Manager, Finance Operations - Cash in Transit
About The Role:
Zepz is looking for an innovative, product-minded and mission driven leader to run our Financial Operations - Cash in Transit Team of accountants. This team’s core mission is to ensure that we accurately represent money owed to or from partners in our financial statements. It is the ultimate backstop to make sure Zepz is doing right by every user in paying out their funds and getting back money we’re owed to further invest in our business. It prevents losses by quickly surfacing errors in our payments processes before they compound and works cross-functionally to fix the problems.
Key Areas of Ownership:
Managing our operations to achieve quick and accurate financial reconciliations of all payment partner activities through focus on automation, process improvement and proactive engagement of internal and external stakeholders
Leading on cross-functional efforts to improve our reconciliation processes with your counterparts in Finance, Product and Engineering
Collaborating closely with the Finance team to align reconciliation processes with financial reporting requirements and leading on the design, review and maintenance of relevant accounting policies and reporting mechanisms
Leading on internal and external audits of Cash In Transit (CIT)
Managing the Financial Operations - CIT team to deliver a consistently predictable and repeatable process across:
Performing financial reconciliations of all partner accounts and transactions, with impeccable review processes and data hygiene
Resolving unmatched items or breaks, with regular reporting + aging analysis
Identifying, investigating, and resolving the root causes of reconciliation issues and losses, which are often complex and technical in nature
About You:
You have experience in financial accounting but are a true operator at heart, constantly seeking to automate, improve and above all deliver for the end customer. You are data-driven with a product mindset. You have strong attention to detail yet also thrive when stepping back to drive strategic improvements. When you see that a process or roadmap doesn’t exist, isn’t working, or is breaking you dive in to proactively and comprehensively resolve it within your team and across functions that engage with your team. You have a proven track record of successful cross-functional collaboration to achieve common end goals. You are comfortable reporting to senior stakeholders and can break down complex problems for a wide variety of audiences. You are mission-driven, never losing sight of the impact your work has on our customers, and instill the same relentless focus within your teams.
What You Bring to the Table:
Technical:
Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with thorough understanding of the accounting environment, including strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards (IFRS and US GAAP), regulatory requirements relating to payment businesses (FCA, NBB and US State Regulators), and reconciliation methodologies
5+ years of experience working in accounting and managing teams of reconciliation analysts in FinTech, financial services, payments or other high transaction volume industry. Comfortable in both making and managing necessary but potentially unpopular or uncomfortable decisions, such as re-orienting how your team has worked in the past or what they have owned in the past
Experience managing and analysing large structured and unstructured datasets, including using SQL and other reporting analytics tools. Comfortable regularly reviewing, analysing, and managing data and reporting mechanisms, and presenting topline summaries to senior stakeholders.
Advanced Google Suite tools capability, with strong Excel skills
Experience with reconciliation tools and ERP systems
Proven track record working effectively day-to-day with Finance and Product / Engineering teams
Working style:
Exceptional written and verbal communication, with demonstrated success working in remote environments + collaborating with Finance and Product / Engineering teams
World-class, ruthless prioritizer - you can quickly take a long list of priorities and stack rank them based on what’s most important to do first, and why. You are comfortable putting tasks on the back burner, so you can focus on the highest impact work - with a track record of managing a team who does the same
Develop solutions from first principles – “what is the best way to do this” rather than defaulting to what has been done before. You don’t stop asking “why” until you understand the root cause of an issue.
Results-driven and not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done no matter the task
Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced, and quickly changing contexts
Bonus points:
Experience using Blackline or Autorek reconciliation software
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Manager, Finance Operations - Cash in Transit
About The Role:
Zepz is looking for an innovative, product-minded and mission driven leader to run our Financial Operations - Cash in Transit Team of accountants. This team’s core mission is to ensure that we accurately represent money owed to or from partners in our financial statements. It is the ultimate backstop to make sure Zepz is doing right by every user in paying out their funds and getting back money we’re owed to further invest in our business. It prevents losses by quickly surfacing errors in our payments processes before they compound and works cross-functionally to fix the problems.
Key Areas of Ownership:
Managing our operations to achieve quick and accurate financial reconciliations of all payment partner activities through focus on automation, process improvement and proactive engagement of internal and external stakeholders
Leading on cross-functional efforts to improve our reconciliation processes with your counterparts in Finance, Product and Engineering
Collaborating closely with the Finance team to align reconciliation processes with financial reporting requirements and leading on the design, review and maintenance of relevant accounting policies and reporting mechanisms
Leading on internal and external audits of Cash In Transit (CIT)
Managing the Financial Operations - CIT team to deliver a consistently predictable and repeatable process across:
Performing financial reconciliations of all partner accounts and transactions, with impeccable review processes and data hygiene
Resolving unmatched items or breaks, with regular reporting + aging analysis
Identifying, investigating, and resolving the root causes of reconciliation issues and losses, which are often complex and technical in nature
About You:
You have experience in financial accounting but are a true operator at heart, constantly seeking to automate, improve and above all deliver for the end customer. You are data-driven with a product mindset. You have strong attention to detail yet also thrive when stepping back to drive strategic improvements. When you see that a process or roadmap doesn’t exist, isn’t working, or is breaking you dive in to proactively and comprehensively resolve it within your team and across functions that engage with your team. You have a proven track record of successful cross-functional collaboration to achieve common end goals. You are comfortable reporting to senior stakeholders and can break down complex problems for a wide variety of audiences. You are mission-driven, never losing sight of the impact your work has on our customers, and instill the same relentless focus within your teams.
What You Bring to the Table:
Technical:
Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with thorough understanding of the accounting environment, including strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards (IFRS and US GAAP), regulatory requirements relating to payment businesses (FCA, NBB and US State Regulators), and reconciliation methodologies
5+ years of experience working in accounting and managing teams of reconciliation analysts in FinTech, financial services, payments or other high transaction volume industry. Comfortable in both making and managing necessary but potentially unpopular or uncomfortable decisions, such as re-orienting how your team has worked in the past or what they have owned in the past
Experience managing and analysing large structured and unstructured datasets, including using SQL and other reporting analytics tools. Comfortable regularly reviewing, analysing, and managing data and reporting mechanisms, and presenting topline summaries to senior stakeholders.
Advanced Google Suite tools capability, with strong Excel skills
Experience with reconciliation tools and ERP systems
Proven track record working effectively day-to-day with Finance and Product / Engineering teams
Working style:
Exceptional written and verbal communication, with demonstrated success working in remote environments + collaborating with Finance and Product / Engineering teams
World-class, ruthless prioritizer - you can quickly take a long list of priorities and stack rank them based on what’s most important to do first, and why. You are comfortable putting tasks on the back burner, so you can focus on the highest impact work - with a track record of managing a team who does the same
Develop solutions from first principles – “what is the best way to do this” rather than defaulting to what has been done before. You don’t stop asking “why” until you understand the root cause of an issue.
Results-driven and not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done no matter the task
Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced, and quickly changing contexts
Bonus points:
Experience using Blackline or Autorek reconciliation software