Temp to perm Bank Reconciliation Coordinator – Richmond – £12p/h

Lamb Personnel Ltd

Sector: Accountancy

Bank Reconciliation Coordinator : Richmond – £23-24k

Lamb Personnel are looking for an experienced Bank Reconciliation Co-ordinator on a ‘Temp to Perm’ basis, to join our client, a busy and well-established company, in the financial services sector, based in central Richmond. (Advanced MS Excel is essential ffor this role)

Reporting into the Bank Reconciliation Supervisor, this role is primarily responsible for the accurate daily production of cashbooks and timely allocation of customer cash receipts to the company’s core leasing system. A systematic and methodical approach to problem solving is essential to manage the repetitive and voluminous level of transactions. Proactivity and professional conduct are key attributes as this role requires a high degree of interaction with staff in other departments.

Hours of business: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Responsibilities & Main Duties:

Specific Responsibilities:

Cash and banking

  • Preparation of cashbooks supporting the company’s 7 leasing bank accounts which includes currencies denominated in both Euros and Dollars
  • Identification and posting all cash receipts onto database in a timely fashion
  • Updating of Stocking cashbooks supporting the Agricultural relevant divisions
  • Updating the Overhead cashbook following the previous day’s activity ensuring that overheads have been correctly coded
  • Carrying out daily of banking and maintaining banking spreadsheet
  • Perform the daily DD/ARADD runs and ensure they are processed on the system.
  • Reconciliation of the company’s other ad hoc bank accounts
  • Updating of the unallocated spreadsheet

Other Duties:

  • Maintenance of petty cash
  • Support the Bank Reconciliation Supervisor in any ad hoc requests as and when required, including the preparation of bank recs
  • Other ad hoc duties as and when required

Skills, Competencies & Personal Qualities:

  • Works well in a team environment and strives to help others
  • Excellent verbal and written communicator
  • Good time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to identify and put forward new ideas for improvements
  • Methodical approach to problem solving
  • Demonstrable professional conduct when dealing with colleagues
  • Strong excel skills : v-lookup, pivot tables etc. All accounting is done from spreadsheets.
  • Qualified to AAT level.
  • Solid knowledge on cashbooks and bank reconciliations.
  • Willingness to learn
  • Prior knowledge of Alfa preferable
  • Ability to juggle numerous tasks and works well under pressure
  • Act with integrity at all times and embrace the philosophy of treating customers fairly
  • Embrace the values of the group leadership model

Personal Attributes:

  • Able to work well under pressure and not be afraid to ask questions.
  • Coming from a Financial Services background would be advantageous.
  • Team player

Benefits:

  • Lovely modern offices
  • Opportunity for progression

We do try to get back to as many applicants as possible, however some roles are in very high demand, and we will always carefully select and shortlist the resumes that are most aligned to our clients requirements; so if you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please assume that your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Salary: £11 - £12 Per Hour