must have a drive to improve processes, systems and reporting continuously, and if you could multi-task, work under pressure and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Experience in operating high-transactional major scheme issuing operations is key. The ideal candidate must have experience with scheme reporting and data sources.
Requirements
5+ years’ experience in a similar role within operational finance in the FinTech/Financial Services Industries, specifically with card issuing companies, must have experience with scheme reporting and data sources
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as Accounting or Finance
Strong project management and execution focus extremely organized and effective at time management
Ability to prioritize critical work and manage expectations, deal with interruptions, and meet deadlines in a fast paced and growth orientated environment
Strong quantitative and bank analytical experience and financial modelling skills
Strong Microsoft Excel financial modelling and database (MySQL) skills
Strong work ethic, good judgment, initiative and attention to detail
Ability to understand how the business operates and the upstream and downstream activities that impact and are impacted by the operational Finance team
Hands-on experience in a high-volume reconciliations environment
Strong payment and currencies background, with experience in a multi-currency environment
Strong research, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and analytical skills
Experience working with B2C technology, fintech, and/or payment services business is considered advantageous
The ability to represent the company and brand excellently
Responsibilities
Leading our operational global treasury and partners pre-funding
Oversee and coordinate the full reconciliation process for all our financial partners’ setups across the globe
Managing the operational flows and procedures to operate all internal settlement processing systems
Managing the financial operations team sitting in the Malta office
Motivating team, establishing performance goals and objectives, and professional development
Constant evaluation and improvement of internal policies and controls
Collaborating with all group departments, banks, legal counsel and other external stakeholders
Analysing business processes, identifying new opportunities, and driving projects to improve further processes and systems, with a focus on quality and efficiency
Key role in a number of deliverables within the month-end process in terms of management accounts delivery
Full ownership of the internal reconciliation engine, and liaising with the R&D team with future enhancements to existing processes
Performing ad hoc financial analyses as requested
Keep central updated documentation repository of all reconciliation processes, internal procedures and financial risk register
Act as an escalation point for Senior Finance Officer’s reconciliation issues
Liaise with the internal auditor around regular assessment of the operational finance processes
to be discussed