Banking & Payments Specialist, Overnight Operations

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Bank of Canada Full time

**Banking & Payments Specialist, Overnight Operations**

**Take a central role**
The Bank of Canada has a vision to be “a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada.” No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in a diverse and inclusive organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in an environment where we are reinventing central banking, renewing ways of doing business and reinforcing a culture of innovation.

Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process.

**What you will do**
Working alongside other Banking and Payments Specialists (BPSs) covering the overnight operations, you provide collateral, payment and settlement services through the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDSX) and Canada’s Real Time Gross Settlement system (Lynx) to settle foreign exchange transactions on behalf of the Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) Bank. Owing to the criticality of the operations, BPSs working the overnight shift must develop expertise in contingency procedures and participate in regular proprietary and system-wide testing. The Overnight Banking and Payments Specialist also provides a domestic payment and securities services for approximately 100 clients when overlapping shifts, including the Government of Canada, domestic financial institutions, other central banks and selected international institutions.

As an overnight BPS you will:

- Process, monitor, control and balance payments, settlement and securities transactions for clients to meet strict deadlines throughout the night
- Participate in the ongoing development and testing of contingency procedures related to overnight business activities
- Self-manage daily operations in accordance with critical operational deadlines. with increased responsibility resulting from mínimal technical support and management supervision
- Analyze business processes, training and problem resolution
- Work in a team-based environment with a strong client focus

Please note that the ability to work onsite at least 50% of the time is a requirement due to the position being part of the Bank’s Critical Operations.

**What you need to succeed**
- Knowledge of banking operations, contingency measures, business continuity and disaster recovery plans
- General understanding of accounting principles
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to gather and resolve discrepancies in information
- Ability to multi-task and make sound decisions and recommendations
- Proven ability to coordinate work and set priorities to ensure that production schedules and deadlines are met
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment with minimum supervision
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

**Nice-to-have**
- Night shift experience
- Good knowledge of Canada's financial systems, including the ACSS, Lynx and CDSX

**Your education and experience**
This position requires:

- a bachelor's degree in commerce or business and a minimum of one year of relevant work experience processing payments and securities transactions for clients

or
- relevant college diploma (e.g., accounting, administration) and a minimum of two years of relevant work experience processing payments and securities transactions for clients

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

**What you need to know**
- Language requirement: English and French essential (bilingual) with a minimum starting level of functional (level 4) in second official language. Training may be provided to help reach the required level of fully functional (level 5) in second official language.
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and further to public health guidelines, preventative measures are being taken to ensure health and safety during the recruitment process. All interviews are conducted virtually.

**Hybrid Work Model **#LI-Hybrid**

The Bank is conducting a trial of a hybrid working model which provides employees with the flexibility to telework for significant portions of each month. During the trial, employees will be expected to come onsite on those days when they are involved in activities that they or their leader feel are better conducted in person and to build connections with colleagues. For the majority of employees, it is expected that onsite time will range from 5 to 10 days per month, depending on your role. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.

**Vaccination Policy**What you can expect from us**
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