Global Settlements Accountant II – Fixed Term

Global Payments Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. in Manchester is seeking an Accountant II to join our Settlements team and help shape the future of global commerce.

You will manage scheme settlement processes, review journals, and lead investigations into discrepancies, while producing MI reports and guiding a small team to meet SLAs and KPIs. A careful, analytical thinker with strong Excel skills will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Experience in settlements or reconciliations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Analytical, detail-oriented and accurate.

Responsibilities

• Manage Scheme settlement processes, ensuring accurate execution, reconciliation, and reporting activities.
• Review, validate, and approve standard journal entries, while preparing and posting more complex journals.
• Lead the investigation and resolution of complex settlement discrepancies, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Produce weekly and monthly management information (MI), performance reporting.
• Delegate daily tasks and provide direction to team members to ensure operational objectives are met.
• Monitor and prioritise workloads throughout the day to ensure all service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) are consistently achieved.

Skills

Excel

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Time management

Independence

Multitasking

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Global Payments Inc. in Manchester is seeking an Accountant II to join our Settlements team and help shape the future of global commerce.

You will manage scheme settlement processes, review journals, and lead investigations into discrepancies, while producing MI reports and guiding a small team to meet SLAs and KPIs. A careful, analytical thinker with strong Excel skills will thrive here.