Finance Operations Reconciliation Lead📣 إعلان

About Hala

Hala is a leading fintech player in the MENAP region, focused on redefining financial services and building the future bank for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Founded in 2017, Hala empowers SMEs to start, run, and grow their businesses by providing them with advanced financial and technological tools. The company operates multiple entities across UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, including Hala Payments and Hala Logistics, offering solutions that enable merchants to digitize payments and manage sales and operations. Hala is currently licensed by the Saudi Arabian Central Bank.

The Role: Finance Operations Reconciliation Lead

Hala is seeking a Finance Operations Reconciliation Lead to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position responsible for overseeing and executing critical reconciliation processes within the finance operations department. The role involves ensuring accuracy, resolving discrepancies, and implementing process improvements to maintain financial integrity and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the reconciliation and balancing analysis for pool accounts and customer transactions.
• Ensure accurate summary reconciliation reports are generated promptly and highlight necessary actions.
• Investigate transactions, bank interface issues, or customer claims and take appropriate actions.
• Collaborate with other departments, including Digital, Safeguarding, and Customer Care, to resolve reconciliation or customer claim issues.
• Promptly resolve or escalate any unaddressed risks.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of daily and periodic reconciliation processes.
• Ensure reconciliation controls and processes are current and effective.
• Coordinate data collection, verify data integrity, and summarize findings.
• Run and verify models, analyze results, and communicate findings.
• Maintain and upgrade knowledge of core aspects of banking and accounting reconciliation.
• Prepare general ledger reconciliations for the financial institution.
• Support other departments in resolving customer issues.
• Perform ad-hoc requests and special projects as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience in finance operations, with a focus on reconciliation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead reconciliation efforts and analyze complex financial data.
• Strong understanding of banking and accounting reconciliation principles and practices.
• Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Proficiency in data collection, integrity checks, and reporting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Working at Hala

Hala fosters an inclusive and diverse culture that supports innovation and offers flexibility across remote, in-office, and hybrid work models. The company provides competitive compensation packages, including the potential for shares. Hala prioritizes personal development, offering regular training and an annual learning stipend to support career growth in a dynamic environment. You will join a talented team comprising over 30 nationalities working in 7 countries. Hala promotes autonomy, mentoring, and challenging goals, trusting individuals with significant responsibility and freedom to achieve optimal results.

Application Information

Candidates interested in this full-time Finance Operations Reconciliation Lead position in Riyadh are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.