Banking Operations Analyst Central Operations

Axiom Path; Brea (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path, Inc. is seeking a Banking Operations Analyst to join the central operations team in Brea, California. The role focuses on processing and researching ACH transactions, reconciliations, and various account-maintenance tasks within a regulated banking environment.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication to interact with branches and internal teams while maintaining strict confidentiality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant banking, financial services, or back-office operations experience.
• Working knowledge of banking operations such as ACH processing, deposit operations, transaction research, reconciliations, account maintenance, check processing, or operational controls.
• Importance of accuracy, regulatory compliance, confidentiality, and established banking procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to research transaction discrepancies and resolve issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication when working with internal departments, branches, customers, and external organizations.
• Ability to prioritize multiple time-sensitive responsibilities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a structured operational environment.
• Adaptability to changing priorities, deadlines, and business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Process and research ACH transactions, returns, adjustments, encoding errors, non-posted items, stop payments, and other banking exceptions.
• Perform daily reconciliations and certifications involving official checks, general ledger accounts, controlled accounts, cash vaults, and operational reports.
• Support account maintenance activities, including dormant account reactivation, IRA transactions, account-name changes, and retirement-account servicing.
• Review large-dollar checks, returned items, chargebacks, Reg CC holds, NSF activity, levies, subpoenas, and other operational exceptions.
• Assist branches and internal teams with online banking, cash management services, telephone transfers, lockbox deposits, armored courier setup, and related operational requests.
• Research and resolve customer and internal inquiries while maintaining confidentiality and complying with banking policies and regulatory requirements.
• Complete departmental callbacks, report reviews, tax-related processing, escheatment activities, and other operational control procedures.

Skills

Banking operations

ACH processing

Check processing

Account maintenance

Reconciliations

Regulatory compliance

Operational controls

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

Banking Operations Analyst Central Operations

Brea, United States | Posted on 09/08/2026

Axiom Path is an AI-first recruiting and staffing firm delivering RPO, MSP, and direct-hire solutions to enterprise clients across the U.S. Our team of experienced recruiters, supported by purpose-built automation, moves faster and communicates better so clients get qualified talent sooner and candidates get a clear, responsive process from first contact to start date.

Job Description

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team

Join the central operations function of a global financial institution supporting critical banking services, transaction processing, account maintenance, regulatory activities, and branch operations. This team plays an important role in ensuring banking transactions are processed accurately, customer and branch needs are handled efficiently, and operational controls remain compliant with established policies and regulations. The environment requires strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage a broad mix of daily banking activities.

What s In Store For You

• Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099)


• Work directly within a banking operations environment supporting multiple transaction and account-servicing functions.


• Gain exposure to a broad range of central operations activities, including ACH, check processing, account maintenance, cash management, reconciliations, retirement accounts, regulatory holds, and operational compliance.


• Onsite position in Brea, California.


• Full-time schedule of approximately 40 hours per week.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Process and research ACH transactions, returns, adjustments, encoding errors, non-posted items, stop payments, and other banking exceptions.


• Perform daily reconciliations and certifications involving official checks, general ledger accounts, controlled accounts, cash vaults, and operational reports.


• Support account maintenance activities, including dormant account reactivation, IRA transactions, account-name changes, and retirement-account servicing.


• Review large-dollar checks, returned items, chargebacks, Reg CC holds, NSF activity, levies, subpoenas, and other operational exceptions.


• Assist branches and internal teams with online banking, cash management services, telephone transfers, lockbox deposits, armored courier setup, and related operational requests.


• Research and resolve customer and internal inquiries while maintaining confidentiality and complying with applicable banking policies and regulatory requirements.


• Complete departmental callbacks, report reviews, tax-related processing, escheatment activities, and other operational control procedures.

Do You Bring Proven Success in Banking Operations and Transaction Processing?

• Bring approximately 3 5 years of relevant banking, financial services, or back-office operations experience.


• Demonstrate working knowledge of banking operations such as ACH processing, deposit operations, transaction research, reconciliations, account maintenance, check processing, or operational controls.


• Understand the importance of accuracy, regulatory compliance, confidentiality, and established banking procedures.


• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to research transaction discrepancies and resolve operational issues.


• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills when working with internal departments, branches, customers, and external organizations.


• Be able to prioritize multiple time-sensitive responsibilities while maintaining close attention to detail.


• Work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a structured operational environment.


• Adapt comfortably to changing priorities, deadlines, and business requirements.