Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited 香港銀行同業結算有限公司招聘

Manager (Clearing Operations)

Major Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for supervising and monitoring all daily operations performed in the primary and secondary clearing centres to ensure compliance with the established control procedures and requirements

  • Assist supervisor in prompt escalation and resolution of any production problems or irregularities encountered during the course of operations and prepare incident reports as appropriate, follow up on the remediation action and improvement plan

  • Assist member banks in solving daily operational issues relating to bulk clearing services, Faster Payment System (FPS) and maintain a highly effective communication with member banks

  • Oversee and manage the overall new service/product implementation cycle and ensure the service/product is properly launched with high performance

  • Manage the progress of all project activities involved and ensure all tasks are completed in accordance with the agreed requirements, standards and timeline

  • Ensure departmental procedural manuals are updated and complied with the Clearing House Rules and Clearing Operating Procedures

  • Review and ensure all contingency procedures and resources in relation to clearing operations are in place

  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the superiors

Requirements:

  • University education preferably majoring in business studies, finance and banking or related disciplines

  • Over 10 years of experience in payment and cheque processing, item processing and clearing operations, preferably with 4 years of managerial experience

  • Knowledge of clearing and payment systems will be an advantage

  • Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, proficiency in Putonghua is preferable

  • Good interpersonal and supervisory skills; independent and able to work under pressure

  • Willing to perform shift duties as required

Engineer (Quality Assurance)

Major Responsibilities:

  • Assist in preparing test plan, test cases, and other relevant documents for conducting user acceptance tests, regression tests, and simulation tests

  • Execute and follow up the test cases, document the test results and maintain the problem logs

  • Communicate, co-ordinate and liaise with users, IT development and other teams

  • Prepare and setup up testing environments

  • Promote quality assurance standards and best practices to the team

  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • University / Tertiary education, preferably in Computer Science or related disciplines with 1-2 years of quality assurance experience would be an advantage

  • Knowledge in quality assurance process is preferred

  • Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese

  • Knowledge of SWIFT messages, XML and experience in automated testing tools is added advantage

  • Fresh graduates are welcome to apply

  • Candidates with more experience may be considered as Senior Engineer (Quality Assurance)

Assistant Officer (Clearing Operations)

Major Responsibilities:

  • Perform clearing operations duties in relation to clearing and settlement of paper cheques, e-Cheques, bill payments and presentments and electronic clearing items

  • Assist in monitoring and performing the clearing and settlement processes

  • Attend to service hotlines in handling enquiries from member banks on the clearing and settlement services

  • Arrange onboarding activities for member banks on subscription or withdrawal of clearing services

  • Assist in administrative and documentation work including preparation of working instructions and procedures

  • Provide clerical support to the clearing and settlement services including data input

  • Provide service support to member banks at clearing counter to collect/dispatch physical clearing items

  • Perform other duties or projects as assigned

Requirements:

  • HKCEE/HKDSE or above, tertiary education is an advantage

  • 1 – 2 years working experience, preferably in banking or finance industry

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills

  • Able to communicate in written and spoken English and Chinese; fluency in Putonghua is an advantage

  • Proficiency in computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Required to work at alternative sites and perform evening shift duty according to roster

Application Method

Interested parties please send your curriculum vitae stating your current and expected salaries, and the contact phone number to the Human Resources Division, Unit B, 25/F, MG Tower, 133 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon or e-mail it to hrm@hkicl.com.hk.

All applications and personal information collected will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for the purpose of recruitment and selection. The information collected will be accessed by our authorized personnel only. Those applicants not contacted by the Human Resources Division within two months from their application date should consider their applications filed for future reference which will be retained for one year for possible future job matching, and will be destroyed after the expiry of one year.