Bank Reconciliation Co-ordinator

Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Job summary

Skipton Building Society in Skipton, England, is recruiting a permanent, full-time Reconciliations Clerk (35 hours per week) to support bank, cash and balance sheet reconciliations and strengthen financial controls. You will investigate discrepancies, maintain audit trails and help produce accurate MI data, while collaborating with colleagues and auditors to resolve queries and meet deadlines.

The role offers a salary of £26,000 per annum, a discretionary bonus scheme, and a blended working

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail with excellent organisational skills.
• Basic understanding of reconciliations and accounting principles.
• Experience with bank or suspense account reconciliations is beneficial but not required.
• Understanding of Sales Ledger processes is beneficial but not required.
• Reliable, diligent and able to meet deadlines with a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely bank, cash, balance sheet, nominal and suspense account reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies, escalating high risk items as needed.
• Monitor aged, unmatched and unknown balances with clear action records.
• Maintain robust supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support MI reporting with accurate data and tracking of outstanding items.
• Assist Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable activities, including queries and allocations.
• Collaborate with internal teams, senior colleagues and auditors to resolve queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Basic accounting knowledge

Collaborative mindset

Reliability

Ability to meet deadlines

Job description

Hours

This role is for a permanent position working full time 35 hours per week

Salary

£26,000 Per Annum

Closing Date

Wed, 2 Sept 2026

Job introduction

Join our team and play a key role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our financial controls. You'll be responsible for delivering timely bank, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies, and helping to ensure a robust and effective control environment.

What You’ll Do

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Deliver accurate and timely bank, cash, balance sheet, nominal and suspense account reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies, escalating complex or high risk items where required.
• Monitor and manage aged, unmatched and unknown balances, maintaining clear records of actions taken.
• Maintain robust supporting documentation and audit trails in line with financial control standards.
• Support MI reporting by providing accurate data and tracking outstanding reconciliation items.
• Support Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable activity, including customer or tenant account queries, allocations, aged debt and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with internal teams, senior colleagues and auditors to resolve queries and provide information requests.

What You’ll Need

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Strong attention to detail with excellent organisational skills.
• A basic understanding of reconciliations and accounting principles, or a willingness to learn.
• Experience of bank or suspense account reconciliations would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• An understanding of Sales Ledger processes would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• A reliable, diligent approach with the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines.
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm to learn, develop and support colleagues.

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 Skipton

We 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.

What’s more, it’s help that you can actually use too - not just read about.

You don't need to tick every box - we look for people who care about our members and who want to grow at the same time. The rest can follow.