Contract Senior Associate – Corporate Payment Services (Foreign Corporate Bank)

Overview: Join a reputable international bank as a Contract Senior Associate in the Corporate Payment Services team, overseeing end-to-end processing and control of high-value corporate payments and remittances. This role is ideal for an experienced remittance operations professional who enjoys detailed transaction work, strong control focus, and exposure to RMB cross-border payments and regulatory reporting. Key Responsibilities: - Perform checking, authorisation, and system release of a wide range of payment and remittance transactions within delegated authority, ensuring accuracy and robust controls. - Support the Team Head in monitoring daily controls and transaction flows, ensuring that all payments are processed within internal and external cut-off times. - Handle case investigations for payment issues, including amendments, cancellations, and tracers, and liaise with correspondent banks to resolve outstanding items. - Verify dealer tickets and related documents for FX or exchange-related transactions, ensuring that settlement details are correct and aligned with front office instructions. - Prepare and report funding movements by currency cut-off times to support treasury and liquidity management, and assist with regular and ad hoc regulatory or management reports related to payment activities. - Participate in system enhancement and process improvement projects, including UAT and ad hoc initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, automation, and control standards in payment operations. Requirements: - Diploma holder with around 8 years of hands-on remittance or payment operations experience; degree holders with slightly less experience will also be considered. - Strong familiarity with payment and remittance channels, including RMB cross-border transactions and related clearing arrangements. - Good understanding of AML/CFT requirements and controls as they apply to payment screening and transaction processing. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise sound judgement in transaction handling and operational risk control. - A collaborative team player with good customer service mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to multi-task under time pressure while maintaining high attention to detail. - Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, and solid PC skills in MS Office; experience with Excel VBA, macros, or tools such as Alteryx is an advantage. If you are a seasoned payments operations professional looking for a challenging contract role in corporate remittance and cash management, please submit your CV to Raymond Cheung for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.

• Corporate Services Manager (Contract)

  Societe Generale · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR