Senior Financial Operations Analyst

Eleven are partnered with a global commodity trading business who are looking for Financial Operation Analyst in London. The successful candidate will be accountable for ensuring a timely, accurate and complete end-to-end settlements process for all trading desks.

Responsibilities
Complete the end-to-end invoicing process, including:

• Physical Receivable Invoice Process (including provisional and prepayment invoices): Create, check and dispatch receivable invoices across physical trades and secondary costs
• Physical Payable Invoice Process (including provisional and prepayment invoices): Receive, validate and process payable invoices across physical trades and secondary costs
• Brokerage Payable Invoice Process: Receive, validate, and process broker statements
• Errors and Invoice Amendment: Problem solve process invoice errors and amendments with support from other functions, as required

• Ensuring resolution of any day-to-day operational issues and escalating where appropriate.
• Building relationships both internally and externally to create and support business information flow.
• Monitor receivables, including cash application and debt management.
• Monitor intercompany balances and invoicing processes
• Liaising with internal desks/teams, in particular operations and risk management, on the resolution of settlement disputes.
• Resolving settlements issues to improve our balance sheet position on all settlements runs – including working with Finance teams to continuously evolve ways of improving the cash conversion cycle.
• Follow team processes to ensure all counterparty, billing and settlement information is in line with company policy and up to date.
• Support and review regular updates of the internal processes within the FinOps area.
• Proactively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the scope of Finance Operations, to drive efficiency and improved performance.
• Meet KPI’s and performance targets allocated to your area.
• Provide review and commentary to team reporting and analytics such as month end open items reporting.

 Skills

• Experience of working in settlements ideally within a global commodities/energy company.
• Knowledge of power/gas trading.
• Knowledge of physical commodities.
• Knowledge of straight-through processing from trading to accounting.
• Focus on operational improvement.