About this role
<p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Be #InGoodHands with Metrobank!</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Here at Metrobank, we don't simply hire employees—we hone future leaders. We provide opportunities that enhance your skills and unlock your talents, helping you evolve into a well-rounded individual. We supply you with all the pieces you need to do your best work, unleashing your full potential to help you secure your future and lead a fulfilling career. And with Metrobank's strong heart for the community, you have the chance to give back and make worthwhile contributions to our nation's economic and social development.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c"><br>With Metrobank, a meaningful life is within your reach!</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db;background-color:white">Position Title: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Payments Specialist</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Job Summary:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c"><br> </span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Accurate and timely processing of payments transactions to facilitate their immediate release to the beneficiaries or their posting to the beneficiaries’ accounts; performs other related functions; participates in establishing and implementing policies and procedures ensuring compliance to regulatory standards.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 9.75pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db;background-color:white">Duties and Responsibilities:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c"><br> </span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Performs accurate and timely verification/processing of payments transactions from foreign/domestic branches/HO units/ subsidiaries/ tie-ups/ correspondent banks and domestic local banks</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Retrieves/processes payment files received from tie-ups website and domestic local banks via PESONet/PDDTS-EODN/PDDTS-RTGS-USD</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Perform uploading of rates provided by Treasury Group</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Prepares and sends tracers to foreign and domestic correspondents in case of error/discrepancy/funding issue is encountered in the payment files/orders and for other inward payments-related concerns.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Coordinates with Specialized Accounting Department and other concerned units on unreconciled items such as inter-department, inter-branch and other float items for their immediate resolution.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Prepares accounting entries covering all transactions processed manually by the department.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Prepares required daily and monthly reports.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Coordinates with branches and other units of the banks on the dispositions of payment orders that need special handling.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Answers phone calls/queries from branches and other units of the banks regarding inward payments.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Conduct Enhanced Due Diligence for above threshold transactions and sends tracer to branches via MS outlook and monitors reply</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Sends tracer to branches via MS outlook for transactions flagged in the SWIFT Sanction Screening and monitors reply.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Prepares DM/CM tickets/ performs posting of payments related transactions via Mosaic.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Participates in establishing and implementing policies and procedures ensuring compliance to regulatory standards in the performance of functions.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Performs other related functions that may be assigned from time to time.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Qualifications:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Preferably graduate of business or finance course</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Fresh graduates and young professionals are welcome to apply</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Excellent written and oral communication skills with a high sense of order and attention to detail;</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Proficient in essential Microsoft Office applications (powerpoint, word, excel, etc)</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c;background-color:white">Can work independently or as part of the team</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Amenable to work on shifting schedules, holidays, graveyard shifts and split offs</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Other Details:</span></strong></p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Rank:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c"> Rank & File</span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Unit:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c"> Enterprise Services Sector / Operations Group / Payments Operations Division / Inward Payments Department</span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3498db">Location:</span></strong><span style="color:#3c3c3c"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#3c3c3c">Metrobank Center, BGC, Taguig City</span></p>