Specialty Reconciliation Officer

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Specialty Reconciliation Officer (Global)

**Job Location: -**Cardiff, United Kingdom**:
**Job Type**:Permanent**:
**Remuneration**: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications**:
**Join Sedgwick as our Specialty Reconciliations Officer - a newly created role at the heart of financial integrity across our global Aviation and Marine portfolios.**:
We are excited to introduce a newly created role within our UK Finance team**:Specialty Reconciliations Officer (Global)**. This position plays a vital role in safeguarding client funds and ensuring financial accuracy across our Global Aviation and Marine portfolios.

This position is responsible for reconciling bank accounts, held in trust, against underlying ledgers and ensuring clients receive accurate, timely, and well-presented financial information for the claims portfolios managed by Sedgwick.

As part of Sedgwick’s continued growth, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape and influence the design of internal processes and controls. You’ll be recognised for your contribution to establishing and delivering this new function, working closely with internal and external stakeholders including clients, global operations, and CRM teams, whilst supporting the Client Accounts Manager in key areas such as, quality assurance, and process improvement initiatives.

**Responsibilities include**:

- **Client Fund Protection**:Act as the gatekeeper and custodian of client trust accounts, ensuring all necessary measures are taken to protect client funds.
- **Reconciliation & Financial Accuracy**:Perform regular verification and reconciliation of bank accounts, ledgers, and financial operating data to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- **Client Relationship Management**:Serve as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring service delivery aligns with expectations and commitments.
- **Audit Support**:Contribute to the client audit process, including preparation, participation, and post-audit review.
- **Continuous Improvement**:Promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing process enhancements.
- **Other Duties**:Undertake other reasonable tasks as directed by the Client Accounts Manager, in line with the scope of the role. Have a flexible approach to working patterns to meet ad hoc needs in managing the specialty accounts.

**The skills you will have when you apply**:

- Strong understanding of client fund protection and commitment to accuracy.
- Exceptional attention to detail; zero tolerance for reconciliation errors.
- Proactive problem-solver with a focus on prevention.
- Ownership and accountability in all tasks.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence with financial data.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage competing priorities.
- Collaborative team player with clear communication.
- Continuous improvement mindset; challenges processes to drive change.
- Organised and able to prioritise effectively.
- Flexible and supportive of team needs.
- Discreet and professional with confidential information.
- Experience in global banking.
- Knowledge of financial controls in Aviation/Marine Insurance.
- Background in project management or department/workstream design.

**What we’ll give you for this role**:
**Remuneration & more**
- Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
- A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
- Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
- Flexible working from our office or your home

**Health & support**
- Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
- Group Income Protection

**Other benefits**
- Discounts on various products and services

**This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry**:
At Sedgwick, not only will you be working behind the scenes for some of the UK's most trusted insurance brands helping to resolve millions of claims every year, you'll also be an architect of tomorrow's insurance landscape with Sedgwick University. Our proprietary offering is the most comprehensive training and development program in the industry with more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue your formal education - all available to you starting from your very first day.

You'll join a community passionate about making a difference, where every role contributes to a larger mission; protect