Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing and resolving urgent and escalated payments related issues.
• Responsible for ensuring that payments made are in accordance to bank regulations.
• Responsible to ensure JIRA is monitored and scrubbed daily.
• Responsible to drive performance and KPI of team through regular 1:1
• Responsible to drive process improvements.

Duties

• Manage and resolves escalation through close collaboration with bank representatives and internal colleagues.
• Provide mentorship, training, and supervision to junior payment accountants and assist with their professional development.
• Monitors JIRA to ensure all are addressed within the day.
• Conduct regular meetings and huddles with partner Banks, Vessel Managers, HOD’s and internal colleagues as needed.
• Drive a performance-driven team through KPI monitoring and timely performance review / 1:1 to team members
• Regularly reviews the capacity of team members to identify process improvement and ensure relevant system is utilized to the best potential
• Supervise the team responsible for processing vessel/corporate-related payments, ensuring all transactions are completed accurately and on time.
• Oversee the reconciliation of corporate and vessel-related payment transactions against bank statements, vendor statements, and general ledger accounts.
• Review and approve payments.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and company policies for all payment functions, preventing fraud, errors, and unauthorized payments.
• Participate in internal audits and assist with the preparation of documentation for external audits related to payment transactions.
• Monitor cash flow requirements for corporate operations, ensuring there are sufficient funds available to meet payment obligations.