Bank Reconciliation Advisor

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Holiday allowance 25 days

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Flexible working

Wellbeing app

Cycle-to-work

Retail discounts

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a detail‑driven Reconciliations Analyst to join our permanent, full‑time team in Skipton. You’ll own reconciliations across key accounts, investigate complex items, and help safeguard the integrity of our financial records through robust controls and timely investigations.

The role offers hybrid working with some office time in Skipton, a supportive Finance function, discretionary bonus, pension, and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in reconciliations and resolving complex financial queries.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• A keen eye for detail and commitment to delivering accurate, high quality outcomes.
• The ability to remain organised and structured when managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• A proactive, collaborative approach, with a passion for identifying issues and supporting team success.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver a portfolio of reconciliations, including complex and high risk accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.
• Investigate and resolve complex, aged, and high value reconciling items, working with stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Support Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable processes, including customer or tenant account activity, allocation queries, aged debt, and issue resolution.
• Review and support the work of Analysts, providing guidance and promoting consistent, high quality standards.
• Monitor ageing balances, manage reconciliation backlogs, and escalates risks, issues, or delays where appropriate.
• Produce and analyse reconciliation MI, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to improve performance and controls.
• Maintain robust audit trails and control evidence while building strong relationships across Finance, Operations, and Payments teams.

Skills

Reconciliation experience

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Organisation

Collaborative approach

Job description

Hours: This role is for a permanent position working full time 35 hours per week Salary: £31,000 Per Annum Closing Date: Fri, 18 Sept 2026 Join us in a key role where you'll deliver high quality reconciliations, lead complex investigations, and play a vital part in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. You'll act as an important control point, helping to identify, resolve, and prevent issues while ensuring reconciling items are managed efficiently and effectively.

What You’ll Do

• Own and deliver a portfolio of reconciliations, including complex and high risk accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.
• Investigate and resolve complex, aged, and high value reconciling items, working with stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Support Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable processes, including customer or tenant account activity, allocation queries, aged debt, and issue resolution.
• Review and support the work of Analysts, providing guidance and promoting consistent, high quality standards.
• Monitor ageing balances, manage reconciliation backlogs, and escalates risks, issues, or delays where appropriate.
• Produce and analyse reconciliation MI, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to improve performance and controls.
• Maintain robust audit trails and control evidence while building strong relationships across Finance, Operations, and Payments teams.

What You’ll Need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need proven experience in reconciliations, investigations, and resolving complex financial queries, alongside:

• Strong hands-on experience in a reconciliation role, including investigating and resolving complex financial queries.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the confidence to review and challenge work where needed.
• A keen eye for detail and commitment to delivering accurate, high quality outcomes.
• The ability to remain organised and structured when managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• A proactive, collaborative approach, with a passion for identifying issues and supporting team success.

What’s In It For You

Your work matters. And the way we reward you matters, too. At Skipton, we offer pay and benefits that really do make life better, together with a genuine thank you for making a difference.

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships
• Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA

We’re here to make life better for our members.

About Skipton

Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you’ll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You'll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine.

What it’s like to work here

Life at SkiptonWe talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone. For most of our roles there's the option of blended working, which means we mix working from home and meeting in person, with three days a week in our Skipton office. We also value what everyone brings to Skipton. And we create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks play a big role in this. They connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. It’s not just our members who are important to us. You are, too. Lots of organisations talk about wellbeing, but they don’t always back it up. As a mutual, we put people first. And that includes the people who work here. So, when we say we care about your wellbeing, we mean it. Wellbeing isn't just one thing. It’s about feeling good, having energy, and being able to be yourself and perform at your best. That’s why we offer help for your mental and physical health across five key areas.

Not just another building society

Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton is a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future. Why? It’s just the way we are. We care about sustainability and look to the long-term for both colleagues and customers. And we know that when we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.