Senior Reconciliations Administrator (CASS)

Senior Reconciliations Administrator (CASS)

Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Salary: Upto £40,000 + excellent benefits
Contract: Permanent, full-time

About the opportunity:

Pursuit is working with a well-established wealth management firm to recruit a Senior Bank Reconciliations Administrator for its CASS team.

What you'll be doing:

• Producing accurate, on-time external client money bank reconciliations in line with FCA CASS requirements
• Completing the firm's own bank reconciliations and the reporting that goes with them
• Investigating, recording and escalating breaks and outstanding items, and working with teams across the business until they're cleared
• Producing the daily sweep and prudent segregation calculations
• Keeping reconciliation procedures, templates and process notes up to date and improving them
• Training and mentoring colleagues and cross-training them so holidays and absences are covered
• Managing bank statement downloads, filing and reconciliation records
• Processing stopped cheques
• Supporting the annual CASS audit and answering information requests

What we're looking for:

• Experience of bank reconciliations in a regulated financial services firm, using a reconciliation system or tool
• A good working knowledge of the CASS rules, particularly CASS 7 (client money)
• A track record of finding, investigating and resolving reconciliation breaks
• Confidence dealing with people at every level of the business, and the ability to push for improvements
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing deadlines
• Good skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English. Further financial services qualifications would be a bonus.

What's on offer:

• Holiday: 27 days a year
• Pension: the company pays in 10% and you don't need to contribute
• Life assurance: 4x your salary
• Income protection: 75% of your salary if you're off long-term through illness
• Private medical insurance: single cover through BUPA paid by the company, with the option to add your partner or family
• Dental insurance: optional cover through BUPA
• Gym: half the monthly membership paid by the company
• Season ticket loan: interest-free
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to Work, mobile phone, childcare vouchers and Give As You Earn, available after probation
• Flexible benefits: buy extra holiday, extra life cover or critical illness cover
• Development: ongoing training in a highly regarded CASS and Operations function