Local Payments Specialist

The Local Payments Specialist is an role responsible for managing daily activities related to payments processing and performing investigations, contacting support teams and coordinating BAU processes within the team. The overall objective is to act as a subject matter expert, support all controls and top-level of service.

This is an intermediate level role responsible for executing complex transactions and participating in complex processes in coordination with the Payments Ops team. The overall objective is to act as a subject matter expert while processing all payments.

Responsibilities:

• Processing of settlement documents in local currency received in paper or electronic form;
• Executing of necessary technological procedures to perform accounting entries;
• Sending of payments to the Payment System SEP in accordance with the internal rules and rules of the payment system;
• Conducting all investigations concerning local currency payments;
• Analysis of information completeness about participants of incoming funds transfers in local currency in line with local legislation;
• Processing of customer related commissions and charges;
• Processing and performing respective controls related to foreign currency incoming and outgoing payments as back-up;
• Registration and signing payment demands rejection, prepare letters on arrests;
• Filing of documents related to Operations activity;
• To prepare different reports concerning Operations activities, volumes, overdue commissions;
• To ensure execution of the internal control procedures and policies related to the unit activity; to be fully compliant with applicable Citi requirements, Policies and Procedure as well as Local regulations;
• To participate, when required, in testing of Operations technical systems upgrades and enhancements;
• Work shifts;
• Other tasks required by the Employer.

Qualifications:

• 1 years of experience in a related role
• Proven system operating lifecycle skills
• Understanding of payments processing flow
• Effective verbal and written skills
• Discipline, high degree of self-organization
• Effective analytic and presentation skills
• Fluent Ukrainian; English - upper-intermediate or intermediate

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

What we can offer you 

By joining Citi Ukraine, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (partly office, partly work from home), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. 

• Continuous career progression opportunities at one of the world's largest full-service global banks

• Paid parental leave program - maternity leave and paternity leave

• Private medical care program and life insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Career management and mentoring programs by senior colleagues and leaders

• Inclusive and friendly corporate culture where diversity and equality is widely recognized

• Gaining knowledge about banking and capital market products provided by Citi to clients on a global scale

• Access to Citi’s huge training database and subscription to external online training providers, such as Udemy and Degreed.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.  

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.  

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