Rec & Proofing Analyst

Citi; India; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Rec & Proofing Analyst 1 to support reconciliation activities and team coordination in a demanding environment.

The role focuses on task allocation, issue resolution, and process improvements while maintaining strong stakeholder communication and client relationships. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required, with 6+ years in reconciliation or accounting experience.

Qualifications

• 6+ years reconciliation or accounting experience.
• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills.
• Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience with recon-based applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Allocate daily tasks to Recon & Proofing Analyst(s).
• Research unmatched reconciliation breaks and drive resolution.
• Follow up for closure of aged open breaks.
• Perform calibration on a bi-weekly interval.
• Maintain performance metrics to track defects and productivity.
• Ensure the team meets SLA targets and maintains quality.
• Motivate the team towards achieving business objectives.
• Support training for new staff; ensure training/parallel run planning with no delivery impact.
• Plan leaves, backups, and training of the workforce.
• Ensure tracking and timely resolution of issues/exceptions.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Maintain good client relationships and positive perception.
• Bridge knowledge gaps among teammates.

Skills

Reconciliation

Accounting

MS Excel

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Multitasking

Client liaison

Audit readiness

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Rec & Proofing Analyst 1 is a trainee professional role. Requires a good knowledge of the range of processes, procedures and systems to be used in carrying out assigned tasks and a basic understanding of the underlying concepts and principles upon which the job is based. Good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area. The role is to ensure allocation of daily tasks to Recon & Proofing Analyst, Identify and execute process improvements, ensuring accurate & timely resolutions of issues and exception raised and motivate the team towards achieving business objective. Makes evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information. They are expected to resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. Must be able to exchange information in a concise and logical way as well as be sensitive to audience diversity. Limited but direct impact on the business through the quality of the tasks/services provided. Impact of the job holder is restricted to own job.

Responsibilities:

• Allocation of daily tasks to Recon & Proofing Analyst
• Researching on unmatched reconciliation breaks
• Following up for closure for all aged open breaks
• Performing calibration on Bi-Weekly interval
• Maintain performance metrics to track defects, productivity
• Ensure the team provides the best productivity to meet SLA targets
• Motivate the team towards achieving business objective
• Support training for new staffs. Ensure training and parallel run are well planned and executed without impact on delivery
• Effective planning of leaves, backups, trainings of the workforce
• Ensure tracking, accurate and timely resolutions of issues and exception raised
• Identify and execute process improvements
• Maintain good Client relationship & perception
• Bridge the knowledge gaps of the teammates
• Work collaboration with the team and the manager
• Assist unit for audit preparation and necessary actions for clean audit results
• Support in Performing daily, weekly and monthly cash and position reconciliations including data entry for general ledger entries as and when required
• Maintain communication lines with all stakeholders to keep them informed and to elevate any risks and/or issues appropriately and in a timely manner

Qualifications:

• 6+ years reconciliation or accounting experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong computer skills with advanced knowledge of MS EXCEL
• Good written/oral communication skills
• Organized and ability to multitask
• Flexible – ability to handle changing priorities
• Ability to liaise with demanding clients/service teams
• Ability to work independently within a team environment
• Exposure to recon based applications such as TLM, Recon Portal, Frontier, etc., this will be an added advantage
• Experience in a control, process or reconciliation environment and people management experience adds advantage

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Job Family Group:

Operations - Transaction Services

Job Family:

Reconciliation and Proofing

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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