First American Financial

Senior Banking Operations Specialist

Posted on: 16 Mar 2021

Santa Ana, CA

Job Description

Company Summary

Join our team! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. As a global leader in providing title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, First American (NYSE: FAF) is an ideal place to build your career. We have been entrusted with helping our customers achieve and protect their dream of homeownership since 1889. We believe that our people are the key to the companys continued success, and we invest in diverse talents and backgrounds and empower our teams to achieve more than they could anywhere else. First American has created an award-winning culture and has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the fifth consecutive year and to more than 50 regional Best Places to Work lists. For more information, please visit www.firstamtrust.com

Job Summary

Responsible for performing the back office tasks necessary to support all of the Banking products and services.

Essential Functions

* Working the wire transfer system queues to keep large volumes of high dollar funds flowing quickly and accurately and in compliance with federal regulations.
* Application/general ledger balancing and reconciliation.
* Research and clear Fed adjustments and other out of balance conditions.
* Researching and clearing customer out of balance issues.
* Process incoming and outgoing ACH files and processing returns and exceptions.
* Processing un-posted transactions and returned deposited items.
* Processing and reconciling positive pay exceptions.
* Other miscellaneous duties assigned by the Operations Supervisor.

Requirements

* 3-5 years of experience in heavy volume wire operations
* Knowledge of funds transfer payment process including but not limited to: Fedwire, SWIFT, OFAC, and general banking procedures
* Strong verbal, listening and written communication
* Ability to work effectively in a multi-task, high-volume environment
* Self-motivated and results- oriented
* High degree of patience and problem management techniques to resolve problems
* Good organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and follow up

Typical Education

* High School / Bachelors preferred

Typical Range of Experience

* Typically has 4- 6 years experience in a Financial Institution or Banking operations environment
* Experience using banking platform systems

First American invests in its employees' development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer.

First American Financial

Santa Ana, CA

First American Financial Corporation knows when you're buying real estate you need insurance to go with it. In addition to title insurance from First American Title, we provide specialty property/casualty insurance and home warranties through First American Home ... Read more

Mission: Our values reflect the way we conduct ourselves with our fellow First American employees, customers, shareholders, and others in our industry and community.

Our company values are Integrity, Commitment, Service, Leadership and Teamwork.

These values represent the way we have operated since our Company’s inception over 125 years ago.

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