Senior Reconciliations Analyst – Waterloo (Hybrid Working) – Full Time – Permanent – Grade 4
You will be providing technical and analytical design authority for enterprise‑wide financial reconciliations across Payments and Credit, ensuring reconciliation controls are well‑designed, evidence‑based, and aligned to Finance, audit, and regulatory expectations.
The role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to independently interrogate complex transactional data across multiple technologies, translating detailed analysis into clear conclusions and actionable recommendations. A key aspect of the role is bridging technical and business domains, working closely with Finance stakeholders to explain issues, manage confidence during incidents or discrepancies, and ensure shared understanding of financial outcomes.
The Senior Reconciliation Analyst governs reconciliation design standards, leads complex or systemic investigations, and provides technical oversight for reconciliation tool changes, ensuring the organisation retains strong in‑house ownership of its financial control environment.
Role overview
- Own the design of reconciliation controls, logic, and data flows across Payments and Credit.
- Act as technical design authority for reconciliation solutions, ensuring scalability, accuracy, and auditability.
- Lead complex or systemic discrepancy investigations using deep, independent data analysis, including direct interrogation of underlying transactional data across multiple technologies.
- Validate financial positions through direct interrogation of transactional data and reconciliation outputs.
- Govern reconciliation tool configuration standards and approve changes implemented by Reconciliation Analysts.
- Lead analytical input into incidents, audits, and regulatory reviews, providing clear evidence and conclusions.
- Define reconciliation requirements for change initiatives and support testing and validation strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement of reconciliation processes, automation, and analytical capability.
- Act as a key stakeholder interface with Finance, communicating complex technical issues clearly, managing relationships when issues are identified, and ensuring confidence in reconciliation outcomes.
Required Skills & Experience
- Significant demonstrable experience in reconciliation, financial controls, and advanced technical data analysis.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to independently interrogate complex datasets.
- Strong experience working across multiple technologies, data structures, and platforms.
- Proven ability to design and assess reconciliation controls and financial data flows.
- Experience leading complex investigations and root‑cause analysis.
- Strong technical judgement and attention to control integrity.
- Ability to set analytical standards and provide technical oversight to other analysts.
- Experience supporting audits, regulatory reviews, or high‑risk financial issues.
- Confident stakeholder communication at both technical and business levels.
- Familiarity with AI tools and how to use the tools capabilities to drive better outcomes.
We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email careers@currys.co.uk and we'll do our best to help.
