Assistant Manager - Bank Reconciliation

Summary

Support the efficient operation of the Bank Reconciliation Unit by preparing accurate and timely bank reconciliations, managing assigned projects, and ensuring adherence to internal controls and Group standards. Assist the Unit Manager by resolving unreconciled items, preparing journal entries, reviewing daily transactions for accuracy, and coordinating with key departments to ensure timely processing of bank transactions. Contribute to audit readiness by maintaining strong internal controls, accurate documentation, and high service standards.

Responsibilities

• • Complete reconciliations as assigned.
• • Settle unreconciled items.
• • Raise queries for all unreconciled items.
• • Follow up on all queries generated for unreconciled items.
• • Prepare and file journals as required.
• • Ensure journals are accurate and complete, properly approved and posted.
• • Process stale-dated / replacement cheques.
• • Prepare or revalidate stale-dated cheques.
• • Ensure that completed work is delivered to CDU/Payables by stipulated deadline.
• • Prepare monthly non-bank reconciliation reports.
• • Support and assist with the daily co-ordination and supervision of the Bank Reconciliation Unit to ensure service standards are met, efficiency in production output is achieved, stale-dated/replacement cheques are executed within stipulated time and queries received from both internal and external clients are handled and resolved.
• • Assist in coordinating and promoting various special projects.
• • Perform any other job-related duties assigned from time to time.

Required Skills

• • Good knowledge of accounting techniques/frameworks.
• • Good knowledge of bank reconciliation processes.
• • Familiarity with computerized Accounting Systems.
• • Sound knowledge of computer software packages such as word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• • Ability to communicate and articulate ideas and information clearly and concisely both orally and written.
• • Attention to detail, persistence and drive.
• • Excellent work ethics and research skill.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or ACCA Level 11 qualifications, or equivalent qualifications from a recognized tertiary institution.
• • At least three (3) years’ working experience in Accounting.

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