
Team Lead- Global Operations
- Sydney, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work alongside the APAC Manager and Global Operations in building an efficient, scalable payments and deals processing operation.
- Ensure payments reach our global clients and beneficiaries in a timely manner with the highest degree of data accuracy and confidentiality.
- Validating payment data, ensuring that all relevant information has been obtained and local routing requirements and regulations are met.
- Provide subject matter expertise on international and domestic payments, and payment related schemes and systems.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal teams and stakeholders; Work closely with internal units to improve service delivery and workflow efficiency.
- Participate in the settlement process of spot and forward orders adhering to specific client details in an efficient and accurate manner.
- Handle 2nd level escalations in a professional manner.
- Help drive the team’s performance to deliver within payment cutoffs and expected Service Level Agreements.
- Deliver results through effective team management, structure, and routine.
- Train and support Operations Associates on a continuous basis and driving a culture of continuous performance- know and develop the team through coaching and feedback.
- Accountability in managing a team of employees providing effective performance management practices.
- Support management in audit requests, refining procedures, and defining service level agreements.
- Maintain strong working relationships with our existing banking partners.
- Champion data driven decision-making and remove obstacles to optimize the operations
- Leads and encourages the identification, escalation and resolution of potential risks.
- Inspect and challenge risk controls, governance and culture to ensure the timely identification, escalation, debate and remediation of risk across processes supported.
- Comply with all applicable policies, standards, guidelines and controls; and
- Ad Hoc projects as requested
- Degree/ Diploma in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field;
- 3 + years of previous experience in an administrative and team lead related capacity;
- Experience in the financial/banking industry would be an asset with exposure to and understanding of global payment formatting requirements (major, minor, and exotic markets)
- Experience with SWIFT banking system, payment processing and payment investigations;
- Fully proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook);
- IT literate with the ability to quickly learn new systems;
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work independently under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment; and
- Ability to work efficiently and accurately with minimal supervision.
- Team player with a strong customer service focus;
- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills;
- Strong sense of professionalism and customer-service oriented;
- Detail oriented with demonstrated levels of accuracy;
- Highly organized and able to multi-task effectively in a fast paced environment;
- Able to follow policies and procedures and understand operational risks; and
- Proven ability to deliver results within required deadlines.
- Welcoming people of different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations;
- Empowering our people to share their experiences and ideas through open forums and individual conversations; and
- Valuing each person’s unique perspectives and individual contributions.