CASS & Reconciliations Manager

ALF Recruit; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

23 days holiday rising to 28 with long

Bank holidays

Job summary

ALF Recruit is recruiting a CASS & Reconciliations Manager for a well-established FCA regulated fintech in Manchester. The role focuses on safeguarding and reconciliations leadership, coaching a team, and ensuring compliance with CASS 15 and related PSRs/EMRs.

Hybrid working (1 day in the office) with a salary between £52,000 and £58,000 depending on experience, plus benefits including 23–28 days holiday, pension, EAP and private healthcare options, and free parking for office days.

Qualifications

• Experience managing safeguarding and/or reconciliations within a regulated financial services business.
• Strong knowledge of CASS 15, CASS 10A, PSRs and EMRs.
• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Experience supporting external safeguarding audits.
• Confident presenting to senior management and the Board.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the safeguarding and reconciliations team.
• Review and approve safeguarding reconciliation, funding and settlement bank transfers.
• Ensure safeguarding arrangements meet CASS 15, PSRs and EMRs.
• Represent the business during external safeguarding audits and respond to findings.
• Maintain the Safeguarding Resolution Pack in line with CASS 10A.
• Act as secretary to the monthly Safeguarding Forum and prepare forum pack.
• Maintain breach and issue logs and escalate risks.
• Develop safeguarding training for operational teams and board.
• Drive automation of reconciliations using Aurum tool.
• Oversee month-end reconciliations and produce management information.

Skills

Regulatory financial services

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Education

Accounting qualification (or working towards)

Tools

Aurum

Job description

ALF Recruit have been retained to recruit a CASS & Reconciliations Manager for a well-established, FCA regulated fintech business based in Manchester.

What you’ll get

• £52,000 – £58,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working (1 day a week in the office)
• 23 days holiday rising to 28 with service, plus bank holidays
• Extra days off for your birthday, charity work and wellbeing
• Company pension
• Employee assistance programme and virtual GP
• Free parking for office days

What you’ll be doing

• Leading, coaching and developing the safeguarding and reconciliations team
• Daily review and approval of the safeguarding reconciliation, funding and settlement bank transfers
• Making sure safeguarding arrangements meet CASS 15, the Payment Services Regulations and the Electronic Money Regulations
• Representing the business during external safeguarding audits, from fieldwork and sample requests through to management responses and closing out findings
• Maintaining the Safeguarding Resolution Pack in line with CASS 10A
• Acting as secretary to the monthly Safeguarding Forum and producing the forum pack, covering month end positions, timing differences, breaches and diversification of funds
• Maintaining breach and issue logs, assessing risk and escalating where needed
• Building safeguarding training for operational teams, forum members and the Board
• Driving further automation of reconciliations through the Aurum reconciliation tool
• Overseeing month end reconciliations and producing management information

What we’re looking for

• Experience managing safeguarding and/or reconciliations within a regulated financial services business
• Strong working knowledge of CASS 15, CASS 10A, the PSRs and EMRs
• Experience leading and developing a team
• Experience supporting external safeguarding audits
• Confidence presenting to senior management and the Board
• Experience with automated reconciliation tools (Aurum or similar)
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and advanced Excel

Desirable

a payments, e-money or banking background, experience of system migrations, and an accounting qualification or working towards one.

If you’re a safeguarding or reconciliations professional who wants real ownership of the CASS agenda, this is well worth a conversation.