UK EMI Operations & Finance Lead

Russam; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Russam client in London seeks a senior leader to own UK operating controls for a fast-growing payments/e-wallet business setting up in Canary Wharf. You will oversee safeguarding, reconciliations, and outsourced providers; coordinate with group finance and external auditors; and shape an efficient, largely outsourced operating model.

You should bring hands-on UK EMI/payments operations experience, strong controls mindset, and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders across UK and Saudi

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in UK EMI or payments operations, safeguarding, or finance and operations management.
• Strong operational control skills, ideally building processes in a smaller or growing payments business.
• Sound financial judgement and the ability to review and challenge specialists, providers and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Owning/overseeing safeguarding, daily reconciliations and related controls.
• Overseeing outsourced providers and contracts against UK regulatory obligations; maintaining evidence of checks.
• Coordinating UK finance and operating model with head-office finance, advisers and external auditors.
• Reviewing financial projections, assumptions, outsourcing arrangements and wind-down plans.
• Helping design the control framework for an efficient, largely outsourced operating model.

Skills

UK EMI experience

Payments operations

Education

Accountancy qualification

Job description

Russam client in London seeks a senior leader to own UK operating controls for a fast-growing payments/e-wallet business setting up in Canary Wharf. You will oversee safeguarding, reconciliations, and outsourced providers; coordinate with group finance and external auditors; and shape an efficient, largely outsourced operating model.

You should bring hands-on UK EMI/payments operations experience, strong controls mindset, and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders across UK and Saudi