Manager, Financial Operations

About this role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Manager, Financial Operations based in United States.

The Manager, Financial Operations will lead critical money movement and payroll settlement operations, ensuring funds are transferred accurately, securely, and on time to support payroll delivery for thousands of workers. This role combines operational leadership, financial controls, payment infrastructure management, and continuous process improvement within a fast-growing financial technology environment. You will manage a team of financial operations specialists while overseeing high-volume transactions across ACH, wire transfers, and real-time payment networks. Working closely with banking partners, Treasury, Accounting, Risk Operations, Product, and Engineering, you will strengthen settlement processes and minimize operational and financial risks. The position also involves resolving complex payment exceptions, maintaining accurate reconciliations, and ensuring compliance with relevant banking and financial standards. This is an opportunity for a hands-on leader who can balance precision, team development, and technical problem-solving in a fully remote U.S. role.

### Accountabilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Financial Operations Specialists responsible for payroll funding, direct deposit transmissions, and payment exception processing.
• Oversee end-to-end settlement operations across multiple payment networks, including Same-Day ACH, Standard ACH, wire transfers, RTP, and FedNow.
• Ensure all banking and payment processing deadlines are met to support timely payroll disbursements.
• Monitor account balances, debit settlements, credit batches, and intraday clearing files to maintain accurate and reliable fund flows.
• Manage ACH returns, credit reversals, payment trace requests, payroll adjustments, insufficient-funds cases, and disputes.
• Implement proactive...