Join a team where your payments expertise, leadership, and problem-solving mindset make a real difference every day. In Payment Operations, you will take ownership of daily cash operations while leading and developing a team to deliver accurate, well-controlled outcomes. This is a mid-to-senior level role suited for someone who brings solid hands-on experience, leads by example, and is motivated to improve how things get done in a fast-paced, globally connected environment.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and coach team members, setting clear expectations and supporting their growth and performance.
- Prepare and own daily reconciliations of nostro and wash accounts, investigating and resolving breaks within agreed timelines.
- Manage account maintenance end-to-end, including account setup, billing setup, and facility setup.
- Process client tax payments accurately and on time.
- Monitor and manage incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages.
- Conduct signature verification and call-back checks for payment and non-payment instructions in line with internal controls and segregation of duties.
- Maintain and update standard operating procedures to reflect the latest process changes and ensure team adherence.
- Identify repetitive manual tasks and design automated workflows to reduce turnaround time and minimize errors.
- Partner with lines of business to streamline collection and validation of required documentation.
- Support system enhancement testing and collaborate with technology teams to resolve issues.
- Monitor regulatory requirements and apply updates to daily processing activities.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in cash operations or payments within a financial institution.
- Proven people management experience, including leading, coaching, and developing a team in an operations environment.
- Strong understanding of controls and compliance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements relevant to payment operations.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and perform well in a high-volume environment.
- Risk and control mindset, with the ability to identify issues, elevate appropriately, and drive resolution.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement practical solutions.
- Good stakeholder management and project coordination skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English as the firm works with global stakeholders
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in account services, payments, or reconciliation functions within banking operations.
- Proven ability to investigate and resolve nostro and wash account breaks, including root-cause analysis.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and data cleaning.
- Comfort working with large datasets with attention to field-level details such as value dates, references, and routing codes.
- Basic understanding of cash management products and anti-money laundering regulations.
- Familiarity with automation tools or process improvement methodologies.