FRFS Wholesale Payments Specialist

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization. Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

We are seeking leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation. To achieve our vision for a people-focused organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and our broader community.

This position is responsible for customer relationship management for six Federal Reserve Districts and collateral custodial operations for the entire System as well as for processing off-line (telephone) securities transfers for customers without an electronic connection and for any Fedwire customer experiencing a service disruption. The Fedwire Payments Specialist must possess a strong understanding of the funds and securities industry and the characteristics of its major players. This position manages over 14,000 collateral custodial relationships for state and local governments by monitoring/analyzing collateral values to ensure collateral requirements are satisfied.

The position will be primarily on-site with residency commutable to our Boston or Atlanta office.

Position Hours will be 3-4x per week at 8:30am - 5pm and 1-2x per week at 11am - 7:30pm during your 5 day work week Monday - Friday

As part of the Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS), this position handles all aspects of the customer relationship by obtaining and authenticating documentation, establishing, closing or merging customer funds transfer or securities accounts, provides customer education, and coordinates with the customer and with other national sites that provide interfacing customer services. Consults financial institutions, State Treasurers and local government entities throughout the United States regarding Joint Custody collateral transactions. Analyzes collateral values to ensure compliance with the relevant Operating Circular. Mitigates risk through weekly APS processing of FRB New York's unique responsibilities. These responsibilities include making updates to Foreign Central Bank Services, monitoring the National Settlement System, making updates for the international CLS and CHIPS settlement systems, stripping and reconstituting government securities for securities issuers, and granting extensions to the closing time for national payment systems.

Responds to requests from financial institutions and their auditing firms. Researches and responds to customer inquiries or problems. Tracks and communicates customer database changes to Fedwire management. Meets established customer relationship service level agreements and quality measures. Maintains a strong working knowledge of the funds and securities transfer applications and required databases, local and standard operating procedures, Operating Circulars and Regulation J. Process various daily accounting entries using various on-line applications in order to balance cost center work units at end of day, contacting and coordinating with other district accounting personnel, if necessary.

As required to supplement the offline unit, executes irrevocable individual transfers of funds and treasury and government securities for participating institutions nationwide. Contacts authorized personnel at financial institutions to report incoming credits to the Reserve account. Ensure that customers follow all security controls, authorized relationship service level agreement and quality measures. Escalate to management any service-related problems, either with customers or applications. Provide annual weekend testing support. Work closely with customers over the phone to test software and network connections to restore service and resolve any contingency communication issues. Assist and participates in the development of new operational procedures related to all business processes

Salary

The salary range for this position is $57,400 - $86,100. The Boston Fed believes in salary transparency. The final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, skills, internal equity, and alignment with market data. We anticipate hiring toward the lower end of this range for candidates who meet the minimum qualifications, with room for growth as skills develop.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.

All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.

For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks. 

The second phase, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.

All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Job Category

Customer Experience Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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