Senior Financial Banking Officer

Vistra; Netherlands; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Vistra in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Financial Banking Services Officer to ensure timely payments and accurate documentation for clients. You will manage banking relationships, coordinate with financial services accountants and legal teams, and serve as a key contact for banks and client contacts.

The role reports to an Enterprise Service Manager and involves leading banking activities for the Funds business, including training junior staff and overseeing treasury tasks.

Formación

• 3-5 years of payment processing experience in banking.
• Strong English verbal and written communication; Dutch preferred.
• Regulatory knowledge of Dutch AML/CFTO requirements and related acts.

Responsabilidades

• Manage relationships with banks and client contacts.
• Ensure timely processing of payments and supporting documents.
• Open/close bank accounts in cooperation with the business.
• Maintain bank account access and authority with the team.
• Train and guide junior staff and oversee treasury activities.
• Monitor transactions weekly/monthly/quarterly.

Conocimientos

Payment processing

Banking relationships

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Planning & coordination

Educación

Bachelor (HBO) or equivalent

Herramientas

SWIFT knowledge

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra.

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction.

But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Senior Financial Banking Services Officer. Reporting to an Enterprise Service Manager, this full-time, permanent position is based in Amsterdam and offers local coverage, allowing you to make a significant impact on our Funds business and its growth.

Purpose of Role

As a Senior Financial Banking Services Officer, you are committed to ensuring all payments and supporting documents (e.g. approvals, invoices) for our clients are done in a timely and accurate manner. You will have a central role in global payments and will work closely together with financial services accountants, legal services lawyers and relationship managers. You will have to maintain an active relationship with our key-client contacts and take a leading role in external communications towards banks. The teams consist of energetic professionals that are eager to continuously challenge each other and develop themselves to bring out the best in the team and every individual. You will report into the Manager Accounting and provide a full range of banking and administration tasks and act as a resource for colleagues in the Private Equity team

Key Responsibilities

You will manage relationships with banks, client contacts and ensure systems are up to date and perform support on a variety of administrative-related activities. The main tasks are listed but not limited to:

• Preparation and/or reviewing payment orders;
• First point of contact for banking contacts;
• First point of contact for client in relation to payments and/or banking related matters;
• Managing the relationship with financial institutions and banks;
• Preparing the opening and closing of bank accounts in close cooperation with the business;
• Ensuring bank account access and authority is granted or retracted in close cooperation with the responsible team / contact persons;
• Act as system administrator on 300+ client bank accounts across multiple banks
• Close contact with other Vistra offices regarding bank account access for various banking items/activities.
• Providing training and guidance to junior staff
• Invoice and treasury management (transaction overviews);
• Weekly/monthly/quarterly transaction monitoring.

Attributes/Technical Skills

We are looking for a pro-active, persuasive new colleague, with a high focus on quality and client satisfaction. If you are the perfect candidate, you will have:

• Excellent command of the English and preferably Dutch language, verbal and written;
• 3-5 years’ payment processing in the banking industry (global high-volume single instruction experience is a pre)
• Regulatory Knowledge of Dutch legal requirements in relation to Transaction Monitoring within a Trust company, e.g. the Dutch Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act and the Dutch
• Trust Offices (Supervision) Act;
• Payments Industry Knowledge – understand the role of SWIFT in making payments and the different SWIFT message types;
• Experience being a senior transaction officer in the banking industry.
• Experience in training and guiding junior staff;
• Coordinating and planning skills;
• Excellent communication and people skills
• MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).

Relevant Experience

• 3-5 years of experience within the banking industry (global high-volume single instruction experience is a pre)

Education and Professional Qualification

• Bachelor (HBO) education or proven equivalent experience and knowledge

Our goal is to make this a great place to work where all our people can thrive. We hope you join us on this exciting journey!