Wire Transfer Specialist

Job Title:

Wire Transfer Specialist

Location:

Ops Center

What you'll do:

As a Wire Transfer Specialist you'll provide a high level of customer service to customers and stakeholders. You'll be enter and verify outgoing wires, process outgoing wires from various electronic channels and process incoming wires received via FED (Federal Reserve Bank) or SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). In this role, you'll build strong partnerships through answering inquiries from internal customers and investigating wire issues. You'll also complete the end-of-day reconciliation and duties associated within the Bank’s Wire Operations group.

• Responsible for supporting the Payment Operations Team by preparing and verifying outgoing wire transfers, meet all deadlines and adhere to all policies and procedure as well as ensure accuracy and that there is a proper paper trail of all transactions.
• Work in multiple system queues to research, repair, and process all incoming and outgoing wires that do not process straight through requiring manual intervention.
• Provide email-based and phone-based support to all branches and affiliate banks where service or assistance is needed as it relates to wire transfers. Follow controls in place to protect against fraudulent wire activity to mitigate unnecessary risk and exposure.
• Review any Wire Transfer OFAC screening results and make determinations as to validity of all identified matches. Performs End-of-Day balancing of Wire Department systems, such as reconciliation of wire logs with entries, including Federal Reserve Summary Statement to daily wire activity.

What you'll need:

• 1+ years of related experience.
• High school diploma required.
• Entry level knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Entry level experience of Domestic (FED/CHIPS) and International (SWIFT) Wire Transfer preferred.
• Entry level speaking and writing communications skills.

Compensation: Hourly range for new hires is generally $21.82 - $26.95 for Las Vegas, NV. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [email protected] or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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