Treasury Operations Officer (Swift and Trade Settlements)

Duty Station

The duty station is Nairobi, Kenya.Qualifications and Competencies

• A Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Banking, Economics, or a related field from a recognized institution.
  
• ACI operations certification will be an added advantage.
  
• A minimum of 5-8 years of proven experience in treasury operations, including payments processing and FX and money market trade settlements, in a Commercial/Development Banking or Financial institution environment.
  
• Strong working knowledge of SWIFT messaging, settlement workflows, and payment authorization controls.
  
• Experience in daily reconciliations, variance investigation, and cash position reporting.
  
• Solid understanding of treasury-finance hand-offs, audit-readiness, and operational risk controls.
  
• Strong attention to details, problem-solving skills, and ability to meet strict payment cut-off times.
  
• Effective communication and coordination skills for internal stakeholders and client inquiries.
  
• Proven organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to build partnerships, work in multinational teams, deliver results and manage client relationships.
  
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official langugage of TDB Group's member states (French or Portuguese) would be an added advantage.
  

• Conduct daily reconciliatons and variance investigation and preparation of the daily payment reconciliation report.
  
• Monitoring of interest due, principal repayments, and debt service schedules.
  
• Coordinating settlement instructions for FX and money market trades including validating, confirming, and settling trades.
  
• Review trade amendments, cancellations, rebooking for unusual patterns, and ensure all transactions are authorized.
  
• Managing and validating Payment Application Forms (PAFs) prior to processing.
  
• Maintaining Treasury-Finance hand-off records and ensure audit readiness.
  
• Support the daily cash position reporting and treasury reconciliations.
  
• Evaluate and enhance processes for mitigating risks associated with payments and treasury related transactions.
  
• Handle client inquiries regarding payments, transfers, and providing timely resolution.
  
• Maintain payment cut-off times, monitor daily queues, and optimize workflow to ensure high-quality service levels.
  
• Strengthening internal controls and reduce exposure to operational errors, including payment duplication and delayed settlements.
  
• Enhancing coordination between Finance and Treasury, ensuring efficient processing and reduced bottlenecks.
  
• Supporting remediation operational risk actions minimizing remediation costs.
  
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned by Management.