Senior Analyst, Group Reconciliation Unit at First Bank

Job Description

• Manage centralized reconciliation processes at the HUB
• Drive centralization of Reconciliation process across the bank network (Nigeria, and SSAs)
• Recons process design- Analyze and interpret process dynamics to design suitable processes of reconciliation or monitoring
• Interact with account owners and operations teams to have a good knowledge of their process and data for effective migration of their manual reconciliation to TLM Corona.
• Drive process improvement, optimization, and automation of reconciliation process.
• Change Management – drive and coordinate assigned GRU change management as relates reconciliation activities.
• Project Delivery- Drive timely delivery of GRU projects-automation and reconciliation projects
• Managing information and data risks as related to reconciliation data
• Foster a risk awareness culture into people, processes, and systems within G&C to mitigate risk exposure from Reconciliation breaks
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of reconciliation data.
• Work with management to prioritize business and information needs.
• Identify and define new process improvement opportunities.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Liaise with Vendor and ensure that all reconciliation tools are maintained as when due.
• The first point of contact in data mining and management on Recons.
• Manage and resolve stakeholder issues on reconciliation matters.
• Provide Reconciliation data/MIS periodically to management for decision making
• Provide reconciliation data to stakeholders on requests (internal and external parties)
• Ensure regulatory compliance in reconciliation processes and data exchange- PCI DSS, CBN

Job Requirements: 

• Minimum Education: First degree in any discipline
• Certifications in Database languages and Advance Excel will be an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years banking experience. 
• Experience on Process management and I.T Knowledge
• Database languages skills.
• Proficient in the design and use of Excel Macros and various MS Office automation tools.
• Previous knowledge in banking operations and recons is key