Manager, Financial Operations

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We are seeking a Manager Financial Operations to lead a high-performing operations team responsible for critical financial workflows reconciliation activities ticket resolution and data quality improvements. This role will oversee both an established FinOps team and a newly integrated group of reconciliation specialists ensuring accurate execution strong controls effective cross-functional partnership and continuous improvement across key operational processes. The Manager Financial Operations will be responsible for leading day-to-day execution while also identifying opportunities to improve processes strengthen controls increase automation and scale the teams impact. This role will also serve as a trusted operational point of contact for client and bank partners ensuring clear communication effective expectation management and timely follow-through on issues requests and escalations. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who is comfortable working across detailed operational workflows complex data sets technical partners external stakeholders and evolving business priorities.

What youll do:

• Lead the Financial Operations team responsible for managing support tickets creating QMR/GOC network reporting resolving operational issues and supporting timely execution of financial operations workflows.
• Manage and develop reconciliation specialists responsible for Settlement reporting reconciliation Money Movement approvals Cobrand FBO reconciliation review suspense reconciliation and Billpay-related operational activities.
• Support EPD and other cross-functional partners by driving improvements to network data quality operational data integrity and issue resolution processes.
• Provide day-to-day leadership coaching prioritization and performance management for team members across multiple financial operations functions.
• Establish clear operating rhythms service levels escalation paths and quality expectations for ticket management reconciliation review approvals and issue resolution.
• Partner with Product Engineering Data Finance Accounting Compliance Risk Operations client and bank partner teams to investigate issues improve workflows and support scalable operational solutions.
• Serve as a professional operational liaison for client and bank partners by communicating status clarifying requirements managing expectations and coordinating timely resolution of issues and escalations.
• Use SQL and data analysis to research issues validate transactions identify trends support reconciliations and drive root cause analysis.
• Strengthen controls and documentation across reconciliation processes approval workflows suspense management and financial operations support activities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work improve accuracy increase automation and enhance operational visibility through reporting and process redesign.
• Monitor team performance operational metrics aging items exception volumes and recurring issue patterns to support proactive management and continuous improvement.
• Translate complex operational issues into clear business impacts recommendations and action plans for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Help integrate new responsibilities processes and team members into the broader Financial Operations function while maintaining execution quality and business continuity.

What youll need:

• Experience leading financial operations reconciliation banking operations payments operations card operations or similar operational teams.
• Proven people leadership skills including coaching prioritization accountability performance management and team development.
• Strong understanding of reconciliation workflows exception management operational controls approvals and issue resolution processes.
• Hands-on SQL skills with the ability to query data investigate exceptions validate results and support operational decision-making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes evaluate operational risk and recommend practical solutions.
• Strategic thinking and process improvement mindset including experience improving workflows documentation controls reporting or automation.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities evolving processes and cross-functional dependencies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills including the ability to explain complex operational and data issues clearly to technical non-technical client and bank partner audiences.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy timeliness and operational excellence.
• Ability to balance hands-on execution with team leadership stakeholder management and longer-term operational transformation.

Nice to have:

• Experience with banking-as-a-service card programs payment networks FBO account structures suspense reconciliation or Billpay operations.
• Experience partnering with Product Engineering and Data teams on operational tooling data quality reporting or automation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Jira SQL Snowflake dashboards and operational reporting.
• Experience building or improving operating procedures control frameworks reconciliation documentation and escalation processes.