Senior Associate Operations -New York Payments

Job Purpose
The incumbent will be responsible for processing Payments, Fund Transfer both USD and local currency under IRU as per Bank's internal policies, SOP's/OPM's/ADM's as well as relevant ICC guidelines applicable and authorising/inputting the transactions in the processing system. The coverage will be all the areas of Trade Finance for various business segments.
Key Result Areas
- All processing should be as per SOP/OPM's and UCP/ISBP/URC as applicable and charges recovery to be as per the extant guidelines.

- Handle payment messages such as MT103, 202 both incoming and outgoing

- Knowledge in CHIPS and FED payments and SWIFT investigations

- Responsible for authorizing/inputting transactions into the system and prepare/authorize relevant SWIFT messages

- Ad-hoc tasks given by the Team Head

- Ensure errors/knowledge gaps are shared with line manager/team to address customer service issues.

- No revenue leakage

- No outstanding reconciliation entries pending in Nostro or Internal accounts.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree

- Relevant working experience in Trade Operations

- Experience in handling cross border Payments including expert level knowledge of MT 100 series, MT 200 series and MT 700 series is a must.

- Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills

- Proficiency in MS Office (Word and Excel)

- Attentive to details, strong analytical skills and interpersonal skills

- Able to work under pressure, have excellent organizational skills and good team player.

Behavioral Competency
S. No Competency Level 1 - 4 (1- Basic; 4 Sr Managerial)1.

Analytical Thinking 31.

Customer Focus 41.

Commitment to results 41.

Attention to detail & Quality 41.

Interpersonal Relationships 4