Banking Reconciliation Clerk

Posted 28 April 2025
LocationSunderland
Business Area Finance
Reference045203

Job description

We are seeking our next Bank Reconciliations clerk. For this role, you will have experience of high volume and complex reconciliations within multiple bank accounts. Your focus will be to ensure all bank accounts, client and office, are reconciled in a timely and accurate manner. You will liaise closely with the wider finance team.  This role involves but is not limited to: Reconcile bank accounts on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and resolve all reconciling items within a prompt timeframe. Ensure that any duplicate payment/receipt, or other potential errors or omissions are identified promptly and immediately communicated to the relevant department and personnel.

 

Responsibilities

  • Reconciliation of all bank transactions made in and out of the company bank accounts in GBP and foreign currencies
  • Refunding customer funds
  • Locate, allocate and reconcile customer bank and card payments
  • Customer receipt payments to in house system
  • Taking branch calls and email queries to resolve in a timely manner
  • Adhere to company service standards
  • Reporting on banking activity to branches and internal departments

 

Competences / Qualifications

  • Excellent communication skills, high standard of literacy and email etiquette
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Accuracy and  excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work to strict deadlines
  • Encouraging working attitude and desire to put forward ideas and implement positive changes to working practices as required
  • Ability to act on own initiative and also as part of the team
  • Prioritise workload
  • Flexibility to suit needs of the business
  • Reconciliation experience required

 
 

General

  • To undertake any other duties that may fall into the job criteria
  • To conform with all Health and Safety regulations and policies
  • To follow the company expectations regarding service standards at all times
  • Data Security - You are responsible to ensure all personal & business data is kept secure at all times & any data breaches are reported immediately.

Our values

 

Our SMILE values are embedded in to our Company and ensures our teams work strongly together. You and all of our colleagues will ensure that the Hays Travel values are demonstrated at all times.

 

  • Supportive
  • Motivational
  • Innovative
  • Loyal
  • Excellent

 

What it’s like to work for us?

 

Whichever location or department you work in, our people are always at the heart of everything we do. We offer a range of training programmes to help you progress personally and professionally, as we know the benefits of promoting and rewarding our hardworking colleagues are extremely important.

Of course, it's not all about work, we're very sociable and there are always lots of team nights-out and company parties. Plus, there are opportunities to travel abroad on educational trips, and you can also take advantage of our colleague discount when booking your own holidays.

 

Hays Travel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all colleagues. As an accredited employer provider of apprenticeships, we undertake basic checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure the safety of our apprentices for relevant roles.