About the role

  • Deputy Team Leader managing a team of up to 8 Analysts providing day-to-day services to ClearBank clients. Responsible for performance management and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Be responsible supporting your Team Leader to manage the performance of a team of up to 8 Analysts who provide day-to-day services to ClearBank clients, including query handling and management of sterling and multicurrency payment exceptions.
  • Support your Team Leader in the day-to-day team and work stream management and covering in their absence.
  • Work with the Team and Team Lead in maintaining the high level of service that we provide to our clients and ensuring that key SLAs are met.
  • Providing overall support and cover for your Team Leader to help manage the Team
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues across Client Services and Operations to deliver team and company-wide key objectives
  • Assisting with Client Service Review meetings and BAU meetings
  • Identifying processes and systems which can be improved to drive operational efficiency and work closely with relevant teams to see these ideas through to delivery
  • Ensuring controls are being operated within the team and ensuring QC/QA is being completed to support the development of Analysts through feedback
  • Be a point of referral for the Analysts to help them grow in their roles
  • Pro-actively manage workflows and raise escalations and concerns to include involvement with incident management
  • Supporting the Team Leader to deliver change initiatives and projects
  • Supporting with providing MI to support team performance and SLA adherence

Requirements

  • Experience of UK Payments, FX and international/cross border payments with working knowledge of payments messages, formats, and required scheme validations across each UK scheme (Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments essential)
  • A sound understanding of clearing and settlement processes for the major UK and EU payment schemes.
  • Experience of working in an Operations environment
  • A role model with a positive attitude to motivate the Analysts in the team
  • Can demonstrate some people management skills
  • A track record in handling complex and difficult situations with thought and confidence
  • Strong organisational skills: taking a clear, structured approach to planning and delivering activities and appropriately prioritising with a clear structured thought process
  • An ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining a high level of quality and competency
  • A customer centric mindset - looking to continually improve and do things differently to deliver an exceptional client service
  • Supporting change and transformation at pace

Benefits

  • We're flexible – We support a culture of flexibility which allows our employees to achieve a strong work-life balance.
  • Offices – Work in a way that works for you – whether that’s in the London office, at home, or hybrid.
  • Holiday – 27 days of annual leave per year, plus bank holidays.
  • Work abroad – You have the flexibility to work outside of the UK for up to 30 days in a rolling 12-month period.
  • Socials – Regular social events open to all.
  • Holiday swap – Option to swap your bank holidays to any other day of your choice.
  • Wellbeing – 24/7 employee assistance programme including mental health support, life assurance and income protection.
  • Bigger than ClearBank – Take a couple of days per year to do something that matters to you.
  • Healthy living – Private healthcare and discounted dental cover, with employee perks and discounts.
  • Family – Enhanced family-friendly leave.
  • Personal development – We offer personal development budgets, opportunities to take part in role-related training and unlimited LinkedIn Learning.

Job title

Deputy Team Lead – Client Services

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

Location requirements

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