Technical Lead - Settlements at Worldpay

Manchester, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

11 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Analytical skills, Numeracy, Accounting principles, Excel, Statistical examination, Communication skills, Stakeholder management, Incident management, Reconciliation, Process improvement, Automation, Root-cause analysis, SOX compliance, Financial reporting, Training, Project leadership

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Are you ready to write your next chapter? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a [insert job title here] to join our ever evolving [insert team name here] team and help us unleash the potential of every business. We’re looking for a Technical Lead to join our Alternative Payments Operations team (WPAP) You will be the key business contact for specialist knowledge to provide accurate advice and information to both internal and external sources. What you’ll own as the Tech Lead: Acts as the primary point of contact for query escalations, taking full ownership from investigation through to resolution. Provides team support for incident management activities as required. Completes all daily data uploads and proactively identifies opportunities for automation and process improvement. Validates and approves simple journal entries; prepares more complex journals for managerial review and approval. Performs root-cause analysis on complex reconciliation discrepancies and produces clear MI reporting for distribution. Investigates and resolves complex aged items, ensuring effective communication and engagement with stakeholders. Executes daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation sign-offs and conducts QA sampling in line with SOX compliance requirements. Oversees monthly aged break reviews and prepares corresponding reports. Sign off daily checklist Performs month-end close activities accurately and within deadlines. Prepares and reviews balance sheet reconciliations, including ARCS submissions. Takes ownership of audit-related tasks, ensuring they are fully resolved and documented. Leads smaller-scale projects and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency. Ensures appropriate communication during major incident management situations. Maintains team accreditation documentation, ensuring sign-off following completion of training. Delivers training and knowledge transfer to Accountant I colleagues, addressing identified process or skills gaps. What you’ll bring: High level of analytical and numeracy skills Knowledge of accounting principles. Advanced working knowledge of Excel Understanding of WPAP platform and products Skilled in analytical and statistical examination. Good communication skills and the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels. Able to prioritise and deliver to deadlines Able to manage multiple queries at one time Ability to look beyond the numbers to identify issues, anomalies and understand root cause Adaptable to changing priorities and requests Added bonus if you have: Gained some experience of implementing process improvement initiatives. Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career. Your future starts here. Login to your candidate home to create job alerts for opportunities that would be a good fit. We'll send you updates on opportunities. Worldpay is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how Worldpay protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice. Recruitment at Worldpay works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. Worldpay does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company. #pridepass

Responsibilities

The Technical Lead acts as the primary point of contact for query escalations and incident management while overseeing daily reconciliations and process improvements. They are responsible for month-end close activities, audit-related tasks, and providing training to team members.