Reconciliation Analyst at Tala

Reconciliation Analyst

Mexico City

Finance – Controllership /

Contract /

Remote

About Tala

Tala is AI-native credit infrastructure for the global majority, combining proprietary risk intelligence with an expanding network of capital and distribution partners to power credit access at scale. Backed by more than $500 million in funding, Tala has distributed more than $7 billion in capital to more than 13 million customers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia—building one of the most robust datasets on thin-file borrowers anywhere in the world. Our mission is simple yet bold: to unleash the economic power of the global majority. We are looking for daring, data-driven leaders passionate about building the trust and credit infrastructure for the global majority.

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

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

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

1-2 years of relevant experience Financial analytics, Reconciliations
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics or related fields
Strong proficiency in Excel required, Knowledge of and experience with reporting and data visualization packages (Lookr, Tableau, Amplitude), databases (SQL etc)
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
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.

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.

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