Senior Reconciliations Administrator (CASS)

Pursuit Recruitment Ltd; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Pension: company pays 10%

Life assurance: 4x salary

Income protection: 75% of salary

Private medical insurance (BUPA)

Dental insurance (BUPA)

Gym subsidy

Season ticket loan

Salary sacrifice: Cycle to Work/Phone/

Flexible benefits

Development: ongoing CASS/Operations培训

Job summary

Pursuit Resources Group is seeking a Senior Reconciliations Administrator (CASS) in Chelmsford to join the CASS team. The role focuses on producing accurate client money bank reconciliations in line with FCA CASS requirements and related reporting.

You will investigate reconciliation breaks, manage daily sweep calculations, and support audits while mentoring colleagues and ensuring robust procedures. A permanent full-time position with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with bank reconciliations in a regulated financial services firm.
• Solid knowledge of CASS rules, especially client money (CASS 7).
• Proven ability to investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks.
• Strong communication skills across all levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate, on-time external client money reconciliations per FCA CASS requirements.
• Complete firm bank reconciliations and associated reporting.
• Investigate, log, and escalate breaks and outstanding items until resolved.
• Run daily sweep and prudent segregation calculations.
• Maintain and improve reconciliation procedures and templates.
• Train and mentor colleagues to cover holidays and absences.

Skills

Bank reconciliations

CASS rules knowledge

Investigation & problem solving

Communication

Organisation & attention to detail

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Further financial services qualifications (bonus)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Reconciliations Administrator (CASS)

Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Salary: Upto £40,000 + excellent benefits
Contract: Permanent, full-time

About the opportunity:

Pursuit is working with a well-established wealth management firm to recruit a Senior Bank Reconciliations Administrator for its CASS team.

What you'll be doing:

• Producing accurate, on-time external client money bank reconciliations in line with FCA CASS requirements
• Completing the firm’s own bank reconciliations and the reporting that goes with them
• Investigating, recording and escalating breaks and outstanding items, and working with teams across the business until they’re cleared
• Producing the daily sweep and prudent segregation calculations
• Keeping reconciliation procedures, templates and process notes up to date and improving them
• Training and mentoring colleagues and cross-training them so holidays and absences are covered
• Managing bank statement downloads, filing and reconciliation records
• Processing stopped cheques
• Supporting the annual CASS audit and answering information requests

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of bank reconciliations in a regulated financial services firm, using a reconciliation system or tool
• A good working knowledge of the CASS rules, particularly CASS 7 (client money)
• A track record of finding, investigating and resolving reconciliation breaks
• Confidence dealing with people at every level of the business, and the ability to push for improvements
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing deadlines
• Good skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English. Further financial services qualifications would be a bonus.

What’s on offer:

• Holiday: 27 days a year
• Pension: the company pays in 10% and you don’t need to contribute
• Life assurance: 4x your salary
• Income protection: 75% of your salary if you’re off long-term through illness
• Private medical insurance: single cover through BUPA paid by the company, with the option to add your partner or family
• Dental insurance: optional cover through BUPA
• Gym: half the monthly membership paid by the company
• Season ticket loan: interest-free
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to Work, mobile phone, childcare vouchers and Give As You Earn, available after probation
• Flexible benefits: buy extra holiday, extra life cover or critical illness cover
• Development: ongoing training in a highly regarded CASS and Operations function