Head, Clearing and Settlement Operations at Pishon & Brooks Advisory Services

Pishon & Brooks Advisory Services is a Professional Services firm that support our clients by managing their end-to-end HR Processes in order to enhance their productivity. At PBAS, we have the expertise to connect and manage every business process within the employee lifecycle.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Clearing and Settlement Operations

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Functionally reports to: Group Head, Settlement & Dispute Management

Job Objective

• To ensure seamless file generation for UP Settlement (ATM/POS), Dispute
  management, Scheme Settlement, MPGS Service and Scheme Dispute
  Management (Chargeback).
• To supervise designated staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily processing and hosting of T464 files for all clients.
• Delegated tasks: Performing any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
• Daily reconciliation and support to clients.
• Daily processing of approved transactions for local settlement and secondary
  settlement file generation.
• Daily processing of approved ATM for domestic settlement (Settlement file
  generation).
• Ensuring that settled ATM/POS transactions are fully updated into Dispute
  Management System (DMS) and Inquiry portal.
• Support to banks and non-banks (acquirers and merchants) on Dispute
  Management System.
• Monitoring of transactions data sources (PayAttitude, PayArena, Hope PSB back
  office, CBE, TCM etc) for daily extractions of approved financial transactions that
  qualify for settlement.
• Daily processing of approved transactions (clearing) for international scheme
  settlement.
• Daily processing of downloaded MPGS files (Clearing of MPGS) for different clients.
• Daily quality checks to forestall duplicate or incomplete submission of clearing files to the different schemes in specified formats and within defined time windows for each scheme.
• Reprocessing of rejected file or transactions where applicable and submission within defined time window for each scheme.
• Daily download of scheme incoming files (VISA, Mastercard, UnionPay, AMEX).
• Daily processing of downloaded scheme chargeback for secondary settlement within defined chargeback window.
• Daily reconciliation of chargeback to avoid exposure due to late presentment.
• Daily processing and hosting Base11 files for all clients.
• Daily processing and hosting of VSS files for all clients.

Staff Attraction, Motivation and Retention:

• Fill vacant roles within the department in a timely manner and provide
  opportunities for growth and development.
• Provide training, mentorship, and up-skilling programs.
• Recognize and reward individual and team achievements and contribution.
• Encourage open communication and feedback.
• Give employees autonomy and ownership of their work to motivate them.
• Foster a positive work culture that encourages collaboration, innovation, and
  creativity.
• Regularly engage direct reports to understand their needs and concerns.
• Foster a diverse and inclusive work environment that values different perspectives
  and backgrounds.

Requirements
Education:

• First Degree in Accounting or any numerate subject.
• Professional membership of ICAN/CIMA/ACCA or similar recognized professional
  accounting bodies.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years post NYSC.

Skill/Competencies:

• High degree of accuracy.
• Deductive reasoning abilities and eye for details.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• A good influencer and astute leader.
• Advanced Excel user.

Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and
  procedures. Knowledge of Card Payment industry.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online