Banking Job - Mandarin speaking Clearing Settlement Administrator - Banking - London - M

People First Team Japan/ピープルファーストチームジャパン; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in London is seeking a Mandarin speaking Clearing Settlement Administrator. The role involves processing payment instructions and requires fluency in Mandarin and English, as well as experience in banking operations. This permanent position offers competitive salary and is fully office-based.

Qualifications

• Fluent in both Mandarin and English is essential.
• Solid payment/clearing process experience within banking.
• Experience with trade services, SWIFT, and reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Process all correspondence payment instructions from clients.
• Monitor outstanding payment items and liaise with compliance teams.
• Perform account openings and closings in the system.

Skills

Fluent in Mandarin

Fluent in English

Experience with payment/clearing processes

Trade services experience

SWIFT experience

Good Microsoft Office skills

Job description

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Your New Job Title: Mandarin speaking Clearing Settlement Administrator - Banking

The Skills You'll Need: Mandarin and English fluent. Payment/clearing process, trade services and SWIFT experiences within banking. Work experience in handling structured Swift formatted payment instructions (including CHAPS, Faster Payment) in a banking environment

Your New Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

Fully Office Based

Perm

Start: ASAP

Reports to: Manager & Team Head of Clearing

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• are fluent in both Mandarin and English
• have Solid payment/clearing process experience within banking
• have trade services, SWIFT and reconciliation experiences within banking

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

• Process all correspondence payment instructions received from both internal and external clients of the Bank including agent banks in SCMS.
• Apply sound knowledge of Faster Payment, CHAPS, SWIFT MT format messages and ISO20022 SWIFT XML format messages when processing payment instruction in SCMS and FOVA.
• Actively monitor outstanding payment items and follow up with FCP compliance team on outstanding investigation. Engage and liaise with Nostro and Vostro Agent to address and resolve outstanding issues.
• Perform Vostro accounts opening and closing in system.
• Input accounting journal entries including interest, fees and charges in FOVA.
• Maintain and report daily Nostro positions to Funds Position Keeper.
• Remain vigilant regarding AML rules and procedures during routine working; all the CDD and AML checking in trade services and other product lines as required by the Bank’s policy.
• Keep all AML check evidence for audit trail purpose. Must report/escalate to MLRO for potential positive hit or suspicious transaction in accordance with the Bank’s AML policy.
• Conduct daily basic CASS review operation in accordance with established “policies’.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Payment/clearing process, trade services and SWIFT experiences within banking.
• Previously dealt with client transactions and any Mastercard/Visa payments.
• Previously monitored fund movements and update the position for both incoming and outgoing payments.
• Previously dealt with any internal Compliance enquiries and queries.
• Good Microsoft Office skills.

Job status: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Working hours: 9 to 5 with flexibility when necessary.

We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.