Associate Team Lead - Treasury

Keka Inc.; Bengaluru; Sur place; INR 1 500 000 - 2 500 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Keka Inc. in Bengaluru, India, is seeking an experienced payments and treasury operations professional to manage end-to-end APAC payments, receipts, and treasury activities. You will ensure maker-checker controls, coordinate with banks and internal teams, and maintain strict compliance with payment policies.

The role requires 5–8 years in payments or treasury, a finance-related degree, strong Excel skills, and ability to work across currencies and regulatory environments.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of relevant experience in payments, treasury, cash management, or financial services.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel; experience with automation/reporting tools is an advantage.

Responsabilités

• Manage end-to-end processing of domestic and international payments across APAC markets.
• Review and validate payment instructions, supporting documentation, beneficiary details, and approval requirements.
• Process wire transfers, SWIFT payments, local payments, urgent payments, and internal fund transfers.
• Perform maker-checker controls and ensure payments are released within defined SLAs.
• Validate payment details against approved instructions and established operating procedures.
• Investigate and resolve payment exceptions, rejected payments, returned payments, and failed transactions.
• Coordinate with banks, internal teams, counterparties, and clients on payment-related queries.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, delegated authorities, and payment controls.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Deadline management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics

Outils

SWIFT

Bank portals

Kyriba

Bloomberg / Reuters

Description du poste

• Manage end-to-end processing of domestic and international payments across APAC markets.
• Review and validate payment instructions, supporting documentation, beneficiary details, and approval requirements.
• Process wire transfers, SWIFT payments, local payments, urgent payments, and internal fund transfers.
• Perform maker-checker controls and ensure payments are released within defined SLAs.
• Validate payment details against approved instructions and established operating procedures.
• Investigate and resolve payment exceptions, rejected payments, returned payments, and failed transactions.
• Coordinate with banks, internal teams, counterparties, and clients on payment-related queries.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, delegated authorities, and payment controls.

Receipts & Cash Management

• Monitor and process incoming receipts, investor receipts, client collections, and other cash inflows.
• Identify and allocate receipts to the appropriate accounts, funds, entities, or transactions.
• Investigate unidentified and unmatched cash receipts and coordinate resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor daily cash positions across multiple bank accounts and currencies.
• Track expected inflows and outflows and identify potential cash shortfalls or excess balances.
• Support cash forecasting and liquidity management activities.
• Coordinate intercompany and inter-account fund transfers.

Treasury Operations

• Perform daily treasury activities including cash positioning, liquidity monitoring, funding, and bank account management.
• Prepare daily cash position and liquidity reports for management.
• Support short-term cash forecasting and funding requirements.
• Monitor bank balances, overdrafts, credit facilities, and cash movements.
• Support foreign currency cash management and FX-related operational activities.
• Coordinate with Treasury, Finance, Operations, and Front/Middle Office teams for funding requirements.
• Assist with opening, closing, and maintaining bank accounts and authorized signatory records.
• Support bank mandate and documentation management.
• Perform daily/monthly bank reconciliations and investigate outstanding or aged items.
• Research cash breaks and coordinate with relevant teams for timely resolution.
• Ensure accurate recording of cash movements in accounting/treasury systems.
• Perform control checks over payment batches, bank statements, and cash transactions.
• Maintain appropriate audit trails and supporting documentation.
• Identify operational risks and escalate exceptions in accordance with established procedures.
• Support internal and external audits and provide required documentation.

APAC Market Experience

Experience supporting APAC banking and financial markets is preferred, including exposure to markets such as:

• Hong Kong
• Japan
• China
• India

Knowledge of local payment mechanisms, banking cut-offs, currencies, holidays, settlement timelines, and regulatory/control requirements across APAC markets will be an advantage.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience in payments, treasury, cash management, banking operations, fund operations, or financial services.
• Strong understanding of payment processing and cash management.
• Experience with bank reconciliations and cash breaks.
• Good knowledge of domestic and international payment processes.
• Exposure to SWIFT / wire transfers / banking portals is preferred.
• Strong understanding of maker-checker and operational control frameworks.
• Experience working with multiple currencies and APAC markets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work within strict deadlines and cut-off times.
• Strong Excel skills; experience with automation/reporting tools is an advantage.

Preferred System Knowledge

• Treasury Management Systems
• Bloomberg / Reuters
• Kyriba or other Treasury Management Systems