ZP Group is hiring a
Director of Reconciliation Strategy

Summary

Join Zepz, a remote-first employer powering two leading global remittance brands, as we seek an innovative leader to run our end-to-end Financial Reconciliation Team. This role requires experience in financial accounting and leadership, with a focus on automation, process improvement, and proactive engagement of internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading and motivating teams through operational transformation
• 10+ years experience working finance, preferably in FinTech, financial services, payments or other high transaction volume industry
• You are a qualified accountant or can demonstrate a 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
• Familiarity with reconciliation tools and ERP systems
• Comfort with reporting analytics, SQL experience strongly preferred (can write your own queries / build dashboards)
• Self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented and thrives in fast-paced cross-functional settings
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Scaling 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 product, engineering and finance
• Minimizing business and user losses by obsessively tracking them and digging into and resolving root causes
• 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
• Lead the work of three sub-teams: Data Team focused on obtaining timely partner data, reformatting it and uploading it to our accounting software; Payin and Payout Financial Reconciliation Teams made up of ~45 finance professionals performing reconciliations of our payin and payout partner accounts; Investigations & Disputes Team running investigations of all mismatched transactions with our partners and a disputes process where there is disagreement

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
• Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible