Job Title: Payments & Remittance (Checker)- Banking
Role Summary:
Responsible for end-to-end verification and control of payment and remittance transactions within a banking environment, including SWIFT processing, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and strong risk management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform checker function for domestic and cross-border payments within the bank, including SWIFT (MT/MX), FAST, GIRO, PayNow
- Validate transaction details such as beneficiary information, SWIFT message formats, FX, value dates, and funding sources
- Ensure compliance with bank policies, AML/CFT regulations, sanctions screening, and regulatory guidelines
- Review high-value and complex SWIFT and remittance transactions with strong risk awareness
- Investigate and escalate exceptions, discrepancies, and potential suspicious transactions in line with bank procedures
- Maintain accurate records and ensure transactions are audit-ready in accordance with internal and regulatory standards
- Liaise with internal stakeholders including Operations, Compliance, Treasury, and Front Office
- Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, and continuous process/control improvements
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or related discipline
- 5-7 years of experience in banking operations, specifically in payments/remittance processing
- Strong working knowledge of SWIFT (MT/MX), cross-border payments, nostro/vostro accounts, and FX settlements
- Good understanding of AML/KYC, sanctions screening, and banking regulatory requirements
- Strong attention to detail with a solid risk and control mindset
- Ability to work in a high-volume, deadline-driven banking environment
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