Safeguarding Reconciliations Analyst

Aplaro Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Pleo, a UK fintech, is seeking a Finance & Reconciliations Analyst to join the Safeguarding team. You will perform daily and periodic reconciliations across customer funds, balances and transactions, and support audit activity.

Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding, you’ll work with Finance Operations, Compliance and Product to strengthen governance and regulatory compliance while developing automation of reporting processes over time.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a reconciliations, payments, finance operations or similar role
• Comfort working with data and spreadsheets (Google Sheets or Excel)
• A methodical and accurate approach - you take care with the details and notice when something doesn't look right
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain what you've found clearly to colleagues and, where needed, to external auditors
• Genuine interest in how financial services and payments regulation works in practice
• A passion for solving problems in practical and innovative ways
• Excellent time management and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively

Responsibilities

• Perform and support the review of daily and periodic safeguarding reconciliations across customer funds, balances and transactions
• Monitor reconciliation outputs and carry out post-review checks and manual follow-up activity
• Investigate breaks and exceptions, escalating where needed and tracking issues through to resolution
• Maintain accurate records, supporting documentation and clear audit trails
• Help collate and prepare management information on reconciliations and exceptions for governance forums including the Safeguarding Committee
• Work with data in spreadsheets and internal systems to extract, check and present information clearly
• Spot patterns in exceptions or recurring issues and flag them to the team
• Contribute to reconciliations-related projects, including system changes, tooling improvements and process redesign
• Flag inefficiencies or recurring control weaknesses and bring forward practical ideas to address them
• Support the development and automation of reporting processes over time
• Help prepare and organise documentation, evidence packs and reconciliation outputs for external audit
• Respond to auditor queries and requests in a timely and accurate manner

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Regulatory awareness

Problem solving

Time management

Spreadsheet proficiency

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Job description

Pleo, a UK fintech, is seeking a Finance & Reconciliations Analyst to join the Safeguarding team. You will perform daily and periodic reconciliations across customer funds, balances and transactions, and support audit activity.

Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding, you’ll work with Finance Operations, Compliance and Product to strengthen governance and regulatory compliance while developing automation of reporting processes over time.