Trainee Cash Management Assistant

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters.

The Role

Working as part of the Pensions Administration Department in providing the provision of cash management services to deliver an efficient and effective service to LCP clients and their members as a member of the Cash Management Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Operation of client bank accounts
• Updating and maintaining client data
• Raising of beneficiary and third-party payments
• Bank reconciliations on a daily / weekly / monthly basis
• Analysis of bank charges and interest
• Liaising with banks to verify payments
• Answer queries from colleagues, partners &clients and 3rd party bodies via the telephone or other communication methods
• Producing monthly/quarterly or ad hoc income and expenditure reports
• Assisting with the installation of new clients onto the accounting system
• Assist with the preparation of mandates
• Regular review of department safes (cheque books and paying-in books)
• Assisting accountants with audits to allow accounts to be published within the legally prescribed timescales
• Prepare management reports for cash management statistics
• Provide assistance and support with ad-hoc team projects.

About You

The following skills and qualities are required:

• Numerate, accurate and detail orientated
• Initiative and common sense
• Can work well as part of a team, and on own initiative
• Good communication skills
• Well organised
• Excel to intermediate level

Some experience of cash management activity would be preferred but is not essential as full training will be provided

This job description describes the principal purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule and is not part of the contract of employment.

What's in it for you?

Take a look at our and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women's networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly) with options to buy &sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility.