Manager – Reconciliations Control & Governance
Role Purpose
The Manager – Reconciliations Control & Governance is responsible for strengthening the control setting, governance framework, and operational integrity of reconciliation processes across multi-entity, multi-currency financial/Treasury operations.
The role will focus on ensuring reconciliations are accurate, timely, and compliant with applicable regulatory requirements, including FCA client asset (CASS) and global safeguarding frameworks including DFSA, ASIC, FMA and other. It will play a key role in reducing operational risk, improving consistency, and enhancing transparency across end-to-end reconciliation processes.
Key Responsibilities
Reconciliation Control & Oversight
- Own and maintain the end-to-end reconciliation control framework across bank accounts, client money, broker positions and payment flows
- Perform and oversee complex reconciliations involving:
- High-volume payment transactions, Multi-currency FX settlements and conversions,
Inter company and client asset movements and reconcile cash and positions with the Brokers/Liquidity Providers
- Ensure timely completion of reconciliations in line with regulatory (CASS/Safeguarding) and strict internal timelines
- Establish and enhance matching logic and exception management processes
- Generate and distribute daily MI confirming completion of the daily internal and external Safeguarding reconciliations to the Safeguarding Committee including up keep and reporting of Key Risk Indicators.
- Perform/Oversee regulatory returns of client assets across the Group entities
- Lead/Assist reconciliations and Treasury payment automation projects across the firm
- Close collaboration with Treasury/Operations on cash management aspects and ensure Safeguarding accounts and Treasury movements are executed in a timely manner
- Responsible for drafting policies and procedures for the areas responsible.
- Oversees Annual Client A