Job description
At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose:
We’re looking for a Customer Funds Finance Analyst to play a crucial part in our EMEA finance team. In this role, you’ll be the expert behind our customer funds reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness every step of the way. You’ll get to dive deep into our balance sheets, preparing summaries for key accounts and leading the charge on our monthly EMEA customer funds reconciliation.
This isn’t just about numbers - it’s about becoming a trusted partner to the business and ensuring we maintain financial integrity. Beyond core accounting responsibilities, this role is crucial in driving continuous improvement within the finance function, contributing significantly to system enhancements, process optimisation, and the implementation of automation initiatives to strengthen financial accuracy, compliance and operational efficiency. You will be an integral part of our Accounting team that is composed of other passionate Accounting teams, with colleagues located in London, Munich, Luxembourg and Sao Paolo.
Your impact in this role:
- Responsible for accurate monthly accounting for EMEA customer funds positions within accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash.
- Drive global customer funds reconciliation processes and standardisation.
- Development of monthly reconciliations with explanations of key variances, investigating differences in a timely manner
- Maintain intercompany customer funds reconciliations
- Act as the primary contact person for customer funds related queries in year-end audits
- Support subledger system enhancements, identifying opportunities for automation and efficiency gains whilst ensuring accounting accuracy is maintained.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of customer funds financial processes, identifying bottlenecks and implementing streamlined solutions.
What would make you a great fit:
- Accounting qualification preferred
- 1-2 years post qualification experience in finance
- Solid knowledge of financial reporting and analysis with an accounting/reconciliation focus.
- Experience working with large data sets using tools such as google big query, SQL and AI.
- Experience in payments industry/client funds preferred
- Good communication skills and ability to work with remote teams
- Excel skills (advanced)
- ERP/Finance systems experience (preferred Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Xero)
What’s in it for you?:
Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year
Learning and Development - We offer a €1,000 annual budget to support your professional growth—because investing in your development benefits us all. In addition, we provide leadership cafés, on-the-job training, and other opportunities to help you grow your skills and thrive in your role.
Lunch Vouchers - 12,80euros x 18 / month - Enjoy a moment of conviviality and a good and balanced meal thanks to your Lunch Pass.
Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that’s why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
Travel Insurance - because better safe than sorry - the travel insurance is covering (partially with certain excess amounts): Sickness, Costs in relation to rescission/break-off during a travel, Luggage and Accident.
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
Our office - Located in Hollerich - two steps away from the Bouillon P+R and easily accessible with public transportations, our office is well equipped and is set up to foster team engagement and collaboration. From a walking distance to restaurants and bars, you are guaranteed to enjoy your lunches and afterworks.
Pet-friendly office- Because work is better with your paw-tners by your side
Our Principles:
We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent
We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.
We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
