POL00031827 - Post Office Operational Training & Development Presentation - Back Office 1 day course for Postmasters and anyone responsible for running a branch

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Operational Training & Development
Delivering Operational Excellence

Back Office

i day course for Postmasters and anyone
responsible for running a branch

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Introd uction

+ Name

* What is your role in Post Office?

+ 1 thing you hope to get out of today
* Icebreaker question

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Objectives

By the end of today you will be able to:

Complete travel and basic transactions using the
Horizon Online system and paired practise
scenarios

Complete daily, weekly & monthly accounting
activities using the Horizon Online system

Recognise the importance of good cash
management in your branch

Complete a remittance using the Horizon Online
system

Recall at least two useful Horizon reports that
may help you find discrepancies

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Getting started

+ Smart ID ~ new assistants and

annual compliance
« Log into Horizon Online
* Transaction Acknowledgments

« Physical security

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Travel money and basic transactions
Objective

By the end of this session, you will
be able to:

« Complete travel money and basic
transactions using the Horizon
Online system and paired practise
scenarios

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Time to practise

+ Travel Money
+ Travel Money Card
+ Basic transactions

+ Transaction reversals

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Daily accounting
Objective

By the end of this session, you will

be able to:

* Complete daily accounting
activities using the Horizon Online
system

* Recognise the importance of good
cash management in your branch

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Daily accounting

* End of day reports

* Cash declaration

Remember! There are other activities
you need to complete daily. What are
they?

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Cash Management
Cash IN Cash OUT

Cash remittances Cash remittances

Payments for
products and

Payments for
products and

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services services
Banking Banking
deposits withdrawals

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Successful Cash Management

The right At the right In the right
amount time place

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Cash Management & Planned Orders

When and how often should cash declarations be
made?

What’s meant by stock units accessed during the day?

What happens if you don't declare the cash for all
stock units accessed today?

What are the implications of not declaring cash
accurately?

What are the implications of holding too much cash?
What tool on Horizon do we use to manage our cash?

How do we amend a planned order for cash?

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Balance Period (BP) balance
Objective

By the end of this session you will

be able to:

+ Complete a Balance Period (BP)
balance using the Horizon Online
system

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What is a Balance Period (BP)?

+ What is meant by the term Balance
Period?

* How often can you rollover into a
new Balance Period?

+ What advantage is there to
completing a regular Balance
Period?

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Weekly balancing

Daily reports

Weekly reports

Check Stock on hand

Declare stamps

Declare currency

Declare cash

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Remittances and monthly accounting
Objective

By the end of this session you will be able to:

+ Complete a remittance using the Horizon
Online system

* Recall at least two useful Horizon reports
that may help you find discrepancies

+ Complete a Trading Period (TP) balance
using the Horizon Online system

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Remitta nces

* What is a remittance?
* What are the types of remittance?

+ After accepting a remittance,
what do you need to remember to
do?

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Monthly accounting

* What is a Trading Period (TP)?
+ Discrepancies

* Useful reports

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What is a Trading Period (TP)?

hat you do What you do r' What you do
qa a weekly (BP) each month (TP)

Daily reports Check stock < Postage labels
Cash declaration Stamp declaration $ uspense account
Balance Trading statement

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Discrepancies

If you find a discrepancy:

+ What you should and should not do
if you discover a discrepancy

+ Managing frequent discrepancies
Horizon Recovery Guide:

* What should you do if Horizon
Online freezes or becomes
disconnected from the data centre?

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Trading Period - Settle Discrepancies

There are several options at the end of the Trading Period to ‘make
good’ or settle any discrepancies:

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Useful reports

« Rems in / Rems out reports
« Suspense account

* Transaction log

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Time to practise

* Travel Money
* Travel Money Card

« Basic Transactions

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Observation: TP balance

Complete the Trading Period (TP)
balance using the Operational Training
Guide

* Daily reports

+ Weekly reports

+ Declarations

« Postage labels

+ Suspense account
+ Trading statement

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Your Post Office Learner Journey

Learning:

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In-Branch
Support:

On-Site
Trainer

Business
Support
Manager

Area
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Customer
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University

Distance
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Objectives

By the end of today you will be able to:

Complete travel and basic transactions using the
Horizon Online system and paired practise
scenarios

Complete daily, weekly & monthly accounting
activities using the Horizon Online system

Recognise the importance of good cash
management in your branch

Complete a remittance using the Horizon Online
system

Recall at least two useful Horizon reports that
may help you find discrepancies

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Dativring Operational Exclisnce

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