Financial Assistant

Equals; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Company pension scheme

28 days holiday per year

Free onsite Nuffield Health gym and泳?

Job summary

Equals is a forward-looking fintech firm headquartered in London, delivering cross-border money movement solutions. The Finance team operates closely with Payments to safeguard funds, reconcile daily cash, and manage BoE RTGS accounts, ensuring timely funding and regulatory compliance.

The role offers hybrid working with office collaboration and room for career growth. The successful candidate will oversee reconciliation processes, payment validation, and treasury management, while leveraging

Qualifications

• Must keep up to date with current financial regulations and good practice.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage safeguarding reconciliations and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform safeguarding reconciliations daily in line with regulations.
• Validate payment file imports and ensure funds are in the bank.
• Manage BoE RTGS accounts and monitor balances.
• Oversee bank account management and treasury activities.
• Handle email inquiries from multiple departments and vendors.
• Approve and validate payment runs and monthly tasks.
• Embrace AI and automation to improve processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Work under pressure

Organisational skills

Reliability

Problem solving

Tools

MS Excel

Banking software

Cash management

Job description

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.

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
• Knowledge of EMI requirements and commercial matters
• Competitive salary benchmarked against a peer group.
• 28 days holiday per year
• 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.