Senior Finance Analyst (Client Incentive Operations)

Location: London, United Kingdom; at least 3 days in the office required

Company

Payments technology company facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities worldwide.

What you will do

• Manage the operational lifecycle of client incentive agreements, amendments, renewals, waivers, clawbacks, and terminations.
• Review commercial proposals and contractual terms for operational feasibility, accounting implications, and policy compliance.
• Set up, maintain, monitor, and actualize incentive arrangements in Oracle Revenue Management & Billing and related systems.
• Perform volume validation, accrual updates, variance analysis, forecasting support, true-up calculations, and client incentive payment processing.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including reconciliations, balance sheet substantiation, flux analysis, and accounting support.
• Partner with Commercial, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Deal Management, FP&A, and Operations stakeholders while maintaining audit trails and supporting process automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Experience in financial operations, accounting, controllership, revenue accounting, client incentives, or a related finance function.
• Experience reviewing complex contractual arrangements and translating commercial terms into operational and accounting outcomes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and data accuracy skills.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, accounting principles, financial controls, SOX requirements, audit standards, and compliance frameworks.
• Advanced Excel skills; ERP or financial systems experience is preferred, with Oracle Revenue Management & Billing experience considered a strong advantage.

Nice to have

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with US GAAP and demonstrated ability to apply accounting judgment to contractual and commercial arrangements.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within a global payments technology organization.
• Hybrid work arrangement with at least 3 days in the office; exact expectations are confirmed by the Hiring Manager.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Commercial, Legal, Accounting, and Operations.
• Opportunities to contribute to automation, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.