Mandarin speaking Settlement Officer - People First : Job Details

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The Skills You'll Need: Mandarin to native level, Settlement / Clearing / Cash Management / Treasury experience in the UK

Your New Salary: Highly competitive depending on experience

Job Status: Permanent

Settlement Officer- What You'll be Doing:

• Cash management - Reporting flow of cash in and out of the company. Liaising with other finance centres and other entities accordingly, re cash/funding requirements/reporting.
• Collating of all Treasury payments to be made on any given day.
• Checking/Processing of payment instructions - Sending signed instructions to bank either via fax or electronic means. At same time checking that bank instructions are complete, compliant and not compromised.
• Booking/Reconciling of loans/loan positions with house banks - booking of loans/deposits as per corporate requirements, ensuring that loan rates/maturities are correct.
• Debtors/Creditors reporting to identify where payments have not been made on time/funds have not been received on due date.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries - SWIFT requests, Bank Audit Letters, Returned Payments/Unallocated Receipts, Bank statement reconciliation against in-house systems/payment instructions.
• Advise Treasury Manager of any issues (i.e. loan rates too high/banks not processing payment) with banks so that they can be discussed at next review.
• Capture and maintain banking SSI’s from Counterparties for compliance reasons
• Maintaining Bank Mandates/Signatory lists updated as/when required
• Ensuring data on in house OTS system is accurately and timely input/maintained
• Fulfil any other tasks that the Company may reasonably assign to you from time to time, according to business needs

Settlement Officer - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Fluency in Mandarin and English (spoken and written)
• Experience working in the settlement or treasury department of a major bank or commodity house
• Proven experience working in a Treasury department
• Degree level or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Business Management or related field
• Strong IT skills with good working knowledge of MS Office products
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Awareness of issues/sanctions regarding the worldwide remittance of funds
• Proven organisational and planning skills
• Ability to effectively prioritise work
• Approachable with a demonstrable willingness & flexibility to support the Company as and when required

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

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