International Payment Operations Manager

Job Title:

International Payment Operations Manager

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

As an International Payment Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for providing valuable input into a number of market driven initiatives regarding international payment capabilities, along with charting the direction of international payment operations plans. You'll utilize a high degree of experience and knowledge in the international payment domain to include expertise in managing foreign currency payment operations and related infrastructures such as SWIFT, foreign exchange platforms and correspondent bank/NOSTRO relationships.

What we are looking for:

• Responsible for supporting the Payment Operations Director by providing both operational and executional guidance regarding international payments and multi-currency account strategies.
• Leads the requirements building and operational enablement to ensure both near term and future success.
• Partners with the product and international sales team to educate on international payment capabilities. Ensures the organization is appropriately assessing client needs, planning for future growth and operating capabilities and evaluating and deploying new operational processes to support international product offerings.
• Assesses and provides oversight of SWIFT operational capabilities.  Ensures the bank is meeting SWIFT standards and operating efficiently as “a best in class” provider. Assesses Nostro account opening, and related operational processes used to support the Nostro account model and provides both assistance and capability in managing this process.
• Partners with Operations/Risk to build and ensure a FLOD process for foreign currency payment operations.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, other relevant field from a four-year college or university preferred.
• 8+ years in a bank, FI, or Fintech in a combination of relevant roles (product management, business analysis, technical support, etc) that lend experience in treasury/digital payment products from implementation, operations, and technical service;
• Intermediate to advance experience knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Intermediate to advance experience knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate to advance experience knowledge and experience working with SWIFT and foreign currency payment expertise to include managing a Nostro account environment.
• Intermediate to advance experience knowledge and experience working with managing risk exposure when dealing with a multicurrency/multibank environment.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommo