Reconciliation and Investigations Officer

THE COMPANY:

We have been instructed by an international Private, corporate & specialist finance bank who has their European hub in London. They provide a range of corporate banking, Private banking and real estate services.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of nostro accounts, suspense accounts, and internal ledgers.
• Investigate reconciliation breaks, liaise with internal teams and counterparties to resolve outstanding items promptly.
• Prepare reconciliation reports and escalate long outstanding items to management.
• Deal with and initiate Payments Investigations with the ability to resolve in a timely manner.
• Support month-end and year-end processes by ensuring all reconciliations are up to date and accurate.
• Assist with internal and external audits, providing relevant reconciliation reports and supporting documentation.
• Maintain up-to-date records of reconciliations in line with regulatory and internal policies.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and controls.
• Provide cover where necessary to the wider Payments team.
• Ensure adherence to Shariah compliant operational standards and internal policies.
• Any other ad-hoc duties that may be allocated by management including those not directly related to the Payments & Investigations section.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Previous experience in a reconciliations and Investigations environment.
• Good knowledge and experience of UK Domestic and International Payments.
• Good understanding of SWIFT and Payment message types.
• Good level of numeracy and literacy.

For further information, please contact Natalie Antat