Job Title: Senior Reconciliations Associate Grade: G Department: Reconciliations Location: Liverpool Who we are: For over 235 years, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has been at the center of the global financial markets, providing the world’s leading institutions the tools, capabilities, and services to be distinctive investors. BNY Mellon has approximately $16.5 billion in revenues and a 23% return on tangible common equity. BNY Mellon is a leader in the world of investment services and investment management, and our businesses support the full range of stakeholders of the financial system including: Managing the custody of approximately $37 trillion financial assets of the world’s leading institutional investors, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and corporates Investing approximately $2 trillion as one of the largest global asset managers across a wide range of asset classes Providing collateral, liquidity, and funding for the world’s largest banks through our markets franchise Serving family offices and high net worth individuals through our wealth management franchise Providing a full suite of solutions to advisors, broker-dealers, family offices, hedge and '40 Act fund managers, registered investment advisor firms and wealth managers Advising large global corporations on a range of trust and other solutions Providing integrated managed data services to asset managers About BNY Mellon's Pershing BNY Mellon’s Pershing is a leading provider of clearing and custody services that is uniquely positioned to help complex financial services firms transform their businesses, drive growth, maximize efficiency, and manage risk and regulation. Wealth management and institutional firms outsource to Pershing for trading and settlement services, investment solutions, bank and brokerage custody, middle and back office support, data insights, and business consulting. Pershing brings together high-touch service, an open digital platform and the BNY Mellon enterprise to deliver a differentiated experience for every client. Pershing LLC (member FINRA, NYSE, SIPC) is a BNY Mellon company. With offices around the world, Pershing has over $2 trillion in assets and millions of investor accounts. Pershing affiliates include Albridge Solutions, Inc., Lockwood Advisors, Inc., an investment adviser registered in the United States under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Pershing Limited. Additional information is available on pershing.com, or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter @Pershing. What we do: Responsible for all of Pershing’s cash or security position reconciliations. Oversees all aspects of reconciliation, including system administration, testing and troubleshooting issues related to the reconciliation process. Performs more in-depth analysis of reconciliations, deciphering more complex exceptions and processing client accounts. The successful candidate will: Record and reconcile Pershing accounts using the in-house reconciliation system in line with FCA, CBI and JFSC regulations. Build strong and detailed System and Process knowledge in order to resolve complex reconciliation issues over all streams of reconciliations. Assists Lead representative in order to meet multiple, high pressure deadlines. Ensures all external statements have been received and formatted for the reconciliation system as required. Ensures completion of various Manual Reconciliations which are performed daily. Reviews and publishes Client reporting showing excellent attention to detail and foresight. Works closely with the Offshore Team colleagues to ensure smooth running of daily schedule. Builds and maintains good relationships with various external Custodian, Agent Bank and Fund Managers who provide data for reconciliation. Fosters good internal relationships to ensure that issues are dealt with timely and accurately. Proficient with formulas, Lookups and Pivot tables in Excel to perform manual reconciliation and reporting. Identifies differences and discrepancies in reconciliations and resolves or escalates appropriately. Monitors resolution of breaks and confidently challenges and escalates when necessary. Assist the Lead Representative in resolving client queries when required. Assist Manager in exceeding KPI targets set for whole team. Cross trains other team members as required to ensure full task coverage. Demonstrates Risk Management awareness and escalates accordingly. Understands and monitors the department Control Models and escalates any discrepancies. Provides some administration functions such as Mailbox management, data collation and scanning. Proactively seeks opportunities to improve processes. Positively adapts to change in Systems or processes. Any other duties as required Qualifications Experience & Qualifications: High School/secondary school or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Bachelors degree preferred. 3-5 years of total work experience preferred. Experience in brokerage/banking operations preferred. BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums. Primary Location: United Kingdom-Merseyside-Liverpool Job: Operations Internal Jobcode: 70609 Organization: Pershing International-HR16947 Requisition Number: 2112914