Payments Specialist

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Position Title: Payments Specialist

Job Summary:
 

• Accurate and timely processing of payments transactions to facilitate their immediate release to the beneficiaries or their posting to the beneficiaries’ accounts; performs other related functions; participates in establishing and implementing policies and procedures ensuring compliance to regulatory standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:
 

• Performs accurate and timely verification/processing of payments transactions from foreign/domestic branches/HO units/ subsidiaries/ tie-ups/ correspondent banks and domestic local banks
• Retrieves/processes payment files received from tie-ups website and domestic local banks via PESONet/PDDTS-EODN/PDDTS-RTGS-USD
• Perform uploading of rates provided by Treasury Group
• Prepares and sends tracers to foreign and domestic correspondents in case of error/discrepancy/funding issue is encountered in the payment files/orders and for other inward payments-related concerns.
• Coordinates with Specialized Accounting Department and other concerned units on unreconciled items such as inter-department, inter-branch and other float items for their immediate resolution.
• Prepares accounting entries covering all transactions processed manually by the department.
• Prepares required daily and monthly reports.
• Coordinates with branches and other units of the banks on the dispositions of payment orders that need special handling.
• Answers phone calls/queries from branches and other units of the banks regarding inward payments.
• Conduct Enhanced Due Diligence for above threshold transactions and sends tracer to branches via MS outlook and monitors reply
• Sends tracer to branches via MS outlook for transactions flagged in the SWIFT Sanction Screening and monitors reply.
• Prepares DM/CM tickets/ performs posting of payments related transactions via Mosaic.
• Participates in establishing and implementing policies and procedures ensuring compliance to regulatory standards in the performance of functions.
• Performs other related functions that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:

• Preferably graduate of business or finance course
• Fresh graduates and young professionals are welcome to apply
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a high sense of order and attention to detail;
• Proficient in essential Microsoft Office applications (powerpoint, word, excel, etc)
• Can work independently or as part of the team
• Amenable to work on shifting schedules, holidays, graveyard shifts and split offs

Other Details:

Rank: Rank & File

Unit: Enterprise Services Sector / Operations Group / Payments Operations Division / Inward Payments Department

Location: Metrobank Center, BGC, Taguig City