Card Controller Responsibilities

The Card Controller is responsible for:

  • Keeping an up to date record of current GPC Cardholders and Card Officers
  • Keeping records of the Cardholders and Card Officers declarations
  • Keeping electronic copies of Cardholders monthly statements and paperwork for Audit scrutiny
  • Meeting with Audit when requested and providing the Cardholders statements and paperwork where requested
  • Checking each month that Cardholders and Card Officers are complying with policy and procedures and maintaining the correct documentation
  • Contacting the Cardholder and the Card Officer when monthly statements and paperwork are not received within 5 working days from receipt of the Royal Bank of Scotland statement
  • Random checks of the Cardholder monthly statement against Smartdata
  • Ensuring the monthly consolidated RoS statement is checked against individual statements and passed to Finance in time for the payment date
  • Issuing application forms to the Card Officer for completion by the proposed Cardholder
  • Monitoring spend from GPC Macro File for suppliers and card users
  • Accumulating supplier spend from GPC statements and advise the Head of Procurement where contracts may be beneficial to RoS
  • Informing the Cardholder and the Card Officer of any requirements, concerns or changes to policy or procedures
  • Addressing or escalating any breaches of policy and procedures