About our client:
Our client is a leading global payments company who is building on their demonstrated success of transforming the payments landscape. Join this winning team to enhance your career and have a really enjoyable work environment. This client invests heavily into their staff and successfully so judging by how long their employees stay with them. This is a growth position. This client hires for the long term so they are very happy to use your B2B or B2C experience to build your existing experience with ample opportunity for additional training and growth in a flexible environment. One of the few remaining hybrid opportunities so you can choose to work in the office full time (with good flexi-time to avoid traffic) or if you prefer you are welcome to do 2 or 3 days remote work a week.
What you will be doing:
- Oversee daily transaction reconciliation across payment processors banks and internal systems.
- Ensure timely and accurate settlements with merchants and partners.
- Monitor payment fees including acquiring issuing and card scheme costs.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies in transaction records and settlements.
- Collaborate with product/engineering teams to improve the financial integrity of the platform.
- Generate regular reports on costs fees and margins to support finance and strategy.
- Identify opportunities to optimize payment flows and reduce operational costs.
- Assist in audits regulatory reporting and financial compliance activities.
What our client is looking for:
- A relevant tertiary degree would be beneficial.
- 2 - 5 years of experience in financial operations payments fintech or reconciliation-heavy roles.
- Strong understanding of payment gateways card schemes and settlement processes.
- High proficiency with Excel / Google Sheets; knowledge of SQL or data tools is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with AWS is essential particularly in the context of data processing reporting or cloud cost monitoring.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a process-driven mindset.
- Familiarity with transaction cost structures and fee optimization.
- Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience with tools like Looker Tableau or reconciliation platforms.
- Exposure to automated reporting or reconciliation systems.
- Familiarity with cloud cost tracking and optimization especially in AWS-based environments if the role involves infrastructure-related FinOps responsibilities.
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