Senior Associate Operations - New York Payments

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 authorizing/inputting the transactions in the processing system. The coverage will be all the areas of Trade Finance for various business segments

• 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 CompetencyS. NoCompetencyLevel 1 - 4 (1- Basic; 4 Sr Managerial)
• Analytical Thinking3
• Customer Focus4
• Commitment to results4
• Attention to detail & Quality4
• Interpersonal Relationships4

• 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.