Senior Financial Analyst – Global Payments company

Our client is a global leader in the payments and financial technology space. They’re looking to hire a key role sat within a specialised commercial finance function that manages high-value client contracts (regional bank and merchant partnerships) – translating complex contract terms into accounting treatment, payment calculations, and rebate/incentive outcomes under US GAAP. You’ll own the top-tier, highest-complexity contracts in the region.

The function is mid-transformation – moving to a modern ERP platform, simultaneously building out Power BI dashboards and exploring GenAI/AI-agent tools to automate contract-to-rebate calculations. You’ll be at the centre of that build.

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end accounting and reporting for complex, high-value commercial contracts
• Interpret contract terms to determine correct financial/accounting treatment (US GAAP)
• Partner with an offshore shared services team, providing technical guidance and quality review
• Drive process automation ‚Äî journal entries, reconciliations, rebate calculations
• Support a system migration from legacy Excel-based models to a modern platform
• Apply Lean/Six Sigma methodology to improve turnaround and controls
• Explore and pilot GenAI/Copilot-style tools to build next-gen finance workflows

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years in finance/accounting/financial operations; Big 4-trained strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s from a top-tier institution (CPA/MBA a plus)
• Strong US GAAP and financial controls background
• Proven interest in data analytics ‚Äî Power BI, advanced Excel, AI-enabled tools
• Experience with process improvement, automation, or system implementation projects
• Industry background flexible ‚Äî payments/financial services a plus but not required
• Comfortable managing offshore stakeholders and high-stakes, high-visibility contracts

Why This Role

• Genuine build mandate ‚Äî you’re shaping the future state, not maintaining the past
• Clear next step into FP&A or Commercial/Sales Ops leadership – company has an excellent track record of promoting from within and into other functions
• Global team with leadership exposure to stakeholders in the US, UK, ME

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