Senior Analyst - Reconciliation

Zepz; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited annual leave

Great healthcare benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

Zepz is hiring a Senior Reconciliation Analyst in Cape Town to coordinate daily, month and year-end reconciliations within FinOps. You will investigate items with internal and external parties, streamline processes, and support senior management with robust analyses.

In this hybrid role, you will lead high‑risk accounts, mentor junior staff, and work with AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency while maintaining strict controls and timely substantiation.

Qualifications

• Finance-based degree required.
• 3–5 years experience in reconciliations, audit/accounts preparation, or shared service center.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Owns complex reconciliations and high‑risk accounts as SME.
• Diagnoses breaks, identifies trends, and improves reconciliation quality.
• Provides training and guidance; supports audits with documentation.
• Performs deep-dive analysis to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Manages stakeholders and explains break drivers with high-quality analysis.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Education

Finance degree

Tools

BI tools

SQL

Job description

Join Zepz: Breaking Down Borders, Together

Our Meaningful Mission

At Zepz, we're all about breaking down barriers for our customers and our teammates. Our purpose is deeply personal, we provide a lifeline and deliver opportunities to cross-border communities that need it most through cutting edge finance and tech.Zepz is the power behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, driven by the mission to celebrate the incredible impact migrants have, both at home and abroad. We're not just moving money; we're building a world that truly recognizes and supports global connections.Who You'll Be JoiningWe look for mission-driven builders who thrive in a fast-paced environment connected to a true purpose. We’re an always developing team of experts that enjoy problem solving and bring clarity to tough challenges. At Zepz, we are Relentless Learners, always seeking feedback, and Responsible Owners, treating company resources like your own. We depend on Transparent Communicators who keep the team aligned through open, honest talk.

Our Core Commitments — What We Live By

Our vibrant and truly diverse culture is built on three core commitments, that guide how we work and interact:

• Integrity: We always do the right thing. It’s simple, but it’s the foundation of everything we build for our customers and each other.
• Outcomes: We work for our customers. Their success and prosperity are the results we focus on delivering.
• Velocity: We are fast! We maintain high energy levels and make smart decisions quickly, keeping us nimble and ahead of the curve.

Perks of Joining Our Team

We believe in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust our team. Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance. While we have all the tools to work remotely, we value the purpose and benefits of in-person connections so we expect our teams to come to the office on a regular basis, and therefore be within a comfortable commutable distance from our Cape Town office. Alongside a great office environment, think unlimited annual leave , great healthcare benefits, and employee discounts. We want you to thrive and focus entirely on making your biggest impact! In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work. This is a place where we value trust and high performance, and we'll provide the environment and support needed for you to excel.

About the Role

As a Senior Reconciliation Analyst at Zepz, you will be responsible for coordinating the daily, month and year-end reconciliations process, performing reconciliations, investigating items with internal and external parties, and identifying opportunities for streamlining/automation. You will work within Zepz's reconciliation financial operations team (FinOps) reporting to the Assistant Manager.

What you will own

• Owns complex reconciliations and high-risk accounts. Acts as SME for processes and provides guidance to junior staff.
• Diagnoses complex breaks, identifies systemic trends, improves reconciliation quality, and ensures timely substantiation.
• Provides informal leadership, training, and process guidance. Helps stabilise the team during peak periods.
• Assesses reconciliation risk, identifies control weaknesses, and supports audits with strong documentation.
• Performs deep-dive analysis across systems and processes to identify true root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Manages stakeholders on complex issues, explains break drivers, and builds credibility through high-quality analysis.

What you bring to the table

• This role requires a finance-based degree with 3 to 5 years of experience in reconciliations, audit/accounts preparation, or working in a shared service center.
• The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Bonus Points if you

• Advanced Excel, reconciliation platforms, BI tools, and query-based analysis. Troubleshoots system and data issues and coaches others.

AI Literacy & Tools

As Zepz continues to build AI into how we work, we expect everyone to engage with it as a core part of their role. For this position we are looking for:

• A genuine curiosity about AI and how it can be applied in your area of work — from accelerating analysis and insight generation, to improving how we design and deliver processes and communications.
• Practical experience using AI tools in a professional context — whether to connect information, draft content, build frameworks, or create insights from data. We want people who actively use AI to increase productivity, not those who are waiting to be told to.
• Strong AI literacy — an understanding of what AI assistants can and cannot do, how to prompt effectively, and how to critically evaluate AI-generated output before using it.
• Awareness of the ethical considerations and responsible use of AI in the workplace, particularly in the context of sensitive data, customer experience, and compliance.
• Prior experience using Claude (Anthropic) is a nice-to-have but not essential — what matters most is that you are genuinely engaged with AI as a tool, comfortable experimenting, and eager to share what works with your wider team

If you want to join us in our journey to help break barriers in financial access and improve lives globally, there's no better place or time to join.

Our global team of 800+ people is spread across six continents. We aspire to hire the best mix of people from former Olympians to YouTube influencers and we speak over twenty languages. This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the engine that lets us serve the world.