The Business
Hawthorn One are currently working exclusively with a private equity backed business with continuous and ambitious growth plans, this heavily regulated business based in Manchester has scaled fast, and it isn't slowing down. New systems, new markets, new headcount: the business is being rebuilt for the next stage of its journey, and that means real investment in the people and functions that will get it there.
The business has recently developed a Finance Operations function, being built from the ground up. A high-calibre Finance Operations Manager has recently been appointed to lead it, and the team is now expanding, including this newly created role. It's early enough that nothing is fixed yet, the processes, the controls, the way the team works together, all of it is still being shaped, and the people who join now will be the ones who help shape it, and can add real value very quickly.
Culture is a high priority and this hasnt changed as the business has grown its a people-first, supportive environment where high-performing teams are built deliberately. This is a company that knows its growth is only as good as the people driving it.
The Role
As Reconciliation Analyst, you'll be one of the people trusted to keep the numbers honest as the business scales. You'll perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations across bank accounts, customer ledgers, settlement accounts, and suspense balances, the kind of control work that underpins everyone else's confidence in the numbers.
Reporting into the newly appointed Finance Operations Manager, you'll join a team that is still is now expanding, with genuine scope to help shape the future of this team, its processes, and its controls, rather than simply follow a playbook someone else wrote.
Your Duties
- Perform daily reconciliations: bank vs. customer ledger, core operational system vs. finance system.
- Investigate and resolve mismatches, liaising with IT/operations teams to fix systemic issues.
- Support month-end close with reconciled positions across all cash and settlement accounts.
- Maintain reconciliation documentation and a clear audit trail.
- Escalate unreconciled items over agreed thresholds.
- Work closely with Payments & Collections and Cash Allocation teams to ensure end-to-end accuracy.
- Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives.
Experience
- Experience in reconciliations (banking or a high-volume transaction environment).
- Excel and financial systems skills.
- An analytical, investigative approach.
- Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
- High attention to detail and the ability to handle large volumes of transactions.
Why Join
Join a private equity-backed business mid-growth story, at the point where its investment in people and process is ramping up. You will work with and be mentored by a high calibre management and executive team with opportunity to develop you skills and progress your career.
If this sounds like a role you are looking for, please apply directly with your CV.
Hawthorn One are running this search on a confidential basis and, full details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
Work Location: In person
