Job purpose:
* To process the Council’s banking and income transactions.
* To support service areas in collecting income and making payments.
* To resolve banking and income queries from internal and external customers.
* To assist in the management of the Council’s treasury investments and borrowing & pension fund.
* To reconcile and post cash, debit/credit card, and banking transactions.
Main duties:
* Prepare daily cashflows.
* Post bank statements & resolve banking queries.
* Reconcile and bank cheque payments received.
* Provision of petty cash service on an interim basis until it is phased out.
* Monitor and clear suspense accounts & undertake bank reconciliations, resolving outstanding balances in a timely fashion. Proactively identify posting errors and propose ongoing remedial action.
* Process BACs runs & initiate CHAPS payments according to agreed policies & protocols.
* Undertake reconciliations between the Council’s general ledger and feeder systems such as Icon & Logotech, resolving outstanding balances in a timely fashion. Proactively identify posting errors and propose ongoing remedial action.
* Update treasury systems (Logotech) with deals and provide/review deal confirmations.
* Support banking projects and upgrades as required, including system testing.
* Regularly monitor and clear queries/requests logged in the SSC case management system or other relevant email inboxes.
* Provide ad hoc financial advice and support through all appropriate channels in use in the Shared Service centre – for example, online guidance, a telephone helpdesk, CRM call systems, etc., actively supporting a culture of self-service.
* Provide support and information to individuals authorising payments, including creation, amendment, and deletion of active users.
* Contribute to the completion of the annual Final Accounts and satisfactorily respond to internal and external audit queries in line with the Council’s current audit protocol.
* Provide accounting support, including reconciliations, posting, and monitoring of contributions and benefits paid to the Pension Fund.
* To deputise as required for the principal accountant banking & income and provide cover for other Accountants as necessary.
* To undertake training and development in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.
* Participate in all council staff management and development processes, including appraisals, my conversation, finance forum, etc.
* To satisfactorily respond to internal and external audit queries in line with the Council’s current audit protocol.
* To undertake any other temporary duties consistent with the basic objectives and duties of the post.
Additional Information:
* £24.83 per hour.
* 36 hours a week.
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