Financial Operations Analyst – Oil Location: London, UK (4 days onsite 1 day remote) Type: Permanent Role Overvie wAs a Financial Operations Analyst, you will be accountable for supporting the Head of Settlements in ensuring a timely, accurate and complete end-to-end settlements process for all London Trading Desks within the Oil Group. You will support the team to ensure all settlements targets and KPI’s are met .Key Responsibilitie sCompletion of the day-to-day workload as prescribed by your manager .Ensuring resolution of any day-to-day operational issues and escalating where appropriate .Building relationships both internally and externally to create and support business information flow .Complete the end-to-end invoicing process, including :Physical Receivable Invoice Process : Create, check and dispatch receivable invoices across physical trades and secondary costs .Physical Payable Invoice Process : Receive, validate and process payable invoices across physical trades and secondary costs .Brokerage Payable Invoice Process : Receive, validate, and process broker statements .Errors and Invoice Amendment : Problem solve invoice errors and amendments with support from other functions .Monitor receivables, including cash application and debt management .Monitor intercompany balances and invoicing processes .Liaise with internal desks/teams, particularly operations and risk management, on settlement disputes .Monitor and resolve queries from external parties, escalating where required .Resolve settlements issues to improve balance sheet position and cash conversion cycle .Follow team processes to ensure all counterparty, billing and settlement information is in line with company policy .Support and review regular updates of internal processes within the FinOps area .Proactively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within Finance Operations .Meet KPI’s and performance targets allocated to your area .Provide review and commentary to team reporting and analytics such as month-end open items reporting .Support the manager with periodic and ad hoc management reporting .Perform ad hoc duties as required .Education and Experience Requirement sExperience of working in settlements ideally within a global commodities/energy company (essentia l) .Knowledge of trading .Knowledge of physical commodities (essentia l) .Knowledge of straight-through processing from trading to accounting (desirabl e) .Focus on operational improvement .Ability to work well under pressure .
