Independent Control & Reconciliation Specialist

About the Role

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.

Roles & 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

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

• 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

How We Work:

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.

This is a fixed-term contract full-time position located in Dublin. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role a valid working permit for Ireland is mandatory.

Expectations regarding hybrid working: As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the clients’ offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our clients’ policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our clients now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that Delta Capita require. However, some of our clients have now moved up to 4 days and even 5 days in the office and we require candidates to be flexible to meet our client demands.

Who We Are:

Delta Capita Group is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualised services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.

Our 3 offerings are:

• Managed Services
• Consulting & Solutions
• Technology

To know more about Delta Capita and our culture click here: Working at DC - Delta Capita