Senior Application Specialist - Payments

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

• Strong understanding of payment rails (Fedwire, SWIFT, RTP, TCH and Third-Party Foreign Currency) methodologies, architectures, including authorization, clearing and settlement networks, execution, routing, Industrial regulatory requirements and changes. Familiar with NACHA/The Clearing House/Fed/ISO file formats

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 12 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business
• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview

The Sr. Application Specialist - Banking is a senior level position and serves as a subject matter expert various payment systems they support. They are accountable for ensuring the day-to-day operations of the systems under their charge and for supporting and implementing change and configuration management, including testing and defect management relating to new product implementations, development releases, upgrades, patches, and other system maintenance as required. Application Specialists will work closely with Business resources and stakeholders, internal Technology teams, and various vendors and third-party consultants and implementers. They must understand their application’s interdependencies with other applications and infrastructure both internally and outside the corporate network.

Ongoing knowledge of current and changing business and technological environments, trends and strategy is important to success. This position will also support/lead acquisition and conversion activities related to their business domains.

What You’ll Do

• Day-to-day management of payment applications, including implementing new systems, testing, coordinating release of configurations, etc.
• Participate on cross-functional teams to support and define business and technical requirements, operational processes, application strategy and project/product implementation.
• Design and administer application software configuration to meet the business process design and application requirements.
• Support corporate compliance, regulatory and both internal and external audit examinations and reviews.
• Provide Tier 2 application-level support and troubleshooting, escalation and complex problem solving.
• Understand the interdependencies of systems and data across the banking business line to identify and analyze impacts as applications and systems are integrated, changed/upgraded and retired.
• Must be willing to provide support 24x7x365.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience working in a banking or financial services environment with special emphasis on applications implementation, testing, maintenance, configuration, and support.
• Advanced understanding of how to troubleshoot application/system performance.
• Experience with system testing including creation of a test plan and documentation of results.
• Active payment support responsibilities within past 5 years, real practical knowledge.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (this is very detailed work).
• Experience with system testing including creation of a test plan and documentation of results.
• Time management – critical payment outages are time sensitive.
• Previous knowledge of Finastra PayPlus or Global PayPlus (wire transfer applications) and other payment systems.
• Knowledge of entire payment cycle, including interfaces, processing, settlement, etc.
• Experience with hands-on, keyboard work for payments.
• Knowledge of entire payment cycle, including interface.
• Able to work with strict deadlines and time pressure.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $100,000.00 - $130,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life.  To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success.  Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.