Graduate Processing Officer in Northwich

The Access Bank UK is looking for ambitious and motivated graduates to start their career in the Banking industry. You will be part of an Investors In People Platinum award-winning organisation, where our people are our core asset and fundamental to our Bank’s continued development.

About the role:

The Processing Officer will report to the Processing Team Leader and will be part of a highly effective team, actively participating in the progression of the Bank as it enters the next stage of growth.

Duties:

• Take inbound and make outbound telephone calls and deal with enquiries appropriately.
• Check new account opening documentation received from Front Office teams.
• Process new and maturing Sensible Savings applications by post and online, performing the required Know your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) checks and issuing the appropriate correspondence to customers.
• Ensure that all of the Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering, KYC and CDD requirements are met and all relevant searches are carried out.
• Create new Customer Identification Files (CIFs) and new customer accounts.
• Perform all aspects of ongoing account maintenance including the setup of customer Internet Banking and other account facilities where appropriate.
• Open, sort and distribute mail received throughout the day.
• Send customer documentations including statements and process the monthly account maintenance charges to customer accounts.
• Process Visa debit card applications, ordering and dispatching Visa cards, conducting card loads and unloads and supporting customers on their queries.
• Issue audit responses when requested by internal or external parties.
• Provide support to the rest of the team, helping to ensure that all areas of work within the team are dealt with accurately and in a timely manner.

Person/Experience required:

• Educated to a degree level or have relevant Customer Service experience.
• A keen eye for detail and accurate and timely data inputting and administration.
• The ability to work under your own initiative and to strict deadlines.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with other areas of the bank including Compliance, Risk, Settlements and Relationship Management Team.

Why work with The Access Bank UK Ltd?

At The Access Bank UK, we are committed to helping our employees reach their full potential through providing continuous learning opportunities and the tools and training to help them grow. We encourage a sense of individual ownership whilst fostering team spirit and are firmly committed to the diversity of our workforce.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
• 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, increasing to 27 days after 2 years of 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.