CBS Finance Services Analyst - Bank Rec

Role Summary
To control and reconcile the cash reconciliations for Food Retail banking team. The function will resolve complex issues and support an improved reconciliation process so that risk is evaluated and remedied in a timely and accurate manner. To ensure successful project delivery through providing assistance to the Cash and Banking Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Role model inclusive behaviour, promoting a culture of collaboration and coaching which encourages learning and respect of individuals. 
• Proactively look for opportunities to drive efficiencies through continuous improvements.  
• Ensure relevant SLA & KPI’s are Understood and actively contribute to sharing best ways of working across the wider team in order to drive consistency of standards and service delivery. 
• Drive clearance of complex reconciliation issues 
• Give insight to Cash and Banking Manager, Bank Rec Managers/Team Leaders, S2C Leadership Team, and key stakeholders on key areas of improvement 
• Work closely with Cash & Banking Manager and Bank Rec leadership team to ensure an efficient and effective processes are designed and implemented. 
• Identify and escalate reconciliation issues and risks together with potential solutions to the Cash and Banking Manager. 
  Manage and resolve complex query resolution with key stakeholders. 
• Develop reports for internal customers in order to resolve outstanding reconciliation queries. 
• Support advisors and senior advisors with complex queries 
• Support the Cash and Banking manager with team development and producing training guides (written and video training) 
• Guide the Retail banking team and other stakeholders to aid in the clearing of outstanding reconciling entries and to stop them occurring in the future 
• Supporting business change programmes with specialist knowledge and ad hoc support of the Cash
• Reconciliation Managers and colleagues during system roll out. 
• Manage the resolution of complex Account queries and disputes. 
• Identify and implement continuous process improvement opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Actively studying AAT or already qualified AAT or some accounting experience (desirable) 
• Comfortable dealing with large volume of transactions 
• Ability to understand complex processes 
• Strong attention to detail 
• Excellent excel skills (essential) 
• Good power point skills (desirable) 
• Effective communicator (essential) 
• Experience with SAP (desirable) 
• Experience of reconciliation systems and setting up matching and other technical systems rules and standing data (desirable)