Payment Lifecycle Specialist IV (WHEM) - Central Screening Utility (Commercial & Investment Bank)

Join a collaborative Global Screening Operations team where your analytical skills and attention to detail help safeguard the firm and its clients. As a Senior Team Member, you will review transactions for sanctions compliance, escalate risks, and partner across teams to ensure timely and accurate resolution. Grow your expertise in regulatory control and international payments in a dynamic environment that values diversity, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

As a Senior Team Member in Global Screening Operations, you are responsible for reviewing transactions in accordance with global sanction screening policies. You exercise sound judgment and high analytical skill to resolve cases efficiently and accurately. You collaborate with internal clients, business groups, and stakeholders, and participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance performance and compliance. Your work ensures adherence to domestic and international laws and regulations, supporting the firm's risk management and regulatory control objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Screen payments and SWIFT messages moved in and out of the bank through various applications, ensuring compliance with sanctions screening policies, procedures, and practices.
• Identify and escalate suspect transactions that pose potential risk to Global Sanctions Escalations for further review and investigation.
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore Global Screening Operations teams to ensure performance and deliverables meet service level agreements.
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives by identifying and raising process and performance opportunities.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy and timeliness in case resolution.
• Communicate effectively with internal clients, business groups, and stakeholders.
• Work under pressure in a high-volume environment with tight deadlines or cut-offs.
• Adhere to all relevant domestic and international laws and regulations.

• College graduate with good academic record.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in banking operations or financial services operations.
• Knowledge of SWIFT and international payment conventions.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure in a high-volume environment with tight deadlines.
• Flexible to work variable shifts (day/night), weekends, and holidays as required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft and web-based applications.

• Prior experience and working knowledge of regulatory control and/or sanctions screening.
• Proactive approach to problem solving; takes ownership and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Good interpersonal skills; able to communicate internally and externally at all levels and be a team player.

• Work Schedule: 9PM-6AM MNL Time,
• Rest Days: Variable