Reconciliations Administrator

Location: Douglas, Isle of Man

About the role:

Are you highly organised, detail-oriented and looking to build your career within Finance Operations?

We're looking for a Reconciliations Administrator to join our team and play a key role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. You'll be responsible for preparing balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and supporting strong financial controls across the business.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a keen eye for detail who enjoys problem-solving, working collaboratively with others and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. Whether you're looking to develop your existing reconciliation experience or take the next step in your finance career, you'll be part of a supportive team where your contribution truly matters.

Key responsibilities:

As a Reconciliations Administrator, you will:

• Prepare and complete allocated balance sheet reconciliations accurately and within agreed deadlines, ensuring compliance with established controls and procedures.
• Review source data, supporting documentation and reconciliation evidence to ensure accuracy, completeness and effective management of outstanding items.
• Investigate, resolve and appropriately escalate reconciling items, balance sheet discrepancies and outstanding queries.
• Maintain accurate financial records, supporting documentation and audit-ready evidence, ensuring clear audit trails at all times.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Finance, Operations and the wider business to obtain information, resolve issues and support timely reconciliation outcomes.
• Provide reconciliation evidence, explanations and documentation to support internal and external audit requirements.
• Support the integrity of underlying accounting records by identifying discrepancies, documenting actions and following issues through to resolution.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen controls, increase automation, improve efficiency and simplify ways of working.

Skills, knowledge & experience:

Technical Skills:

We're interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Previous reconciliation experience, ideally gained within a finance, financial services, pensions, operations or process-driven environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• The ability to follow established processes, procedures and controls consistently.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve queries effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to build positive working relationships and collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Competency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• A willingness to learn new systems, processes and reconciliation tools.
• Experience within financial services, life and pensions or finance operations would be beneficial.

What we're looking for:

• Has a strong focus on quality, accuracy and getting things right first time.
• Takes ownership of their work and follows through on actions and outstanding queries.
• Is organised and able to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Works collaboratively and is comfortable seeking guidance when needed.
• Has a curious mindset and enjoys understanding how processes contribute to wider business outcomes.
• Proactively identifies and raises risks, issues or delays.
• Embraces change and is keen to support continuous improvement and more efficient ways of working.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for learning and developing new skills.

Why join us?

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable exposure to financial controls, reconciliation processes and stakeholder management within a collaborative and supportive environment. If you're detail-focused, motivated and eager to develop your career, we'd love to hear from you.

Our culture: 

At Zurich on the Isle of Man, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion. We want our people to bring their whole selves to the workplace and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, race, gender or sexual identity, beliefs, or culture. We are committed to treating all our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.    

We have an environment that places a real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support. We’re also committed to continuous improvement, and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.         

We’re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest-established corporate trusts in the UK. In that time, we’ve awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.    

So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.