Vice President - Payment Lifecycle Manager III

As the Cash Expense Service Manager, Vice President in Cash Asset Management Operations, you will lead end-to-end run-the-bank processing across 3 locations, ensuring stable execution, strong controls, and consistent service outcomes.

The role encompasses…

  • Explain - the determination of cause and attribution for Nostro expenses
  • Expense - the allocation and posting of Nostro expenses to the right place in the P&L and
  • Data - the management & distribution of results generated by Explain/Expense processing

You will manage managers/team leads and a 20+ team, driving performance against service levels and operational risk standards. You will jointly deliver change-the-bank initiatives with the Cash Expense Service Owner to improve STP, modernize processes, reduce defects, and strengthen the control environment.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end run-the-bank delivery for Nostro cash expense operations, ensuring adherence to service levels, quality, and timeliness.
  • Manage daily execution, prioritization, and capacity/coverage planning across a 20+ organization with 2+ direct reports.
  • Oversee exception and breaks management, ensuring disciplined investigation, resolution, escalation, and closure.
  • Own incident and problem management for the service, including root cause analysis and sustained corrective actions.
  • Ensure robust control execution, evidence standards, and documentation (procedures, runbooks, control steps) aligned to risk expectations.
  • Deliver performance routines and management information (daily/weekly/monthly) on volumes, quality, aging, and operational risk indicators.
  • Partner with Technology and operational partners to address production issues, reduce manual touchpoints, and improve service resilience.
  • Drive continuous improvement to reduce errors, rework, and cycle times through standardization and operational discipline.
  • Co-lead change-the-bank delivery with the Cash Expense Service Owner, supporting requirements, testing, implementation readiness, and stabilization.
  • Represent the service in governance forums, audits, and reviews; remediate findings and control gaps within committed timelines.
  • Develop talent through coaching, performance management, and succession planning across managers/team leads and staff.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Proven leadership experience in financial services operations at Vice President-equivalent level with end-to-end service accountability.
  • Demonstrated run-the-bank ownership including service levels, quality management, capacity planning, and senior stakeholder reporting.
  • Strong understanding of Nostro-related operations and exception-driven processing in a controlled environment.
  • Experience leading managers/team leads and scaling execution across a 20+ person organization.
  • Strong operational risk and controls mindset, including audit readiness, evidence discipline, and timely remediation execution.
  • Demonstrated incident, issue, and escalation management experience with structured root cause practices.
  • Ability to drive performance through data-driven management information, KPI routines, and continuous improvement.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present clearly to senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to partner effectively across Operations, Technology, and Control functions to deliver outcomes.
  • High accountability, sound judgment, and ability to execute under time-critical deadlines.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience delivering process transformation and automation (workflow tools, digitization, or robotics process automation).
  • Familiarity with service management disciplines (incident, problem, change) applied in operations environments.
  • Experience operating within a global, multi-location delivery model with follow-the-sun governance.
  • Background supporting cash operations, reconciliations-adjacent processes, or cash investigations.
  • Demonstrated track record of reducing defects and manual touchpoints through standardization and control uplift.
  • Experience creating business cases or roadmaps for operational improvements in partnership with a Service Owner.
  • Lean/Six Sigma or other continuous improvement certification (or equivalent practical experience).

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