# Payment Analyst

**Company**: Barclays
**Location**: Chennai, DLF IT Park
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Payment Analyst to support business areas with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Support various business areas with day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.

- Collaborate with teams across the bank to align and integrate operational processes.

- Identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations in operational processes.

- Develop and implement operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.

- Develop reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.

**Analyst Expectations:**

- Meet the needs of stakeholders/customers through specialist advice and support.

- Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard.

- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to.

- Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in the area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function.

**Key Skills:**

- Process domestic and international payment transactions with speed, accuracy, and in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements.

- Handle and validate SWIFT messages including MT103, MT202, MT199/299, MT192/292, as well as XML payment messages such as PACS.008 and PACS.009.

- Monitor and adhere to currency cut-off timings, service level agreements (SLAs), and quality control standards.

- Investigate and resolve payment-related queries using SWIFT, CHIPS, FED, and CAMT message formats.

**Desirable Skills:**

- Strong knowledge of SWIFT messaging standards, payment processing, and correspondent banking operations.

- Detailed understanding of SWIFT fields/tags, CHIPS, FED payments, IBAN structures, and international payment regulations.

- Experience with ISO 20022 XML messages including PACS and CAMT formats.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.

- Ability to work effectively in night shifts and manage high-volume transaction processing environments.

## Skills

### Required
- SWIFT messaging
- payment processing
- correspondent banking operations
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills

### Nice to have
- ISO 20022 XML messages
- PACS and CAMT formats
- SWIFT fields/tags
- CHIPS
- FED payments
- IBAN structures
- international payment regulations

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