Finance Assistant (FTC)

Equals Group PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private health care

Company pension scheme

Free onsite Nuffield Health gym and池

Interbank currency rates on travel

Visible impact on growing fintech

Job summary

Equals Group PLC is seeking a detail-focused Senior Finance professional to manage safeguarding reconciliations, payment validations and BoE RTGS oversight. The role includes bank account management, treasury optimisations, and driving automation within the finance function.

Hybrid working is offered with early starts on certain days; you will collaborate with Payments and Finance teams to maintain regulatory compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Reliable and a forward thinker.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Advanced MS Excel.
• Ability to keep up to date with current financial regulations and good practice.

Responsibilities

• Daily safeguarding reconciliations per current regulations (CASS 15, and any equivalent or successor requirements).
• Validate payment file imports and ensure funds are in the bank.
• Work with Payments team to ensure correct practice and procedures.
• Act as Senior Payment Executive for BoE RTGS accounts; monitor balances and funding/defunding.
• Manage bank accounts and cash books; optimise treasury balances.
• Manage Flow Accounts; query and action non-swept payments.
• Handle daily inbox queries and payment-related requests.
• Complete monthly tasks and settlements.
• Support AI and automation initiatives in finance to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Assist Finance Manager and Finance Team Lead.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliable and forward thinking

Calm under pressure

Organisational skills

Advanced MS Excel

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

About Equals

Equals is the next-generation global money movement platform built for exceptional businesses operating across borders. We bring international payments, embedded finance, and more together into a single connection that simplifies operations and strengthens financial control. With deep expertise and integrated infrastructure, Equals turns financial complexity into reliable solutions.

With our headquarters in London and teams around the UK and Europe, you will join a very close-knit, talented and supportive team from various backgrounds who believe that bringing different perspectives together helps us understand our customers' needs. United, by one thing, making money management straightforward and cost-effective for our customers.

This role requires 2/3 days a week with a 6:30am start. On these days you will finish at 3pm.

Responsibilities

• Daily completion of Safeguarding System Reconciliations in line with current safeguarding regulation (CASS 15, and any equivalent or successor requirements as they come into force) - including investigations and reporting discrepancies where applicable:
  • Being familiar with, and working in accordance with, the Equals Money UK Ltd Safeguarding Policy and associated procedures
  • Performing daily internal and external safeguarding reconciliations of relevant funds held against the safeguarding requirement
  • Identifying the cause of any discrepancy and ensuring shortfalls are topped up, or excesses withdrawn, within regulatory timescales
  • Having full knowledge of the daily safeguarding escalation procedure, escalating unresolved discrepancies, shortfalls or breaches promptly to the Finance Manager and Safeguarding Officer to support any required FCA notification
  • Maintaining the ability to revert to a manual reconciliation process at all times once the automated reconciliation is in place, ensuring manual procedures remain documented, tested and up to date
  • Maintaining complete, accurate and retrievable reconciliation records to support the resolution pack, monthly safeguarding returns and audit
• Validating payment file imports, ensuring files approve and funds are in the bank
• Working closely with the Payments team to ensure correct practice and procedures are adhered to
• Acting as Senior Payment Executive for the Bank of England RTGS accounts. Monitoring BoE balances and funding/defunding where required
• Bank account management including completing cash books and monitoring balances throughout the day. Performing treasury management to ensure adequate balances are maintained to fulfil all obligations, while maximising balances in interest-bearing accounts
• Management of 'Flow Accounts': accounts that should not hold a balance - any payments not swept need querying and actioning
• Monitoring and actioning inbound emails to the Finance Chester inbox, including but not limited to:
  • Queries from various departments within the company
  • BACS recalls
  • External banking-related emails, e.g. payment queries, debit authority requests
  • Status requests for drawn cheques
  • RTS forms to be signed
  • Invoice downloading and forwarding to Accounts Payable
  • Payment run validating and approving
• Completion of various monthly tasks
• Validating and actioning daily ComCorp ExFE settlements
• Embracing AI and automation to streamline processes and procedures, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy and control across the finance function
• Reporting to, and aiding, the Finance Manager
• Working with, and aiding, the Finance Team Lead

Your Profile

Skills & Experience

• Excellent attention to detail
• Reliable and a forward thinker
• Ability to work calmly under pressure
• Excellent organisational skills
• Advanced MS Excel
• Ability to keep up to date with current financial regulations and good practice

Desirable Skills

• NetSuite experience
• Knowledge of EMI requirements and commercial matters

Benefits

• Competitive salary benchmarked against a peer group.
• 28days holiday per year
• Private health care
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working, with regular time in the office for collaboration.
• Opportunities for progression, development and learning new skills.
• Free onsite Nuffield Health gym and pool in London, with discounted gym membership elsewhere.
• Interbank currency rates on travel money and international transfers
• The opportunity to have a visible impact on a growing product-led fintech business.

Diversity & inclusion

Equals is committed to building a workplace where everyone can be themselves. We actively welcome different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences, and we'll work with you to understand what you need to do your best work. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud of it.

We offer hybrid working across our teams, balancing time in the office - for collaboration, events and the relationships that make work rewarding - with the flexibility to work remotely where roles allow.