The Role

Are you looking to kick start your career in finance within a supportive, data driven, and purpose led organisation? We’re looking for a motivated and detail oriented Reconciliation Analyst to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or someone early in their career to gain hands-on experience in financial operations, compliance, and process improvement.

The Reconciliation Analyst will be responsible for ensuring that all customer funds are accurately reconciled. They will also ensure outbound payments are processed in a timely manner, with daily postings to the ledger that are properly substantiated and supported.

The successful applicant will sit at the heart of our data driven and customer focused organisation, producing high quality work in dynamically changing environment. In the role you will be required to ensure accuracy and integrity of all financial records, following compliance processes and regulations, assisting in the month end closing tasks and year end audit preparation and review. There is considerable scope for process improvement and progression for the right applicant .

Key role accountabilities

Key role accountabilities Reconciliation and customer payment

• Perform timely and accurate reconciliations, including daily balance sheet reconciliations.

• Responsible for processing daily outbound payments and inter account transfers to meet regulatory and cashflow requirements.

• Assist in the review and processing of customer refunds and queries

• Posting of daily transactions to NetSuite ensuring all cash and bank movements are recorded correctly.

• Investigate and resolve unreconciled items promptly and clear legacy breaks.

Business Improvement

• Ensuring up-to-date process documentation.

• Identify and recommend improvements to reconciliation processes.

• Assist the wider team on new projects

Additional support in month end and audit

• Participate in the month end closing process and ensuring given tasks including posting to ledger and completing the 

reconciliations are on a timely basis.

• Provide audit support by preparing and delivering required documentation to internal and external auditors.

• Assist in closing the audit findings related to reconciliation and payment process.

• Assist in other ad hoc duties as required

Qualifications, skills and experience 

 Essential

• Good numeracy skills and a knowledge of Microsoft Excel, with a willingness to further develop proficiency through training and experience Excellent numeracy and Excel skills

• Demonstrates a willingness to learn Knowledge of about payment schemes and financial processes

• Genuine interest in building a career within the A keen interest to develop within the Financial Services sector

• Willingness to learn and develop a solid Good understanding of accounting principles.

• Excellent analytical and, communication skills, with the ability to and influencing effectively skills (both written and oral).

• Positive, professional attitude with a proactive “can do” attitude and work ethic approach to work.

Desirable

• Prior experience in a similar role within a banking organisation with a focus on banking reconciliations with large volume of data.

• Experience of financial control environment

• Proficient in use of NetSuite

• Experience of accounting and payments schemes