Banking Operations Contractor: 6-9 Years (Advanced)

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USC / GC OnlyLocation: Whippany NJ office 4 days per weekOverall Purpose of RoleLead and own the Payment Control Gateway (PCG) operating model, ensuring robust execution of paymentcontrols at scale, effective risk-based decisioning, and delivery of a controlled, auditable and production-readyframework to prevent erroneous payments across Global Markets.Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery and execution of the payment control operating model across regions

• Provide leadership and oversight of AVP and BA4 teams executing daily payment control activities

• Ensure consistent and effective decisioning across stop / review / release processes

• Own escalation framework for high-risk, complex or ambiguous payment scenarios

• Maintain accountability for control effectiveness, auditability and adherence to risk frameworks

• Drive root cause analysis across exceptions and erroneous payment events, ensuring systemic issues areidentified and resolved

• Partner with Technology and SMEs to define and refine rule logic, thresholds and control design

• Own MI and reporting for volumes, outcomes, control performance and risk indicators for senior stakeholders

• Engage with Front Office, Operations, Risk and Technology leadership to ensure end-to-end control coverage anddrive engagement escalation to resolve complex scenarios, where cannot independently verify, where there’s anydoubt/queries and direct answers from the services as to the rationale/process for the payment are required

• Lead transition from manual control execution to scalable and automated Payment Control Gateway capabilitiesBasic Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience in Global Markets Operations, payments or post-trade environments

• Strong understanding of payment flows, settlement lifecycle and operational risk

• Proven experience leading operational teams in high-risk, high-volume environments

• Demonstrated ability to make senior risk-based decisions under pressure

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with focus on root cause resolutionPreferred Qualifications:

• Experience in payment control, transaction monitoring or risk/control frameworks

• Knowledge of FX, Derivatives, Collateral or Financing products

• Experience working with rule-based and AI/ML control environments

• Strong stakeholder management across Operations, Technology and Front Office

• Track record of driving operational transformation and automation initiatives