Description
We are looking for a Fintech Financial Controls Specialist to strengthen the operational controls that support accurate, secure, and reliable financial activity.
This specialist position is suited to a professional who understands financial processes and enjoys examining how transactions, operational procedures, system access, and reporting controls work together. You will help identify control weaknesses, investigate exceptions, and support improvements across a technology-enabled financial environment.
The Role
You will work with finance, operations, technology, and risk-related teams to review financial processes and ensure that appropriate controls are functioning effectively.
Core Responsibilities
- Review operational and financial processes to assess whether established controls are operating effectively.
- Monitor control activities relating to payments, transaction processing, reconciliations, refunds, adjustments, and financial reporting.
- Investigate control exceptions and document findings clearly.
- Analyse transaction samples and operational records to identify inconsistencies or weaknesses.
- Support periodic control testing and maintain accurate evidence of completed reviews.
- Assist with the identification and assessment of operational and financial process risks.
- Recommend practical improvements to strengthen transaction controls and reduce operational errors.
- Monitor remediation activities and maintain records of outstanding control issues.
- Collaborate with finance, operations, technology, and internal assurance teams.
- Support the development and maintenance of process documentation, control matrices, and operating procedures.
- Contribute to improvements in segregation of duties, access controls, approval workflows, and transaction verification.
- Assist with internal reviews and provide accurate documentation when required.
Candidate Requirements
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Risk, or a related discipline.
- Experience in financial controls, internal controls, audit, banking operations, fintech, reconciliation, or financial services.
- Strong analytical and investigative capabilities.
- Understanding of transaction lifecycles and financial operational processes.
- Excellent attention to detail and documentation discipline.
- Strong Excel and reporting skills.
- Familiarity with digital financial platforms, payment systems, or automated control environments is an advantage.
- Ability to communicate control findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Professional integrity and a methodical approach to sensitive financial information.
Why Join This Function
As fintech platforms scale, strong financial controls become essential to maintaining operational integrity. This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to the reliability of digital financial services while developing specialist expertise in financial controls, technology-enabled operations, and risk management.
Ideal candidate: A disciplined finance professional who naturally questions inconsistencies, understands operational risk, and is motivated by building stronger and more reliable financial processes.
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