Finance Systems Analyst

Overview

In this role, you’ll support Zopa’s Finance Systems by monitoring data flows, resolving issues, and maintaining controls as we modernize the ledger and data platform. You’ll collaborate across Finance, Technology and Product to translate changing requirements into practical system changes. You’ll help test and deploy the new general ledger and related reporting, while identifying opportunities to automate and improve processes. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of finance and data, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, governance and cross-functional impact.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working (London office 2-3 days)
• Option to work from abroad up to 120 days a year
• Supportive culture and focus on work-life balance
• Diversity and inclusion emphasis
• Flexible ways of working
• Adventure to shape finance at a growing bank

Responsibilities

• Monitor finance systems, investigate alerts and resolve issues affecting data flows and reporting
• Carry out system administration and month-end controls, documenting access and changes
• Investigate root causes of data and reconciliation issues and propose practical solutions
• Collaborate with Finance, Data and Technology to understand requirements and set priorities
• Contribute to preparation and testing for the new general ledger and broader systems changes
• Support new reporting requirements and product launches, balancing interim fixes with longer-term improvements
• Explore opportunities to automate processes with appropriate checks and controls

Key requirements

• Understanding of finance, accounting and reporting processes and ability to apply that knowledge to systems or data problems
• Ability to investigate unclear problems and communicate findings and recommendations
• Careful approach to system changes with emphasis on testing, documentation and controls
• Organising competing requests and clear communication with stakeholders
• Ownership mindset and willingness to learn new systems and ways of working
• Bonus points for SAP administration, SQL, data visualization, or reconciliations across data sources
• Exposure to financial services, regulated environments or ERP migrations
• Experience with automation, AI, Snowflake, Python or dbt

• Analytical mindset
• Clear communication with stakeholders
• Ownership and accountability
• SQL
• data visualization
• reconciliations across data sources

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