Reconciliation Analyst

About Tala

At Tala, we’re applying advanced technology and human creativity to solve what legacy institutions can’t or won't. We are a global financial infrastructure company on a mission to unleash the economic power of the global majority, recognizing that today’s financial infrastructure doesn’t work for most of the world’s population.

We’re the first and only platform to combine the intelligence of a credit bureau, the payments execution of a fintech, and the relationship expertise of a bank into one vertically integrated solution. Our platform is powered by an expansive moat of proprietary data and AI/ML decisioning technology, enabling us to deliver instant, reliable liquidity personalized to every customer's needs. Through our flagship credit app, we’ve disbursed over $7 billion in credit to more than 12 million customers across Latin America, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. These customers have leveraged Tala products to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals.

Our pioneering work and proven impact have earned us consistent recognition, including being named to:

CNBC’s Disruptor 50 for five years.
CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Companies for two consecutive years.
Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for nine consecutive years.

Visionary investors, persuaded by the economic power of the global majority, have committed half a billion dollars in equity and debt to Tala's success.

Given the global nature of our team, we operate on a remote-first approach with office hubs in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

We are looking for an Analyst within our Finance Global Reconciliation Team at Tala. This person will support the Reconciliation Program specific to our Philippines market, ensuring the reliability of Tala’s data through reconciliation with third party records. The candidate will drive efforts in determining discrepancies, and coordinate with market partners to investigate and resolve, with the collaboration of all relevant stakeholders.

The Global Reconciliation Program is an essential part of our day to day business operations as it ensures that all of our transactional data recorded in our systems are accurate and complete and matches properly the third party statements together with Tala’s internal accounting system.

What You'll Do:
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Collaborate with Data, Product and Engineering to implement a sustainable reconciliation program, with production of reliable exception reports that can be used to enable timely adjustments.

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Coordinate and provide support for market team partners to investigate and resolve exceptions determined. While working long hours won’t be required, there may be some flexibility required on selected working hours to allow for sufficient overlap with our teams in our markets (Philippines, Kenya, and Mexico)

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Prepare, produce, and validate daily, weekly, and monthly transaction-level reconciliations and reports to ensure real-time detection of data anomalies and other risk event issues reports.

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Maintain external data files (Rails transaction statements) and input values into various reports in an efficient manner

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Prepare regular reporting to Sr Analyst in Kenya, along with reporting to stakeholders to communicate any significant resolution adjustments as well as accumulated discrepancies yet to be resolved.

What You'll Need:
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1-2 years of relevant experience Financial analytics, Reconciliations

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Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics or related fields

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Strong proficiency in Excel required, Knowledge of and experience with reporting and data visualization packages (Lookr, Tableau, Amplitude), databases (SQL etc)

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Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

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Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings

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Statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS, R, etc.) a plus but not required

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.