Job Title: WFM / Scheduling & Real-Time Analyst Payment Processing
Location: Nashik
Work Mode: Work From Office (WFO)
Experience: 25 Years
Shift: 247 Operations | Rotational Shifts
Job Description
We are looking for a data-driven WFM / Scheduling & Real-Time Analyst to support a high-volume payment processing operation handling 1M+ transactions per month. The role offers an opportunity to drive workforce optimization, real-time capacity management, operational efficiency and SLA performance in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Workforce Planning & Capacity Management: Forecast transaction volumes and calculate FTE requirements based on workload, productivity and SLA/TAT targets.
- Scheduling & Resource Optimization: Develop optimized staff schedules, manage shift coverage, breaks, weekly offs and schedule exceptions to ensure adequate capacity.
- Real-Time Management (RTA): Monitor intraday volumes, staffing, productivity and schedule adherence, taking proactive action to address capacity gaps.
- Transaction & Backlog Monitoring: Track incoming and processed transactions, pending inventory, backlog ageing and potential SLA/TAT breaches.
- Forecasting & Variance Analysis: Compare forecasted versus actual volumes and productivity, identify deviations and recommend corrective actions.
- SLA/TAT Performance Management: Analyze operational performance trends and identify the impact of staffing, absenteeism and productivity on service delivery.
- Advanced Excel & MIS Reporting: Build reports and dashboards using Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, charts and data analysis techniques.
- Shrinkage & Attendance Management: Monitor absenteeism, leave, planned/unplanned shrinkage and available productive capacity to minimize staffing gaps.
- Capacity Optimization: Recommend overtime, shift extensions, cross-skilled resource deployment and schedule adjustments based on business demand.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Operations, Quality, Training and WFM teams to communicate risks, resolve capacity issues and improve operational outcomes.
- Process Improvement & Analytics: Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy, scheduling efficiency, resource utilization and reporting processes.
- Scenario Planning: Support capacity modelling for volume spikes, productivity changes, new process launches and changing business requirements.
Required Skills & Experience
- 2 to 5 years of experience in WFM, Scheduling, Real-Time Management (RTA), Workforce Planning or Capacity Planning.
- Strong understanding of FTE calculations, forecasting, productivity, shrinkage, backlog management and SLA/TAT.
- Advanced MS Excel skills and the ability to analyze large datasets.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in payment processing, transaction processing, healthcare RCM, claims processing or back-office operations is preferred.
- Exposure to WFM tools such as NICE, Verint, Calabrio or Genesys WFM, and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau, will be an advantage.