Global Payments & Treasury Operations - 6-month contract

Sydney
Investment Banking
Contract or Temporary

A leading US financial services firm is seeking an experienced payments and treasury operations professional to join its Global Payments & Treasury Operations function on an initial 6-month contract, with the possibility for extension.

This opportunity supports high-volume institutional payment processing and daily cash movements, backfilling BAU activity for a senior team member who has transitioned onto a major payments automation project.

About the Opportunity

You’ll be working as part of a collaborative operations team, supporting end-to-end payment processing, settlements, reconciliation activities, and transaction investigation work across multiple systems and applications.

This role will suit someone who enjoys structured, process-driven work, takes pride in accuracy, and is comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Processes funds transfer or settlement instruction in accurate and timely manner to ensure adherence to payment cut off time and SLA.
• Escalate issues as needed. Investigates differences in cash processing and performs settlements and reconcilements.
• Monitors payment processing applications.
• Reviews and validates payments submitted through various methods (e.g., wire, account). Monitors and flags issues that arise with payment mechanisms and performs production validation.
• Researches and resolves complex transactional related inquiries.
• Adheres to and completes regulatory and compliance monitoring and reporting, as required.
• Serves as an escalation point for data processing issues and provides input on quality improvement process.
• Responsible for the quality and completion of own work and support the actional tasks assigned by senior team member or manager.
• Participates in business initiatives including new projects. Perform user acceptance testing as required.

Skills & Experience

• High school/secondary school or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required, bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2-3 years’ experience in financial services or payment processing role preferred.
• Good communication, organizational teamwork, interpersonal skills are essential.
• Knowledge of local payments systems (ie. Austraclear), as well as SWIFT payment system preferred.

About you:

• Effective time management skills and able to manage end to end process in high volume days.
• Excellent attention to details and accuracy in processing in a timely manner.
• Enthusiasm with operations excellence initiatives to improve efficiency.
• A strong team player and be able to support others.
• Be flexible with working hours, able to support later hours when required

The position is offered as an initial 6-month contract with rolling extensions and longer-term potential. Therefore no Working Holiday Visa applicants will be considered.