Reconciliation Analyst

Role overview

Duties and responsibilities

• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly balance sheet and control account reconciliations across multiple entities.
• Reconcile bank, credit card, PayPal, Amazon, and stock-related balances as required.
• Investigate differences through system and source records, preserve evidence, and work with colleagues to resolve root causes.
• Document reconciliations and the business processes and system handoffs that feed transactions into control accounts.
• Maintain schedules, follow up outstanding items, and escalate significant or persistent issues to the Finance Manager.
• Support month-end close; explain findings and proposed fixes to Finance and other teams.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities, test agreed changes, verify outputs, and update documentation.

Person specification

• Relevant finance qualification or study towards one is desirable.
• Essential: attention to detail, methodical checking, curiosity, problem solving, organisation, deadline management, and clear communication.
• Essential: good Microsoft Excel skills, confidence with large data sets, process orientation, and ability to write repeatable procedures.
• Essential: initiative, accounting and reconciliation knowledge, awareness of financial controls, accurate record keeping, and confidentiality.
• Essential: finance or accounts support experience involving reconciliations and experience investigating differences through resolution.
• Desirable: experience documenting or improving finance processes and experience with Amazon, PayPal, or other online payment platforms.

Workplace and schedule

• Location: Poole, Dorset; the source explicitly states onsite.
• Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00.

Benefits

• The source lists 25 days of holiday including Christmas closure, increasing after five and ten years, plus bank holidays; leave is pro-rated for part-time staff.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay are listed.
• The source lists £200 per year for health and wellbeing activity or gym membership after one year of service.