Independent Control & Reconciliations Analyst

Delta Capita • Ireland, WV

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fast-growing Consulting Business working with some of the world’s leading financial institutions. The Independent Control & Reconciliation team is a newly established function responsible for managing and controlling the accounting framework within Operations. In addition to accounting oversight, the team will develop and maintain reconciliation controls across interdependent operational systems.

Requirements

• Strong experience in operational control or reconciliation environments
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good accounting knowledge
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently with a proactive, driven mindset
• A valid working permit for Ireland is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Incidents & Operational Risk: Accountable for incidents and operational risk across the function. Minimise incidents through strong understanding of processes and controls. Investigate, document, and present incidents with clear remediation actions. Conduct ongoing lookback analysis of issues and incidents.
• Accounting reconciliations: Account analysis and balance certifications. Validation of accounting processes. Management of manual entries and processes.
• Operational systems reconciliation: Central Bank operational reporting, including data compilation and compliance-related reporting. Oversight of outsourcing risk and operational SLA performance.
• Reconciliation Control: Identify and analyse breaks across systems and accounting flows. Track, remediate, and report on reconciliation breaks. Collaborate with Finance and Operations to resolve issues. Support development of reconciliation tools focused on exceptions. Escalate aged breaks (no breaks >3 months tolerated). Develop oversight controls across interconnected operational systems. Implement and formalise reconciliation processes via monthly attestation.
• Accounting Control: Ensure internal account balances are fully justified and reconciled. Perform aged analysis of breaks, including high-risk balances. Report account balances through group reporting tools.
• Manual Entry Analysis & Control: Maintain inventory of accounts used for manual adjustments. Review and control journal entries with clear justification. Identify control gaps in client/platform flows. Recommend system improvements to reduce manual processing.
• Control Framework: Embed accounting controls within operational processes and reporting. Oversee and validate outsourced operational controls. Prepare and present monthly control and reconciliation reporting.
• Compliance Alert Monitoring: Oversee and report on payment alerts in coordination with Compliance teams. Review keyword triggers and whitelist controls.
• Operational Reporting: Analyse and prepare Central Bank reporting based on transactional activity. Reconcile outsourced arrangements to ensure complete reporting. Support regulatory questionnaires relating to operational activity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed