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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading reconciliation teams, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial processes, and driving process improvements. Proficient in managing stakeholder relationships and supporting audits while maintaining strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Team LeadershipBalance Sheet ReconciliationsFinancial ControlsProcess ImprovementStakeholder Management
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Hard Skills
Reconciliation Process ManagementFinancial AnalysisAudit RequirementsMicrosoft ExcelIssue Management
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCommunicationCollaborationEmpathy
Industry Keywords
Financial ServicesAccountingRegulated EnvironmentLife and PensionsFund Accounting
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and develop the Reconciliations team
- Ensure reconciliations are completed accurately, consistently and within agreed deadlines
- Oversee the end-to-end reconciliation process, including review, sign-off, issue management and evidence retention
- Investigate, resolve and escalate reconciling items, balance sheet breaks and control issues
- Maintain supporting documentation, audit trails and accounting records
- Produce and analyse management information on reconciliation performance, outstanding items, risks and control exceptions
- Build relationships with Finance, Operations, Risk, Compliance and other business areas
- Support internal and external audits with documentation, evidence and responses
- Identify and implement process improvements, automation and operational effectiveness enhancements
- Manage, coach and develop team members while fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
Requirements
What you’ll need- Proven experience leading and developing teams within a finance, reconciliation, accounting or operational environment
- Strong understanding of balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls, audit requirements and governance frameworks
- Minimum five years' experience within financial services, finance operations, accounting or another regulated environment
- Experience in life and pensions, international life assurance, fund accounting or reconciliations would be advantageous
- Demonstrated experience driving process improvement, change initiatives and control enhancements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to adapt to new systems and technologies
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Commercial awareness and understanding of risk and control implications
- Confidence managing challenging situations and employee relations matters professionally and empathetically
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme
- Annual company bonus
- Income Protection
- Life cover - four times your salary
- Free Car Parking, including electric car charging points
- 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays
- Option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday
- Three days paid volunteering
- Up to 16 weeks' full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to Private medical insurance
- Virtual GP appointments
- Free flu jab
- Access to wellbeing partners' support
- Flexible working
- Free fruit on a weekly basis
- Training and development opportunities
- Volunteering, charitable and community activity opportunities