Banking Careers – Branch Operations Support Officer Career at Barclays

Organisation: Barclays Bank
Duty Station:  Masaka, Uganda
About Barclays
Africa:
Barclays Africa encompasses Barclays Global Retail
Banking, Corporate Banking, and Barclaycard operations in 10 countries
organised in four geographic areas: North Africa (Egypt), East and West Africa
(Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya), 
Southern Africa (Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and Indian Ocean
(Mauritius and Seychelles).
Barclays Africa serves its 2.8m customers through a
network of 573 branches and service centres providing a variety of traditional
financial products including retail mortgages, current and deposit accounts,
commercial lending, unsecured lending, credit cards, treasury and investments.
Job Summary: The Branch Operations Support Officer will serve as the authorizer
for transactions, custodian, and interface with back-office so that frontline
staff do not have to leave their desks and assist the Branch Operations
Manager/officer with administrative duties in the branch.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
1. Operational Rigour & Compliance: 40%
Controls management:
  • Authorize cashier
    transactions above the Branch Support limits.
  • Resolve customer queries
    escalated from anywhere in the branch and those received directly – direct
    enquiries are received primarily by telephone as the Branch Operations
    Manager is not in the frontline.
  • Resolve pay/no pay
    decisions above the transaction limit of the Retail Support and coach them
    on decisions which they are not yet comfortable to make.
  • Complete branch call over
    procedures.
  • Carry out snap checks as
    assigned
  • Hold keys for safe
    custody boxes, act as second custodian when customers deposit or retrieve
    items together with the Branch Coordinator. Receive or release safe custody
    items to customers as required.
  • Monitor daily cashier
    differences by reviewing the systems reports and raising any issues
    identified with the Operations Manager/Officer.
  • Compile and submit
    monthly summary of the cash differences for the Branch Operations
    Manager/Officer.
  • Ensure adherence and
    compliance to KYC requirements
  • Submission of periodic
    data(MI Dashboard, branch and ATM cash positions) and other ad hock
    reports
  • Maintain daily controls
    checklist
  • Adhere to BOPM for all
    processes
  • Adhere to the Records
    Management policy
2. Business & Sales Management 10%
  • Drive the Leads and FX
    strategy for the tellers
  • Receive, open and sort
    internal mail not marked confidential and deliver to the relevant area for
    follow-up action.
  • Ensure that all outgoing
    mail from the branch is collected by the external provider daily. Follow
    up with the provider when items are not collected as per schedule.
  • Complete
    monthly/quarterly/yearly returns for signoff by branch Operations manager.
    Returns include leave, cashiers productivity, business continuity, aged
    analysis, check book returns and others as required.
  • Rigorously interact
    regularly with internal service providers (e.g. KYC Helpdesk, Operations
    Processing Centre, Loans Processing Centre) to ensure fast and efficient
    service to customers.
3. People Management: 30%
  • Regularly discuss and
    review direct reports performance, development, training and resourcing
    issues with the Branch Operations Manager
  • Build and develop a high
    performing team through embedding performance development, coaching and
    feedback to direct reports in order to develop them
  • Oversee End-to- End
    Performance Development process of Direct reports
  • Determine and manage
    Training Needs Analysis and Succession plans for direct reports
  • Work closely with the
    Branch Operations Manager to managing resource requirements in the
    tills. 
  • Review patterns of staff
    attendance, based on monthly absence statistics (annual leave, sick leave,
    family responsibility leave, maternity leave, study leave etc.).
  • Sign off leave requests
    received from direct reports and ensure Branch Operations Manager is aware
    of all planned leave. 
  • Initiate discipline
    charges when required and escalate to the Branch Operations Manager for
    further action.
  • Deputize the Branch
    Operations Manager when called upon.
4. Customer Service: 15%
  • Act as the key point of
    contact for escalating all back office inquires to the relevant operations
    department and tracking turn-around time on resolution.
  • Sort mail coming from
    customers and handover all mail containing complaints to the Banking Hall
    Executive for further follow-up.
  • Respond in writing to
    inquires only (not complaints or claims) where required using standard
    templates. All complaints are referred to the BOM/CTL for response. Fraud
    and claims issues need to referred to the branch manager.
  • Process all queries on
    dormant accounts through interfacing with operations as no information on
    dormant accounts is available in the branch.
  • Receive customer
    instructions   from the tellers  and process.
  • Ensure all customer
    contact points in the branch, including equipment (PCs, printers, notes
    counters, ATM’s, etc.) are of the highest service standard. ATM uptime has
    to be kept within 95% and any issues should be raised to the Channel
    Manager at head office.
  • Work in liaison with the
    BOM/CTL and Branch Manager, ensure that customers are directed to the most
    appropriate service delivery channel to meet their need e.g. cashiers,
    drop boxes ATM’s etc.
  • Manage remote and manual
    authorizations,
5. Community: 5%
  • Identify community
    initiatives to become involved in and support as part of Barclays
    community initiatives (such as Make a Difference Day, Local community
    initiative, Financial Literacy)
  • Promote community agenda
    within the branch to build pride within colleagues and customers
  • Perform any other duties
    as assigned from time to time.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience: 
  • The prospective Barclays
    employee must hold a High school diploma with Math and English passed at a
    higher grade
  • At least two to three
    years’ experience in a banking hall environment in multiple functions will
    be highly advantageous
  • The ideal candidate
    should have a high level of working knowledge of all the Bank’s retail
    products, procedures and policies
  • Some knowledge of branch
    processes and customer service will be highly preferred.
  • Past internal audit
    experience in a retail banking environment
  • Excellent communication
    skills especially verbal
  • Listening and questioning
    skills
  • Good PC keyboard skills
  • Good telephone skills
How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any of the above positions,
and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as outlined above, upload your
application letter, current curriculum vitae and photocopies of academic
certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Click
Here
-> Job Number (Type 00155752)
Barclays is an equal opportunity employer that
recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and rewards outstanding
performance, regardless of background and gender.
For queries contact us on 0417122453 or email:
barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  30th April, 2014

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