Banking Operations Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operations Officer to join a leading international banking group, within its Wholesale Banking Operations team.

This is a broad and varied banking operations role offering exposure across payments, financial crime controls, treasury settlements, reconciliations, operational risk and customer service.

• Location: London
• Salary: up to £40K
• This is an office-based role

The Role

You will play an important role in ensuring the accurate, timely and controlled processing of financial transactions.

Duties will include:

Processing and checking payments through SIBS, SWIFT Alliance, PT-X Bottomline and BACSTEL-iP

• Monitoring transactions in line with financial crime and first-line-of-defence controls
• Reviewing payment screening alerts and identifying potential financial crime risks or suspicious activity
• Escalating relevant alerts to Compliance and supporting CDD/trigger-event reviews
• Supporting SAR escalation and reporting where required
• Supporting treasury settlements, including SWIFT instructions and MUREX entries
• Investigating Nostro/Vostro reconciliation breaks and intersystem variances
• Producing MI and supporting operational risk and control testing

Skills/experience required:

Previous experience within banking operations, payments, treasury, financial services, AML/KYC, transaction processing or a regulated environment would be advantageous, as would exposure to SWIFT, BACS or other payment platforms.

• Strong customer service and relationship-building skills
• A willingness to learn new financial and banking systems
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook

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