About the Role
This is a fundamental analyst role within the finance department as part of the Financial Operations team, responsible for the Client Funds reconciliation and associated processes. You will work closely with senior stakeholders and other internal and external parties to ensure all reconciliations are performed accurately and in a timely manner across all currencies and entities.
Responsibilities
- Daily execution of client funds reconciliation
- Daily customer funding validation process, ensuring that any issues are escalated in a timely manner
- Verification of critical financial data output and subsequent troubleshooting
- Management and review of live platform deposits to ensure accurate fund allocation
- Assist with and maintain effective working relationships with our financial issuer as a point of contact for finance-related queries
- Reconciliation of Mastercard settlement and interchange information
- Work with key stakeholders to ensure any negative customer balances are highlighted, rectified and escalated in a timely manner
- Analyse, investigate and resolve historical difference within the reconciliation spreadsheet
- Review customer funding as appropriate, highlighting any variances that occur
- Evaluate and provide feedback on the existing processes
Requirements
- Degree educated and potential further education in Finance, Accountancy, Treasury
- Advanced Excel Skills
- A high level of attention to detail
- Proactive hands-on approach with an excellent attention to detail to keen to make a difference
- Ability to multi-task and product accurate and timely data to tight timelines
- A self-starter with strong ambition to grow and develop
- Relevant experience in reconciling financial data
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to articulate clearly
- Ability to work effectively in cross functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders from various departments.
- Strong communication skills to facilitate productive interactions
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and precision in financial analysis, cash forecasting and transaction processing
- Ability to detect errors or discrepancies and take corrective actions
- Flexibility to adapt to changing business environments, market conditions, and willingness to learn and stay updated with emerging practices in treasury management
- Prior use of Netsuite useful
- Proficiency in navigating and managing online banking platforms
- Background of working with payments scheme providers (i.e. Mastercard and Visa)
Skills
- Excel
- Financial analysis
- Cash forecasting
- Transaction processing
- Treasury management
- Netsuite
- Online banking platforms
- Payment schemes
Location
- London Bridge
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 1-2 days per week in office
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Dependent on experience
Education Level
- Degree educated
Salary/Compensations
- £27,800-£30,000
Benefits
- Annual company bonus
- Industry leading pension scheme
- Private Medical
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Opportunity to purchase additional holidays
- Life assurance
- Income Protection
- Gym Flex membership
- Discounts & perks platform
- Employee wellbeing
About the Company
- WEX Europe Limited, also part of the WEX Inc organisation provides outsourced services to both OFL and OFEL, to enable the execution of their business activities as outlined.
- Optal Financial Limited (OFL), a company registered in the UK and is authorised and regulated by the FCA as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and provide certain payment services.
- Optal Financial Europe Limited (OFEL) is a company registered in Ireland and is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) as an EMI and provide certain payments services.
- OFL and OFEL are principal members of Mastercard and Visa.
- OFEL and OFEL’s current core product/service is to issue as a regulated entity virtual account numbers or virtual cards (often called VANs or VCNs) which it provides to customers of its associated eNett business.
- OFL, OFEL, and eNett are part of the wider WEX Inc organisation, a US business to business solution provider headquartered in Portland, Maine.
- The current underlying customer base of eNett and therefore OFL & OFEL are online travel agencies (OTAs) who use VANs and VCNs to facilitate effective and efficient payments to their underlying suppliers via the Mastercard or Visa Payment Schemes.
- WEX is a global commerce platform that helps businesses solve for operational complexities like employee benefits, managing and mobilizing fleets, and streamlining payments.
- With over 6,500 employees, we work with large and small companies in more than 200 countries and territories, and can tailor our services to meet the unique needs of their businesses.
- We hire people who share our passion for continuous innovation and client service that is unparalleled in the industry.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/ belief, sexual orientation, or age
- WEX is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status.
- WEX promotes a drug-free workplace.
- Qualified individuals with a disability have the right to request a reasonable accommodation.
