Foreign Exchange Operations Accounting Analyst - Amegy Tower
Posted on: 11 Apr 2021
Houston, TX
Job Description
We are looking for a Foreign Exchange Operations Accounting Analyst to join our team.
Ideal candidates will have the skills and experience necessary to:
* Provide accounting and complex operational support and analysis for the Foreign Exchange Operational functions related to Foreign Exchange Spot/Forward, NDF, Options, FX Loans, Collections and Letters of Credit transactions.
* Complete reconciliations, investigations, customer and bank limits, customer onboarding documentation and account maintenance.
* Ensure the accurate reconcilement of all Due From and Nostro accounts.
* Research and clears outstanding overdraft interest and wire charges.
* Completes related journal entries and investigations.
* Conducts FX transaction wire investigation and settlement of compensation claims as well as and maintains case files as required.
* Negotiates and analyzes compensation to be charged or made to counterparty banks.
* Reviews and monitors Foreign Exchange credit presentation for completeness and adhearance to the FX Credit Policy.
* Coordinates with relationship managers and sales advisors to obtain renewal prior to expiration.
* Works with FX sales advisors to ensure that delivery instructions for all exotic currency wires are accurate, meet specific country requirements for proper delivery, investigations and reconcilement.
* Ensures accurate processing and issuance of Foreign Currency Drafts.
* Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelors in accounting, finance or a related field and 4+ years of accounting, reconcilations, banking and/or foreign exhange operations or other directly related experience. A combination of experience and education may meet job requirements.
* Basic knowledge of general accounting principles, reconcilations, journal entries, banking, Foreign Exchange operations and processing policies and procedures.
* Knowledge of related compliance regulations.
* Knowledge and understanding of SWIFT and FEDWire formatting.
* Ability to prepare reports as needed. Must be accurate and able to meet deadlines.
* Good balancing, research, problem solving and reconciliation skills.
* Good computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access.
Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week are eligible for a full benefits package.
Benefits:
* Medical and Dental Insurance + Life Insurance + 401(k) plan + generous company matching!
* Competitive compensation commensurate with work experience (some roles include incentives, mileage + travel time pay, and/or parking waivers.
* Eligible for sales bonuses + monthly incentives and/or annual discretionary bonus
* Paid Training, paid Vacation, paid Holidays and promotional opportunities offered from within
* Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees
* Stable Employer, a division of Zions Bancorporation and is included in the S&P 500 & NASDAQ Financial 100
Amegy Bank
Houston, TX
More than 25 years ago, Amegy Bank entered the market with a small team who had big goals. Throughout the next two decades, that team grew into a talented family of bankers whose commitment to common-sense solutions and doing the right thing for clients still remains a priority today.
Amegy Bank believes in relationship banking, where clients know their bankers’ names and bankers know their clients’. We look at banking from our clients’ perspective and we make it easy for them to bank with us. Through what we call the “Community Banking Partnership,” we bring solutions to clients by being proactive and providing them access to all parts of the bank in their own geographic areas.
With more than 75 banking locations in Texas, we live and work here, so we understand the spirit and personality of our communities, industries and our economy. We specialize in banking privately owned business of all sizes and public companies in all industries with additional expertise in real estate, energy and correspondent banking. Supporting the deposit and loan capabilities of our business relationship managers is a highly experienced team of product specialists including SBA, cash management, fraud protection, international trade, investments, foreign exchange, corporate trust, retirement plan services, leasing, interest rate hedging and factoring. Equally as important, we offer a wide range of depository, lending, mortgage, brokerage, investment management, trust and internet services for consumers and private banking clients.
Amegy Bank is a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A., which operates in nearly 500 local financial centers across 11 Western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Zions Bancorporation is in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices (NASDAQ: ZION).
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IndustryBanking/Financial Services
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No. of Employees1,600+
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