The role of Reconciliations Analyst is accountable for guaranteeing that the accounting and investment books of record are reconciled accurately, with complete data integrity and delivered within defined timelines. The tools and processes used for reconciliation require to be adhered to best‑practice standards.
Principal Role Accountabilities
This role requires to;
Take responsibility for all reconciliations for Fund Accounting and Middle‑Office to ensure delivery of a complete, accurate and timely reporting, in an outsourcing environment.
Review reconciliation tools and processes improvements to achieve best‑practice standards that maximize accuracy, efficiency and control by conducting, benchmarking against industry guidelines, and implementing the identified enhancements that reduce manual handling time and error rates.
Communicate reconciliation reporting, trends, processes and controls to provide business owners and clients with clear, actionable insight into performance and risk, presenting trend analyses. Work with offshore teams on ad‑hoc queries on process changes or control effectiveness.
Present the details of the breaks within the reconciliation reports to clients
Enable business change initiatives that affect reconciliations to ensure seamless integration of new processes and systems with zero disruption to the accounting book of records by collaborating with the offshore teams.
Drive offshore teams accountability to deliver reconciliation services that consistently meet all key deliverables by establishing oversight of KPI's and escalating any missed targets to senior management for corrective action.
Manage the incident resolution process to ensure incidents are handled efficiently and closed within agreed upon timeframes. work with offshore teams to ensure that incidents are logged into BIRDIE and closed.
Other contributions
This role will be required to support account management duties for the team.
What is required for you to succeed?
Qualitative/Quantitative skills required for this role include the ability to;
Collaborate effectively by actively listening to and constructively responding to colleagues' ideas, fostering strong internal and external partnerships that drive results for both the firm and its clients.
Demonstrate creativity and innovation by approaching challenges from fresh angles, moving beyond established frameworks, and proposing novel, client‑focused solutions
Exercise accountability by committing to the organization's goals, persisting through challenges, and taking full responsibility for one's actions and outcomes
Maintain meticulous attention to detail by guaranteeing accuracy, implementing robust quality‑assurance processes, and upholding high personal standards in every aspect of the work.
Communicate effectively - articulate ideas clearly in both individual and group settings, adapt the delivery style to suit the audience, and produce professional written documents that follow BNPP's email and language standards.
Embrace a team‑oriented mindset by collaborating with teammates and the wider organization to achieve shared objectives, and treating every colleague and client as a valued partner.
Planning & execution - establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure work is completed efficiently. Effectively manages own time and resources to meet deadlines and quality standards
Technical skills required for this role are;
Excel - mandatory skills
Power BI - desired
Intellimatch - desired
Hiport - desired
Educational qualification at degree level is preferable within commerce and finance.
Relevant experience required for the job;
Proven experience working in reconciliations in the Investment or Middle Office services area with knowledge of fixed income, equities, FX, cash, derivatives products
