Reconciliations Assistant

About Jaja

Our Mission: Empowering our customers to buy, borrow, and build—driven by tech, fuelled by data, and built for the future.

Our Company Values : Care Deeply, Adapt & Thrive, Challenge everything, Go for it! Own it, Make it Simple

Jaja is an innovative UK based consumer finance business, leading initially with a digital credit card launched in 2018, and a pipeline of consumer finance solutions in the making.

We are on a mission to redefine the consumer finance experience and liberate customers from needless complexity, wasted time and frustration. Or as we say it, Make Simple.

We will delight our customers – making the customer experience simpler, more enjoyable, more intelligent – treating customers fairly and giving them more control of their money.

Why Join Us?

This is a chance to make a real impact in a growing business on a mission to change the face of the consumer finance industry forever.

We have a collaborative team structure fueled by an exciting mix of people, welcoming experienced people from the industry with both feet on the ground and tech-savvy dreamers who pave way for the new stuff. Come as you are and be yourself!

Reconciliations Assistant

The Financial Control Reconciliations Assistant s will carry out the daily reconciliations of all the credit card suspense accounts ensuring that all rejects are investigated and actioned . The main reconciliation tool used will be Intelli - match

This is a 6-month fixed-term contract with the opportunity to become a permanent position, subject to business needs and performance.

What’s the opportunity?

You will work in a dynamic fast paced environment, delivering a significant change agenda for a business that is shaking up the Consumer Finance industry. Working with a passionate set of colleagues who excel at delivery you will have a varied and interesting portfolio of activity that is not constrained by the status quo .

Experience within a credit card environment is preferred, although not required.

Key Accountabilities

• Daily reconciliation of all payments, settlements and rejects accounts.
• Ageing of outstanding items, escalating any exceptional items to your line manager
• Investigating all reconciling differences in accordance with SLA’s
• Liaising with the Payment Services & other Jaja teams on a daily basis .
• Raise and post journals to the finance system for any adjustments that may be necessary from the investigation of the reconciling items
• Ensuring all tasks are operated to the highest levels of quality & compliance in line with defined standards and procedures.
• Assisting the reconciliations team leader with updates to reconciliation procedures as necessary .

Essential skills and Experience

• Be highly numerate with focus on accuracy and attention to detail
• Be an accomplished user of Microsoft Office
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Be able to work to strict deadlines and within a team environment

What's in it for you?

• The chance to make a real impact in a growing business on a mission to change the face of the consumer finance industry forever
• Competitive salary
• Pension contributions, including Salary Exchange facility
• Annual bonus potential
• Private medical cover provided by Vitality (optional benefit)
• 25 days annual leave (FTE) plus UK bank holidays (with an additional day added for each full calendar year worked, up to a maximum of 30 days).
• Your birthday off each year as an additional day's holiday
• 4x life insurance cover
• Access to our confidential Employee assistance programme