Tickets are posted to the Over/Short (O/S) General Ledger due to Out of Balance instances in offices and by Financial Accounting to correct errors in transaction processing.
O/S General Ledger (GL) account XX 560420 6315 000 images are required to be reviewed daily:
- Verify that all O/S tickets posted to the correct office by viewing the notes written on the item image.
- If posted to the incorrect office: Run a GL Transaction for the opposing Over/Short ticket with the offsetting Over/Short ticket to the correct offices O/S GL. Note: Contact that office before scanning these tickets to ensure the other office isn't duplicating the correction.
- In accordance with the Retail Performance Standards Policy any outage entry of $10.01 and above must be researched and corrected, although it is recommended that all entries are researched and corrected where possible.
- For coaching purposes, review all teller O/S entries and verify that all Recovery entries contain:
- The word: Recovery
- Date of original outage
- Transaction number that caused the original outage
- Brief description of what occurred
- Review all other O/S entries made by Retail Support, Financial Accounting, or any other department.
- The 10 business-day recovery period applies.
- Take the necessary steps to understand why the entry was processed and determine what needs to be done to make any application corrections.
- Pull the teller journal in Vertex and compare to Synergy report: Application: POD Report: PD2205. Compare differences between cash ins and cash outs on both reports.
- Locate the transaction in Vertex
- Pull the transaction from the work to review all items
- Locate the transaction in 4|sight
- Determine if the physical item amount differs from the amount the item was processed for.
- Not-on-us items are also available in 4|sight
- Determine if correction is addressed in the daily IEC report
- Review the client's account to confirm the transaction was posted correctly
- Determine the corrective action and contact the client
- Contact Retail Support if you need assistance
- If recovery requires a client's account to be debited or credited due to an error in cash, the client MUST be contacted, granting permission before any correcting entries can be made.
Note: Failure by the Lead Teller (LT), or the designated associate if the LT is not in the office, to review all over/short GL entries and resolve any outstanding issues within the 10 business-day recovery period, can result in a non-monetary posting on the LT's Performance Standards.