Cash Reconciliation & Investigations Specialist - 100% Private Banking Assignment

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Job Description

On behalf of our client, a private bank in the Geneva area, we are looking for a Cash Reconciliation & Investigations Specialist for a temporary assignment in Geneva.

You will join a Cash team of six people and work on the reconciliation of accounts with correspondent banks as well as investigations related to client transfers. The start date is planned for January 2027, for a mission envisaged for 6 months, with the possibility of extension.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure the reconciliation of cash accounts with correspondent banks for all entities.
• Manually enter statements from correspondents not integrated into the automatic reconciliation process.
• Daily control of cash discrepancies, analyse their origin and conduct necessary investigations to resolve them.
• Establish and maintain the list of outstanding cash amounts.
• Take charge of ongoing cases and ensure their follow-up until resolution.
• Request missing statements from correspondent banks.
• Conduct investigations related to client transfers, taking into account the role of each counterparty in the payment chain.
• Handle the SWIFT exchanges necessary for investigations, including MTx99, MTx95 and MTx96 messages.
• Ensure compliance requirements are met in the processing of operations and investigations.

We are looking for a profile meeting the following criteria:

• At least two years of experience in bank reconciliation and/or investigation of client transfers.
• Good knowledge of banking back-office activities.
• Mastery of fund transfer operations, notably MT103 and MT202 messages, and good understanding of the role of different parties in a payment.
• Good knowledge of SWIFT messages used in investigations.
• Good understanding of compliance issues related to payments.
• Fluent in French and English, both spoken and written.
• Good command of Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of GTMatch, GTExchange and Globus is an asset.
• Rigour, organisational skills and ability to reliably follow up cases.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented approach and good analytical skills.
• Team spirit and ease in an open-plan work environment.
• Good stress resistance and ability to manage priorities.
• Availability ideally from January 2027 for a mission in Geneva.