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Banking Careers – Branch Operations Support Officer Career at Barclays
Organisation: Barclays Bank
Duty Station: Masaka, Uganda
About Barclays
Africa:
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).
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.
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.
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:
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:
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:
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)
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.
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
barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline: 30th April, 2014
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