At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex queries, manage reconciliations, and drive process improvements in a dynamic team.
- Company: Join one of the biggest names in payments and make your mark.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of innovation and impact in the payments industry.
- Qualifications: Strong analytical skills, Excel proficiency, and excellent communication abilities.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments.
We’re looking for a Technical Lead to join our ever evolving Operations team and help us unleash the potential of every business.
What you’ll own as the Tech Lead
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex queries, taking ownership through investigation, resolution, and stakeholder communication.
- Support incident management activities and ensure effective communication during major incidents.
- Complete daily data uploads and identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
- Prepare, review, and validate journal entries in accordance with financial control requirements.
- Perform root-cause analysis on reconciliation discrepancies and provide accurate management information and reporting.
- Investigate and resolve aged outstanding items, partnering with stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
- Execute daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations and quality assurance checks in line with SOX compliance standards.
- Manage month-end close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations and ARCS submissions.
- Produce monthly aged break reviews, reports, and operational performance updates.
- Take ownership of audit-related activities, ensuring actions are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives and small-scale projects to enhance efficiency, controls, and service delivery.
- Maintain training and accreditation records, ensuring team compliance and capability development.
- Deliver training, coaching, and knowledge transfer to team members, supporting ongoing development and process excellence.
What you’ll bring
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Good understanding of accounting principles.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Knowledge of WPAP and Worldpay products.
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- High attention to detail with a proactive approach to identifying issues and anomalies.
- Adaptable and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Added bonus if you have
Gained some experience of implementing process improvement initiatives.
About the team
The Reconciliations team are responsible for the reconciliation of merchant payments and card scheme settlements together with the reconciliation of Worldpay domestic and international bank accounts.
As a reconciliations controller, your responsibility will be to reconcile and verify Worldpay accounts and statements in accordance with our policy.
Undertake exception processes including investigations work and submission of MI information.
To learn more about our winning teams, check out our world-class teams that own it every day.
What makes a Worldpayer
What makes a Worldpayer?
It’s simple: Think, Act, Win.
We stay curious, always asking the right questions and finding creative solutions to simplify the complex.
We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers.
And we’re determined, always staying open and winning and failing as one.
Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.
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Technical Lead - Reconciliations & Settlements in Manchester employer: Worldpay
Join a leading global payments company that champions innovation and collaboration, offering a dynamic work culture where your contributions directly impact the future of AI and automation. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have access to unparalleled learning opportunities and the chance to lead a diverse team in a role that spans across multiple geographies. Experience a workplace that values curiosity, empowers decision-making, and fosters a sense of ownership, making it an exceptional environment for ambitious professionals looking to make their mark.
