Payment Specialist
Cyberjaya, Malaysia
• Expertly handled inquiries from beneficiary and remitting banks, as well as remitters and beneficiaries, regarding electronic and priority payments, specifically MT103 and MT202 transactions.• Facilitated customer transactions, ensuring accurate delivery to beneficiaries and banks.• Resolved complex issues pertaining to incomplete payment details, including missing beneficiary and agent information.• Proficient in addressing a variety of payment-related queries such as amendments, claims of non-receipt, application errors, cancellations, returns, and re-issuance, utilizing MT199, MT999, and MTn96 messages within MIDAS systems and GPI.• Recognized as a go-to resource for peers, providing guidance on payment-related questions and effective problem-solving techniques.• Integral member of the Escalation Team, adept at swiftly resolving critical issues raised by dissatisfied customers.• Conducted thorough investigations into fraudulent payments, liaising with third-party banks for clarification and coordinating team efforts to report findings to management.• Engaged in daily capacity planning, ensuring efficient queue management and workload distribution.• Contributed to the GPI Project by enhancing system knowledge, and played a key role as a trainer for system introduction and operation.• Managed daily SLA Segregation, guaranteeing equitable task allocation among peers and supporting other queues to maintain operational continuity.• Served as a mentor for new hires and spent a year in the Verification Team, scrutinizing high-value outgoing payments and messages to other banks.• Assumed the responsibilities of acting line manager in their absence, demonstrating leadership capabilities.• Coordinated with line managers to complete and deliver Management Information (MI) reports accurately and on time.