Treasury Operations VP – London

OPERATIONS

Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to provide banking, securities, and asset management services to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and controls to preserve and enhance the firm’s assets and its reputation. For every new product launched and every trade executed, it is Operations that develops and manages the processes and controls that enable business flow.

YOUR IMPACT

The individual will assist the Payment Ops team to build appropriate flows and processes to support project Mango.

Seeking to hire industry talent previously worked under a self-clearing / direct settlement model, ideally at an agent bank within Cash Management. Talent being sought includes deep SME knowledge across the operational support of payment settlement events (recalls, amendments, tracers).

Payments, Ledgers, and Controls (PLC) is a global, multi-faceted and cross product team within Operations. The primary objective of the team is to deliver smooth payments execution and reconciliation, and tying it back to tight ledger integrity. Payments, Ledgers, and Controls have regional presence in Salt Lake City, New York, London, Warsaw, Bangalore, Singapore, and Tokyo.

OUR IMPACT

Payment Operations serves as the firm’s central bank for processing and managing all incoming and outgoing cash movements, and monitoring transactions for compliance to legal and regulatory requirements. Our team also works actively in the payment regulation and payment infrastructure space.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Actively assist to develop an overall payments strategy as the industry evolves alongside our new business needs. The ideal individual will assist the management team to build our next generation payment capabilities and operational support model
• Establish and oversight of appropriate payment functions in EMEA including investigations, repairs, cancellations, and customer funding flows
• Work with the business to resolve cash settlement exceptions / issues and FX unwinds

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of professional and relevant payments experience. Technical knowledge in payments landscape (Target, SEPA, FPS, CHAPS, FPS, ACH, Fedwire, SWIFT) and general cash management is expected
• BA/BS degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidate must be proactive, enthusiastic and team oriented 
• Ability to remain composed under pressure 
• Ability to prioritize and make decisions in a fast-paced environment 
• Accuracy and attention to detail 
• Strong client service orientation 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Adapt to new changes and new challenges 
• Strong analytical skills 
• Well developed organizational skills

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