Payments Lifecycle Specialist – Liquidity & Automation

Hammerjack Pty Ltd; Taguig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hammerjack Pty Ltd is seeking a Payments Lifecycle Analyst to join the Cash Asset Management team, focusing on daily cash movement and intraday liquidity, while maintaining strong controls. You will monitor payment processing, investigate breaks, coordinate with banks and internal partners, and contribute to automation of cash processes.

You will work with global teams, handle time-sensitive tasks, and help drive improvements in efficiency and accuracy across treasury operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in cash operations within a financial institution.
• Knowledge of payment and messaging standards and platforms such as SWIFT and ISO 20022.
• Experience with real-time gross settlement and clearing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to perform cash reconciliations, investigate breaks, and drive issue resolution with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, including root cause identification under time constraints.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in time-sensitive, high-pressure environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including timely escalation and stakeholder updates.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and across shifting schedules, including weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Monitor intraday cash positions across nostro accounts to support adequate liquidity.
• Execute fund transfers across internal and external accounts in line with controls, guidelines, and cut-off times.
• Perform daily cash reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and drive timely resolution of cash breaks.
• Partner with treasury stakeholders to support intraday liquidity and funding decisions.
• Monitor clearing queues and payment processing platforms to support timely settlement and connectivity.
• Respond to operational issues by analyzing root causes and resolving payment delays, unmatched items, and posting exceptions.
• Analyze business line inflows and outflows to support funding decisions and cash forecasting.
• Support regression testing and controlled implementation of system enhancements related to cash processing.
• Contribute to business continuity readiness and participate in process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Build effective working relationships with key partners, including internal stakeholders and agent banks.

Skills

Cash operations

Liquidity operations

SWIFT ISO20022

Reconciliations

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder updates

Data analysis

Automation awareness

Cross-functional work

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

QlikView

Excel

Job description

Hammerjack Pty Ltd is seeking a Payments Lifecycle Analyst to join the Cash Asset Management team, focusing on daily cash movement and intraday liquidity, while maintaining strong controls. You will monitor payment processing, investigate breaks, coordinate with banks and internal partners, and contribute to automation of cash processes.

You will work with global teams, handle time-sensitive tasks, and help drive improvements in efficiency and accuracy across treasury operations.