Financial Services Analyst

The Financial Service Analyst will perform assigned financial services duties and daily reconciliations for project. The incumbent will work within a team of project reconciliation analysts and under general supervision to complete tasks required for daily project financial services. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Perform Financial Services Processes to ensure assigned daily reconciliations are completed. This includes:

• Perform reconciliation and settlement activities as allocated, ensuring timeliness and quality of deliverables.
• Prepare journals as required in performance of financial services for project.
• Identify and investigate variances between General Ledger and supporting reports.
• Manage reconciliation issues until resolved and streamline solutions. Investigate and resolve discrepancies in reports, if relevant.
• Ensures data transfers between various system interfaces and third-party agents are accurate, meet documented controls, and are analysed against expected trends and performance indicators.
• Ensure GL balances and variances to supporting reports comply with any relevant business rules, KPI or conforming balances requirements.
• Manage chargebacks, banking file analysis, third-party vendor reporting, patron refunds and operator queries as assigned with task performance.
• Provide variance analysis and aging information for assigned account balances.
• Prepare month-end and year-end reporting for assigned General Ledger accounts, with variance analysis and commentary for management review and for client submission.
• Continuous development of own knowledge of Product Channel Reconciliations.
• Identify system process improvement and champion automation of reports where relevant.

Personal Requirements:

• Ability to work autonomously and also at direction but also form part of a multifaceted team
• High level communication skills both verbal and in writing
• Ability to thoroughly investigate
• Ability to prioritize work, completes multiple tasks, and meets deadlines.
• Able to concentrate, focus, and perform analyses.
• High level computer skills including accounting
• Must have excellent teamwork skills
• Excellent time management skills to meet required deadlines and key performance indicators
• Have full working rights in NZ

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Accounting Degree qualified
• CA/CPA qualified or studying towards is desirable
• Power BI knowledge is desirable
• Highly adept analytical and numerical skills required.
• High level of investigatory skills
• Ability to develop and design customized reporting requirements
• Minimum 2 years accounting and reconciliation experience.
• Must be competent with personal computer and be familiar with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience desirable

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