Settlements Operations Program Manager

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company.

Job Title:

Settlements Operations Program Manager

• Detail-oriented Settlements Operations Program Manager to support critical settlement and payment operations within a highly regulated financial services environment.
• Manage high-risk operational processes, ensuring transaction accuracy, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, and supporting daily banking operations.

• Support daily settlements and payment operations activities.
• Process, review, and approve Fedwire transactions accurately and within established timelines.
• Perform reconciliations, balancing, and DCI balancing activities to ensure operational accuracy.
• Manage miscellaneous credits and payment-related transactions.
• Process and monitor liens, levies, garnishments, and court-ordered account holds.
• Support check processing, invoicing, remittance, and related operational functions.
• Generate, review, and analyze operational reports to identify discrepancies and ensure data integrity.
• Execute high-risk manual processes with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve operational issues and improve process efficiency.
• Maintain adherence to regulatory requirements, internal controls, and company policies.

• Experience in Payments, Settlements, Banking Operations, or a related financial services environment.
• Working knowledge of Fedwire processing and settlement operations.
• Experience handling garnishments, liens, levies, or similar legal account restrictions is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and/or G Sheets.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

• Experience supporting regulated financial operations.
• Familiarity with reconciliation, balancing, and payment processing workflows.
• Understanding of banking compliance, operational risk, and internal controls.

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000–95,000 annually (or $50.00–$54.00 per hour), influenced by geography, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, 5 personal days accrued each calendar year (the Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/State), 10–15 days of paid vacation time, 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year.