Settlements Officer (Business Admin Apprenticeship)
Your role
The Access Bank Apprenticeship program provides ambitious and talented individuals with an alternative route to a career in Banking. You'll earn a salary working whilst completing training for a recognised qualification.
You'll be joining a diverse dynamic team of individuals and a bank with an Investors in People (IIP) Platinum status. At The Access Bank UK Ltd, we have a clear purpose – we develop our people to become world-class professionals.
You need to have completed your A-levels or equivalent along with a level 5/6 in English Language and Maths GCSE.
Duties
- Inputting Treasury settlements.
- Processing FX, Money Markets, Securities and Savings products.
- Inputting/processing/authorising payments from a range of business areas including Trade Finance and Investment Operations.
- Processing and maintenance of Trade Finance and Mortgage loans products.
- Dealing with Bank-to-Bank enquiries.
- Providing cash management support to Treasury Front Office.
- Producing and submitting various external reports resulting from the Treasury activity being conducted.
- General database maintenance.
- Carrying out Payment investigations.
- Providing back-office support and service on banking operations.
You will have the following behaviours and competencies:
The desire to learn with demonstrable evidence of self-learning outside of studies
- Ability to display clear motivation for exploring a career within the Bank
- Ability to demonstrate capacity for creative thinking, problem solving and the ability to deal with competing priorities
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to interact with a variety of people
- Displaying evidence of strong teamwork
About your Apprenticeship
Whilst on the Apprenticeship scheme 20% of your time will be dedicated to ‘Mandatory Apprenticeship Hours’, which can include attending workshops, shadowing, reading, completing assignments etc. This means 80% of your role is applying your learning in the workplace, in a safe environment.
We are guided by our Core Values:
- Excellence
- Innovation
- Passion for Customers
- Professionalism
- Empowered Employees
- Leadership
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
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Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
- We put 10% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself.
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 27 days after 2yrs service, and 29 days after 5 years
- Company funded Employee Assistance Programme
- Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit
- Share in Access Bank success by investing in our share plans after 5 years of service
As an equal opportunities employer, The Access Bank UK Ltd is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Access Bank UK Ltd.
