Financial Operations Analyst

WEX; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid working 1-2 days/week

Industry leading pension

Private Medical

25 days + bank holidays

Life assurance

Income protection

Gym Flex membership

Discounts & perks platform

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

WEX Europe Limited is seeking a Financial Operations Analyst to join the London Bridge team. The role combines accurate client funds reconciliation with daily funding validation across currencies, working closely with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has a finance degree, strong Excel skills, and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset. The position offers a hybrid pattern (1–2 days in the London Bridge office) with a competitive package and benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree educated in Finance, Accountancy or Treasury.
• Advanced Excel skills demonstrated.
• High attention to detail in financial work.
• Proactive hands-on approach with a drive to improve processes.
• Ability to multi-task and deliver data to tight timelines.
• Self-starter with ambition to grow and develop.
• Experience reconciling financial data in a payments environment.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to detect errors and take corrective actions.
• Adaptable to changing business conditions and evolving treasury practices.
• Netsuite experience is a plus.
• Experience with online banking platforms and payments schemes (MC/Visa).

Responsibilities

• Daily execution of client funds reconciliation across currencies.
• Perform daily funding validation and escalate issues promptly.
• Verify critical financial data outputs and troubleshoot discrepancies.
• Manage and review live deposits to ensure accurate fund allocation.
• Serve as contact with financial issuer for queries.
• Reconcile Mastercard settlement and interchange information.
• Highlight and rectify negative customer balances with stakeholders.
• Investigate historical differences in reconciliation spreadsheets.
• Review customer funding for variances and report findings.
• Suggest improvements to existing reconciliation processes.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Stakeholder communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Finance/Accountancy/Treasury

Tools

Netsuite

Online banking platforms

Payments scheme knowledge (Mastercard/Visa)

Job description

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYST / LONDON- BRIDGE/ HYBRID 1-2 DAYS PER WEEK / £27,800-£30,000 PLUS BENEFITS

About The Team / Role

WEX Europe Limited, also part of the WEX Inc organisation provides outsourced services to both OFL and OFEL, to enable the execution of their business activities as outlined.

Optal Financial Limited (OFL), a company registered in the UK and is authorised and regulated by the FCA as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and provide certain payment services. Optal Financial Europe Limited (OFEL) is a company registered in Ireland and is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) as an EMI and provide certain payments services. OFL and OFEL are principal members of Mastercard and Visa. OFEL and OFEL’s current core product/service is to issue as a regulated entity virtual account numbers or virtual cards (often called VANs or VCNs) which it provides to customers of its associated eNett business. OFL, OFEL, and eNett are part of the wider WEX Inc organisation, a US business to business solution provider headquartered in Portland, Maine. The current underlying customer base of eNett and therefore OFL & OFEL are online travel agencies (OTAs) who use VANs and VCNs to facilitate effective and efficient payments to their underlying suppliers via the Mastercard or Visa Payment Schemes.

Exciting new opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join a rapidly expanding, international organisation with ambitious plans for the future.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Finance Analyst to work closely with senior stakeholders and other internal and external parties to ensure all reconciliations are performed accurately and in a timely manner across all currencies and entities. This is a fundamental analyst role within the finance department as part of the Financial Operations team, responsible for the Client Funds reconciliation and associated processes.

What’s on offer?

• Highly competitive salary- £27,800-£33,000 (dependant on experience)
• Annual company bonus
• 40 hour week – Monday to Friday, no evenings or weekends
• Hybrid working (1 -2 days per week in London Bridge office)
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Private Medical
• 25 days plus bank holidays – with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Income Protection
• Gym Flex membership
• Discounts & perks platform
• Employee wellbeing

How you’ll make an impact

• Daily execution of client funds reconciliation
• Daily customer funding validation process, ensuring that any issues are escalated in a timely manner
• Verification of critical financial data output and subsequent troubleshooting
• Management and review of live platform deposits to ensure accurate fund allocation
• Assist with and maintain effective working relationships with our financial issuer as a point of contact for finance-related queries
• Reconciliation of Mastercard settlement and interchange information
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure any negative customer balances are highlighted, rectified and escalated in a timely manner
• Analyse, investigate and resolve historical difference within the reconciliation spreadsheet
• Review customer funding as appropriate, highlighting any variances that occur
• Evaluate and provide feedback on the existing processes

Experience you’ll bring

• Degree educated and potential further education in Finance, Accountancy, Treasury
• Advanced Excel Skills
• A high level of attention to detail
• Proactive hands-on approach with an excellent attention to detail to keen to make a difference
• Ability to multi-task and product accurate and timely data to tight timelines
• A self-starter with strong ambition to grow and develop
• Relevant experience in reconciling financial data
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to articulate clearly
• Ability to work effectively in cross functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders from various departments. Strong communication skills to facilitate productive interactions
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and precision in financial analysis, cash forecasting and transaction processing
• Ability to detect errors or discrepancies and take corrective actions
• Flexibility to adapt to changing business environments, market conditions, and willingness to learn and stay updated with emerging practices in treasury management
• Prior use of Netsuite useful
• Proficiency in navigating and managing online banking platforms
• Background of working with payments scheme providers (i.e. Mastercard and Visa)

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/ belief, sexual orientation, or age