Africa Region Reconciliations Administration Specialist at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• Execute daily reconciliation activities, analyse breaks, support resolution efforts, and collaborates across teams to ensure accurate exception handling and audit trail maintenance.

Qualifications

• Matric, Diploma or First Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting

Experience Required

• 1–5 years' experience in reconciliations within a banking operations environment.
• Strong knowledge of financial instruments and financial markets.
• 3–4 years' experience investigating and categorising reconciliation breaks, assigning and tracking exceptions, and escalating issues where appropriate.
• 3–4 years' experience building and maintaining effective relationships with clients and stakeholders to obtain required information and resolve queries efficiently.
• 3–4 years' proven experience documenting break-resolution activities and maintaining compliance with audit trail and exception-handling requirements.
• 3–4 years' relevant reconciliation experience, with a sound understanding of the systems, processes, and procedures required to perform reconciliations effectively and accurately.

Preferred Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management abilities.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Inviting Feedback
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Client Relationship Management
• Compliance
• Data Analysis and Inference
• Data Analysis
• Operations Risk Management
• Reconciling Financial Records
• Risk Reporting
• Root Cause Analysis