Wire Transfer Specialist - Charleston or Winter Haven

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The Wire Specialist I is a critical component in the overall performance of the bank's Deposit Operations/Payment Operations wire transfer processing and is responsible for processing incoming and outgoing domestic and international wire transfer payments within department SLAs. This position is responsible for ensuring all wires process accurately prior to the daily Fed cutoff. Wire Specialists also review fraud alerts and make independent decisions related to processing and work directly with customers to review unusual activity.

Responsibilities include researching and responding to any wire related inquiries received from branches, internal departments, and other financial institutions, and following loss prevention and high-risk procedures for all wire processing. The Wire Specialist I must demonstrate the SSB core values of Integrity, Leadership, and Accountability in their dealings with all customers.

Regular shifts: Monday-Friday 9:00AM ET- 6:00PM ET (CHS/WH)

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Schedule:

Monday-Friday 10 am to 7pm ET (CHS/WH)

There is an inflated risk of fraudulent activity with wires. A Wire Specialist I must be highly skilled at recognizing suspicious or fraudulent activity; this position must be able to work closely with customers, branches, Treasury Management, and the FIU team to prevent losses to the bank.

A Wire Specialist I must be able to work in a fast-paced and intense environment. It is critical for a Specialist I to manage the pace and recognize when losses could be incurred due to fraud or human error.

Duties of the Wire Specialist I include the ability to initiate, verify, and release Fed wire payments to and from the Federal Reserve System via the Bank's wire platforms in order to meet the established cutoff times.

• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert on all functions related to wires to include working with Treasury Services, Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, and other internal departments to ensure all wires are processed in an accurate and timely manner, prior to the daily Fed deadline.

• Provides customer service, error resolution, risk mitigation and general support to internal and external customers for all wire related inquiries, manage inquiries and requests received through Service Now ticket queue.

• Conducts calls to customers to verify wiring instructions when necessary.

• Create and deliver international wire disclosures to be approved by consumers prior to sending international transfers, as required by regulation.

• Submit wire recalls and track progress of returns. Creates and responds to wire transfer service messages regarding various complex situations in a timely manner.

• Completes thorough Regulation E investigations from start to finish and ensure we are within Regulation E compliance.

• Communicate with external financial institutions in regard to wire transfers.

• Reviews and takes appropriate action on OFAC/sanctions exceptions.

• Validates the incoming and outgoing wires to the Fed account; must work with accounting to ensure all wires are cleared appropriately on a daily basis.

• Complete End of Day tasks to ensure all work has been accounted for and all wire entries are correctly passed to the core to post to customer accounts.

• Must be skilled at recognizing fraudulent activity. Analyzes Fraud Alerts received through a fraud detection tool on all domestic and international incoming and outgoing wires to identify and prevent wire fraud for our customers and the Bank. Exercise good…