Central Cash/Clearing Officer

Job Details

The role holder will support the delivery of efficient, controlled and client-focused Clearing, Central Cash, Posting and Validation services for Uganda, while helping to uphold service quality, operational risk standards, regulatory requirements and the Bank's values.

• Duty station: Kampala
• Employment type: Full time (8 hours per day)
• Base salary: Not disclosed

What we offer: In line with the Fair Pay Charter, Standard Chartered offers a competitive salary and benefits to support mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing, including:

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity leave (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), with a minimum of 30 days combined annual and public holiday.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, development courses, a global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values-driven organisation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support Clearing, Central Cash, Posting and Validation operations for the Bank.
• Process, validate, reconcile and monitor clearing transactions, customer cheques, electronic funds transfers and internal entries in line with Bank procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Support timely settlement of inward and outward clearing transactions, daily account reconciliations and review of exceptions or irregular cases.
• Contribute to process improvement, automation initiatives, service delivery and cost efficiency across Clearing, Posting and Validation activities.
• Identify, escalate and help resolve operational risk, conduct and compliance matters affecting the unit.
• Support stakeholder engagement with internal teams, auditors, regulators and banks represented in the clearing house.
• For manager-level opportunities, provide day-to-day leadership, oversight, team development and performance monitoring within the unit.

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Professional qualifications in Banking, Risk Management, Accounting, Finance or Operations Management (e.g. ACIB, Chartered Banker, ACCA, CPA, CIA or equivalent) are an added advantage.
• Experience in banking operations, preferably within clearing, cash operations, posting, validation, reconciliation or transaction processing.
• Experience in clearing operations, payments, cash management, reconciliation and banking operations is desirable.
• Strong understanding of banking products, customer mandates, operational procedures and service standards.
• Good working knowledge of operational risk, governance, controls, compliance and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to manage priorities, resolve exceptions, support process improvements and deliver within agreed service levels.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and customer service skills.
• For manager-level opportunities, leadership experience with the ability to guide, motivate, train and develop team members.