Bank & Cash Reconciliations Manager

Purpose of role: Contribute to the continued development of techniques and the improvement of processes and workflow for the function, delivering a quality & timely service.

Reports to: Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Control Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for Bank & Cash Reconciliations Process across 16 markets & growing
• Contributes to risk assessments and drives actions to address the root causes that persistently lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
• Evaluates the current set of in-scope Reconciliations & Controls, recommending ways to optimize & further automate
• Ensure effectiveness of own team and other closely related teams with a quality and timeliness of service provided.
• Continuous review & evolvement of outputs, together with effective reconciliations, ensuring appropriateness of controls in line with business requirements
• Coordinates audits, examinations, and deliverable requirements from internal and external reviewers by supporting coordinating activities within the team.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal & external customers and stakeholders through strong business partnering
• Manage team responsible for Bank & Cash Reconciliations
• Coach and develop individual team members
• Break down information in a systematic and communicable manner
• Escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

• Previous Experience in a similar role 5 Years + working in a rapidly growing environment and can bring experience of best practice gained.
• Proven track record of team management, deploying team resources as appropriate to meet business goals and objectives, delivering improvement to operating processes and practices
• Ability to lead, develop and motivate high-performance individuals & team
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation
• Pro-active about managing change and challenging existing procedures and processes to achieve best practice
• In depth knowledge & experience in Oracle Financials & Excel
• Provide subject matter expertise to business-driven initiatives, internal partners, leadership, or projects related to operations as necessary
• Ensure procedures are adequate to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, audit and risk management requirements & policies