JOB PURPOSE

The role holder is responsible for maintaining custody of cash in the branch and the strong room.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage counter services to ensure efficient service is delivered to customers.
• Manage ATMs to ensure that they are operational at all times and replenished with new/serviceable notes.
• Maintain custodian cash in the branch and the strong rooms
• To ensure that cash holding limits are maintained both in reserve and with the cashier’s tills.
• To authorize cash payments and withdrawals above the Section Heads’/cashiers’ limits.
• To monitor and provide adequate currency notes to cashiers for counter service.
• To ensure that cash held is adequately insured at all times.
• Control and supervise the confirmation and sealing of cash deposited by cashiers into reserve.
• Control and maintain reserve cash within approved limits for the branch.
• Collect or receive excess foreign currency from cashiers for lodgement.
• Supervise confirmation and packing of foreign currency for repatriation.
• Respond to cash related customers’ correspondence.
• Ensure that customers’ cash requisitions are prepared promptly.
• Ensure that customers’ cash vouchers together with relevant cash summaries are ticked for validation purposes.
• Take stock of cash in the safe and ensure that soiled notes and excess local or foreign currency in reserve are repatriated.
• Make follow up on any cash related suspense entries.
• Lodge cash in the strong room whenever necessary.

 DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Responsible for cash movements into and out of the reserve
2. Ensure maintenance of proper records and control of the following registers
3. Reserve cash register.
4. Foreign currency register
5. Cross entries.
6. Lodge cashiers till in the safe at end of the day.
7. Ensure that cashiers balance their cash against cash analysis reports on a daily basis
8. Ensure preparation of the overall cash summary on a daily basis.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

1. Excellent customer relations.
2. Analytical thinking and decision making.
3. Be a dependable person that goes the extra mile.
4. Strong qualities –visionary, honest and personal integrity.
5. Ability to deliver appropriate training to immediate staff and across functional business lines.
6. Challenging mentality and creativity to provide effective product solutions influenced by demand.
7. Team player.

SKILL REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE THE ROLE:

• Knowledge in IT and internet software.
• Understand the functions of the internal computer system.
• Excellent communication skills.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

•  Bachelor's Degree in a Business Related Field