Check Processing

Job Summary Payment Analyst – US Client – Check Item / Exception Processing

Skills and Qualification –

• Candidate should have minimum 1 to 5 Years of work experience in Payment Processing – Check Item/Exception processing preferably within a US Bank, investment adviser, or asset management firm.
• Good understanding regulation related to Checks
• Strong knowledge of Check clearing procedures.
• Expertise payment platforms – SCO Web or equivalent banking portals.
• Proficiency in bank account validation, exception handling, reconciliation, and settlement processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving payment failures, variances, and investigations.
• Understanding fraud control mechanisms, OFAC/AML compliance, and risk-mitigation procedures.
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and adherence to internal controls and dual authorization workflows.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with banks, vendors, auditors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in high-volume, deadline-driven environments while maintaining accuracy.

Key Deliverables:

• Execute end-to-end payment processing for Checks, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely settlement across domestic and international transactions.
• Prepare, validate, and transmit Check disbursement batches bank portals with required approval controls.
• Manage beneficiary/payee verification, bank detail validation (routing/IBAN/BIC), and adherence to dual control workflows.
• Monitor and process returns, rejects, and exceptions, check exceptions (stop payments, stale/altered checks).
• Conduct daily reconciliations of check registers against bank statements, resolving breaks with thorough root-cause analysis.
• Maintain cut off time adherence, ensuring timely release of check processing aligned with banking schedules and value dates.
• Generate and maintain daily/weekly/monthly reports including settlement summaries, exception logs, outstanding checks, and operational dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and internal audit requirements through robust documentation, controls, and process governance.
• Develop and update SOPs, process documentation, and audit artifacts, supporting continuous improvement, internal controls testing, and operational efficiency initiatives.

Technical / Non-Technical Skills:

• Excellent MS Office skills – MS Excel, Power Point, Excel Macros and E Mail Drafting
• Good Typing Speed of 28 WPM with >=95% accuracy
• Excellent Communication skills – to Review Email, to attend Client Calls, Onshore Training etc

Behavioral Skills:

• Strictly US Shift Working Hours – should be flexible to do Over Time duty if required.
• Punctual and adherence to attendance and Leaves
• To report to Team Lead and follow the Instructions and the HR Policies as per Company

Certifications Needed:

• Education: 12 + 3 Degree Education is mandatory – B Com, BBA and BBM Graduates preferred, however Candidate with good work experience but with other Specialization can be looked into to some extent Only.
• Additional Certification on Banking and Payment Processing US Regulatory Bodies is an added advantage.
• No Tech Graduates – BE, B Tech, M Tech