Payments Data Specialist

Description

The RoleWe are looking for a new team member to join the Payments team at Funding Circle, Central Europe, based in our office in Berlin. This is an opportunity to join an energetic, fast-paced and rapidly growing business. You will be part of one of the key divisions of the company, where you will be responsible for: 

• Providing daily operational support and oversight for contributions and distributions of funds to and from borrowers and investors according to SEPA standards
• Identifying non-standard payments and account behaviour and finding short/long term solutions
• Working with numerous data sources, analyzing trends and fulfilling business reporting needs
• Understanding end-to-end flow of money through Funding Circle and the appropriate action for each type of payment
• Helping to streamline treasury processes and procedures and enforce cash controls
• Giving input into projects aimed at improving processes and defining user requirements
• Dealing with queries from external and internal customers regarding payments through a service desk ticketing system
• Working with the engineering team during development and testing cycles
• Closely cooperating with internal departments such as Financial Operations, Investor Relations, Sales, Data Teams, Collections and Recoveries, Capital Markets
• Working with several systems and databases, e.g. Salesforce, sftp servers, JIRA, banking software

The Candidate

• *Have 6 months to 2 years working experience in analytics or operations teams
• Data evangelist with passion to solve business issues from an analytics point of view
• Excellent numerical skills, enjoys working with large data sets
• Strong problem solver, who is able to identify gaps and break down problems
• Fluent in macros and SQL
• Working style: focused, process- and detail-oriented; good communication skills; ability to closely follow pre-defined procedures, working standards and rules
• Honesty and discretion when handling confidential financial information
• A team-player, who can also take responsibility and work with a high level of autonomy
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent English skills
• Experience in Python or R would be an advantage
• Experience with Salesforce data model would be an advantage
• Data visualization and strong presentations skills would be an advantage

*The stated experience does not preclude those with more or less experience from applying.

Are you an ambitious, proactive individual who is looking to build a career with a fast-growing Fintech company? 

Do you thrive when challenged to come up with better ways to do things? Do you express yourself and have plenty of ideas, but interested to hear others’ too? 

Do you work hard, learn fast, and do whatever it takes to get the job done, but know how to enjoy yourself on a Friday night?! If so, we’d like to hear from you.

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.#LI-PK1