Join us as a Senior Financial Analyst where you will oversee Merchant settlement and the reconciliation and safeguarding of Client Funds. You will be pivotal to that responsibility, with the confirming merchant settlement and the accuracy of client funds held.
Key accountabilities include:
- Completing the daily client funds reconciliation
- Completing monthly regulatory data analysis eg Integrated data set
- Completing FX analysis
- Completing liquidity analysis and ensuring funding of key bank accounts in a cost-efficient manner
- Completing ad hoc data analysis
- Assisting in Irish & European regulatory submissions
- Assisting in month end close & the monthly reporting cycle
- Assisting in forecasting and analysis
- Assisting in ensuring tax compliance of BIPL (VAT, VIES, CT, 46G)
- Assisting in external and internal audits
- Assist with on demand requests and projects as they arise
- Assist in the development and implementation of new processes and business development
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Be well versed in data analysis/ databases, data visualising
- Experience in client funds reconciliation
- monthly regulatory data analysis e.g Integrated data set FX analysis
- Completing liquidity analysis and ensuring funding of key bank accounts in a cost-efficient manner
- Completing ad hoc data analysis
- Assisting in Irish & European regulatory submissions
- Experience of month end close & the monthly reporting cycle
- Financial forecasting and analysis
- Assisting in ensuring tax compliance of BIPL (VAT, VIES, CT, 46G)
- Assisting in external and internal audits
- Assist with on demand requests and projects as they arise
- Assist in the development and implementation of new processes and business development
Desirable experience includes:
- Qualified accountant with strong financial and commercial acumen
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is based out of our Dublin office.
This role is deemed as a Controlled Function role under the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness and Probity Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.
Entry Salary: €69,000
Upper Salary: €89,000
The entry and upper salary information above includes only annual full-time equivalent base salary and represents the typical range of pay for the role. The actual pay rate will reflect the responsibility level of the role and experience level of the individual. The entry and upper salary information does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.
Barclays employees are also eligible for a suite of competitive country-specific benefits.
This position is eligible for an incentive award.
Purpose of the role
To manage the financial operations of the organisation, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of financial reporting.
Accountabilities
- Management of the preparation and presentation of accurate and timely financial statements, and other accounting records in accordance with the relevant accounting standards, rules and regulations.
- Support in identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, and report on these financial risks to senior colleagues.
- Development and maintenance of a robust system of internal controls to safeguard assets, ensure that there is no fraudulent misreporting, and ensure the accuracy of financial data, including regular assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls addressing any weaknesses or gaps. .
- Development and implementation of up-to-date financial policies and procedures to ensure consistent and effective financial practices across the organisation.
- Management of the selection, implementation, and maintenance of financial systems and software applications, including collaboration with IT colleagues to integrate financial systems with other enterprise systems.
- Preparation and submission of statutory and regulatory reports to authorities, and provision of support to other departments in their preparation and review of regulatory reports.
- Coordination with external auditors and regulatory authorities in support of audits and examinations.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
