Job Title: Payments Reconciliation and Enquiry Officer
Location: London (W1W 8TF)
Salary: £30,000-32,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Contract – 6 Months
The Role:
As a supervisor reporting directly to the Head of Trade Finance, you will be responsible for your assigned role and will be required to demonstrate:
- Daily clearing of outstanding reconciliation item on returned funds
- Swift; E-mail and Telephone enquiries handling
- Supervisory skills to ensure effectiveness of operations
- Ability to multi-task and maintain poise under pressure
- Prioritise tasks and resources so as to maximise efficiency and cost
- Excellent attention to detail
- Awareness of the importance of Customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and profitability of the bank
- Awareness of Anti Money Laundering policies (essential)
Key Responsibilities:
You will have working with you and you are required to:
- Ensure prompt reconciliation and proofing of all ledger accounts and efficient resolution of long-standing reconciliation items
- Ensure all enquiries are responded to on a same day basis
- Constantly monitor queues on systems to ensure no outstanding
- Maintain complete, accurate and reliable records of transactions and a clear audit trail to ensure compliance with all bank’s operational policies and procedures
- Ensure awareness and alertness to money laundering risks and adherence to set anti-money laundering procedures
- Strong liaison with the Compliance department, ensuring implementation of compliance policies and procedures and proactively alerting compliance issues
- Ensure the expeditious processing of transaction accurately and in line with set service standards, policies, procedures and regulatory requirements
- Ensure timely identification of point of service failures and the implementation of corrective measures
- Liaise with other business units to ensure efficient service delivery
- Adoption a zero tolerance for processing errors and ensuring that all error s are identified and addressed same day
Other Duties:
Funds Transfer and Payments are part of the operations of the Trade Finance team as such flexibility is required of all team member to position as a cover for other role within the team.
The following other duties may be assigned from time to time when the need arise.
- Processing of inward and outward documentary collections
- Advising and amending f L/Cs
- Settlement of LCs and Collections
The Candidate:
Essential
- 1-2 years payment experience in the bank sector
- Knowledge of SWIFT payment messaging
- Strong analytical skills
- Adaptable and flexible
- Independent and innovative
- Ready to learn
Desirable
- Excellent customer service skills
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Reconciliation Ledger Clerk, Reconciliation Assistant, Reconciliation Controller, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Administrator, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk, Finance Administrator, Finance Assistant, Finance Admin, Accounts Officer, Accounts Team Assistant, Accounts Co-ordinator, Accounts Clerk, SAGE50, SAGE200, Accounts Receivable Assistant may also be considered for this role.
