Chosen candidate will manage the whole operational finance function across funding, self-issuing and BIN sponsorship partnerships. Applicants need to be a self-starter, analytically minded with a strong focus on detail, and committed to high quality deliverables.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Defining, documenting and advising on operations procedures and controls related to all financial and card operations
- Developing detailed project plans to prepare implementations of new banking partners, card schemes and any related projects
- Coordinating and managing critical funds flows operations with the corporate finance department on accounting and treasury processes.
- Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Defining objectives & KPIs- Providing accurate and detailed forecasting as well as relevant progress reporting to internal and external stakeholders
- Leading the operational global treasury and partners pre-funding/trust models
- Operational vendor management and operational risk oversight of a highly diverse network of partners, including card processors and card schemes in addition to other banking partners
- Oversee and coordinate the full reconciliation process for all financial partners' setups across the globe
- Managing the operational flows and procedures to operate all internal processing systems
- Constant evaluation and improvement of internal policies and controls
- 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
Requirements:
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Strong project management and execution focus extremely organized and effective at time management
- Industry Expertise within card processing and deep understanding of regulatory requirements for financial institutions (such as Safeguarding)
- Strong Microsoft Excel and database (MySQL) skills
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as Accounting or Finance
- Strong research, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and analytical skills
- Experience working with B2C technology, fintech, and/or payment services business is considered advantageous