Financial Banking Services Officer

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra.

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction.

But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that.

Financial Banking Services Officer

We are looking to recruit a Financial Banking Services Officer based in our Amsterdam office.

As a Financial Banking Services Officer, you are committed to ensuring all payments and supporting documents (e.g. approvals, invoices) for our clients are done in a timely and accurate manner. You will work closely together with our offshore payments team and local relationship managers and financial services accountants. The teams consist of energetic professionals that are eager to continuously challenge each other and develop themselves to bring out the best in the team and every individual. You will report into the Manager Accounting and provide a full range of banking and administration tasks and act as a resource for colleagues in the Private Equity team.

Key Responsibilities:

You will manage relationships with banks, ensure systems are up to date and perform support on a variety of administrative-related activities. The main tasks are listed but not limited to:

• First point of contact for banking contacts;
• Managing the relationship with financial institutions and banks;
• Preparing the opening and closing of bank accounts in close cooperation with the business;
• Ensuring bank account access and authority is granted or retracted in close cooperation with the responsible team / contact persons;
• Close contact with other Vistra offices regarding bank account access for various banking items/activities.
• Monitoring of quality of payments done by GSC and participating in monthly service review calls;
• Invoice and treasury management (transaction overviews);
• Preparation and/or reviewing payment orders;
• Weekly/monthly/quarterly transaction monitoring.

Attributes and Technical Skills:

We are looking for a pro-active, persuasive new colleague, with a high focus on quality and client satisfaction. If you are the perfect candidate, you will have:

• Excellent command of English - verbal and written;
• Regulatory Knowledge of Dutch legal requirements in relation to Transaction Monitoring within a Trust company, e.g. the Dutch Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act and the Dutch Trust Offices (Supervision) Act;
• Payments Industry Knowledge – understand the role of SWIFT in making payments and the different SWIFT message types;
• Coordinating and planning skills;
• Excellent communication and people skills;
• MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).

Relevant Experience:

1-3 years of experience within a fast-paced, growing organisation.

Education and Professional Qualification:

Bachelor (HBO) education or proven equivalent experience and knowledge.

Company Benefits:

At our Netherlands office, we provide a challenging position in an ambitious organization where no day is the same. A company with a view to the future where you can grow together with and, above all, put your own stamp on.

In addition, we offer:

• Market conform remuneration and benefits (e.g., allowance to travel to work);
• 8% holiday allowance & 26 days off per year plus 1 flexible public holiday. The option to buy (max. 5) vacation days;
• Collective pension scheme, non-contributory, option to voluntary save extra with a maximum of 5.4%;
• Bonus Plan, based on our Group performance and individual performance;
• Learning and training, i.e., via our digital learning environment ‘Skills Platform’;
• Work laptop;
• The possibility to work partially from home and a fee to set up your home office;
• Our Well-being program (Open Up);
• Employee discounts via Benefits at Work;
• Bike riding via the bike scheme;
• Free coffee, tea, soft drinks and fresh fruits in our office.

Around the world, our staff volunteer time as well as raise funds for groups and organizations in their local communities. Our Company supports employees’ charitable efforts by encouraging engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and projects to improve our impact as a company. You could participate in team volunteering activities to support your communities, with one day per year being paid for. Don’t have the time? With Payroll Giving, it will be easier and more financially attractive for you to donate to charity.

We value interdepartmental collaboration, work as ONE Team throughout the world and of course get to know each other better outside of work at our DoMiBo’s (Thursday Afternoon Drinks). We look forward to getting to know you better as well!

If you are excited about working with us, we encourage you to apply. Our goal is to make this a great place to work where all our people can thrive. We hope you join us on this exciting journey!