Payments & Sanctions Analyst

Job Description

The role is responsible for ensuring all compensation payments are processed accurately, ensuring issues are resolved and daily targets are met.

My Priorities – what I will deliver

Payments

• Responsible for carrying out the daily compensation payment process, ensuring that it is completed each day with the relevant SLAs met.
• Responsible for ensuring all outgoing payments are reviewed and processed in accordance with the schemes policies.
• Responsible for ensuring all systems are aligned and showing a true reflection
• Oversee the resolution of any issues, working with the relevant teams across the business, and liaising with our bankers where necessary.
• Responsible for dealing and resolving payment queries received internally and externally

Sanctions compliance

• Review potential sanctions matches where appropriate, including those escalated by our claims processing partners.
• Identify where further information/ID is required and work with internal teams and external parties to obtain.
• Perform further due diligence on corporate and personal customers where required.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve the process and act effectively in taking them forward as appropriate

Other

• Responsible for cash management, ensuring the accounts are maintained and within balance
• Prepare relevant accounting journals to update finance ledger system
• Prepare relevant KPIs and scorecard metrics
• Take on support and supervisorial tasks allocated by your manager.

My Knowledge – what I need to know

• Demonstrate knowledge of payment methods, processes and systems
• Demonstrate knowledge of sanctions compliance
• Understanding of basic accounting concepts
• Highly attentive and demonstrate keen attention to detail
• Successful evidence of liaising with a range of stakeholders across jurisdictions both internally and externally
• Deliver outstanding customer service to our suppliers, stakeholders and customers through interactions with them
• Demonstrate proactive and excellent communication skills across all platforms of communication
• Evidence proactive approach for the best outcome for the customer
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for own responsibilities
• Basic excel skills