Job Title: Reconciliation Officer
Employer: Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
Parent Company: Standard Bank Group
Sector: Banking and Finance
Job ID: 11674
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Division: Group Operations
Position Category: CIB OPS
Employment Type: Full Time – Permanent
Shift: No
Regulatory Approval: Yes
Position Description:
• The reconciliation of all Acquiring and Issuing transactions between foreign and local banks as well as in house accounts which are governed by the associations, namely, Visa and MasterCard
• Prompt reconciliation as well as skills in ensuring that there are no long outstanding items is required.
• Reconciliation of all card transactions with relevant reports form card association and internal generated reports
• Ensure cleanliness and Integrity of all card GLs under the coverage of the team through daily review of the accounts
• Maintain a culture within the Bank that emphasizes and demonstrates to all the importance of reconciliation and its corresponding effect on service excellence
• Ensures that exceptional transactions are adequately identified and reported to the team leader on a timely basis for further actions.
• Responsible for ensuring that existing internal controls policies on suspense accounts are strictly adhered to
• Apply correct entries to relevant Expense or Revenue accounts daily.
• Follow up on all unmatched and outstanding items by generating written queries to the applicable unit / branch.
• Maintain files in a neat and orderly manner.
• Uploading of MasterCard rate on the Postillion server.
• Timely submission of all reconciliation report such as the Dashboard, recons reports as well as the finance monthly reports.
• MIS reporting
Required Skills and Qualifications: First degree in Accounting or other social sciences/ numerate courses
Required Competencies:
• Sound cards specific knowledge
• Excellent use of MS Office Applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, Logical and Analytical, Integrity, Organised, Accurate and pays attention to detail
• Ability to work well within a team, towards a shared goal
• Ability to work under pressure, grappling with multiple tasks.
• Creative in looking for and suggesting improvements
• Ability to convey factual information clearly and accurately
• Self-motivated
• Customer service oriented
• A general knowledge of the accounting principles
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