Treasury Operations Analyst
About Zepz
Zepz Group is the group powering leading global remittance brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. Zepz Group has been disrupting an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by reducing the barriers to finance and increasing safety and convenience for users. Every day, Zepz Group and its brands work towards unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology - driven by the vision of a world that celebrates migrants’ impact on prosperity, at home and abroad. Zepz served over 9+ million users through its presence in over 4,600 corridors with over 40 send countries and 90 receive countries
Come join us!
Our Commitments:
- We act like owners - We are relentlessly delivering for our users and spending money thoughtfully.
- We embrace embarrassing honesty - We function best when we're open and honest with one another — especially about our challenges and doubts.
- We have a bias to action - We get to first outcomes quickly, iterate and learn.
- We strive to be better - We may make mistakes, but always learn from them.
- We are inclusive - to better reflect and serve our users.
About the role
We are looking to strengthen the team with a Treasury Operations Analyst to help meet the demands of WorldRemit’s continuing growth, you will be a member of the Treasury team within the Finance department. The role will develop a deep understanding of the transaction lifecycle and the characteristics of our network of pay-out partners and FX liquidity providers. You will be expected to communicate with the internal FX, funding and cash management teams and external banks, correspondent partners and liquidity providers.
The Treasury Operation team is responsible for the daily management of FX settlements and payments across EMEA, APAC & LATAM. You will be expected to input payments in various banking portals and TMS (Kyriba) and be able to reconcile and investigate transactions. As a member of the WorldRemit Group Treasury team you will aim high, embrace challenges and always do the right thing; acting with integrity and building trust as you contribute to the company’s growth.
Reporting to the Manager, Treasury Operations, you will:
● Input transfers and outgoing payments within various banking portals and TMS requested by internal teams
● Ensure daily settlement processing time meets the cut-offs
● Monitor all outgoing payments
● Provide POPs to our correspondents and FX partners
● Request for SSI set up for onboarding correspondent’s banking partners
● Monitor incoming settlements with Liquidity Providers and correspondents
● Support any ad hoc queries from correspondents and liquidity providers
● Maintain day to day relationships with external banks, FX and correspondent partners
● Understand full FX trade life cycle
● Maintain effective communications with internal and external stakeholders
● Escalation of issues related to payments and FX settlements
● Proactively assist the Treasury Management team with strategic treasury projects
What we’re looking for from you
● A degree at university level with a major in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, or Business Economics
● Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in Finance or Treasury
● Good working knowledge of Excel and Google Sheets
● Understanding of the FX trade settlement cycle
● Experience with SWIFT messaging, TMS (Kyriba) and various banking portals
● Automation experience
● Analytical and logical approach to problem solving
● A high level of attention to details and highly organised
● Proactive to escalate issues and drive change
● Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines efficiently in a fast-paced environment
● Excellent communication and collaboration skills
What you’ll get from us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.
We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
- Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
- Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
- Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
- Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
- Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!
Why choose Zepz?
- Our team of over 1,000 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
- We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
- We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
- At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.
Ready to Apply?
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.
So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.