Deposit Ops NY Supervisor - Remote

Who We Are

BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.

BankUnited is honored to announce that we have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America's Most Trusted Companies Award List!

BankUnited has been recognized by Newsweek for two outstanding awards in 2023 as one of America's Greatest Workplaces and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters, which acknowledges our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace.

Our Culture

At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.

Why BankUnited

Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been nationally ranked #1 as one of the 2023 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal since 2020.

As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.

At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday - Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.

If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative work environment, Apply Now and start your journey with BankUnited today!

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Deposit Ops NY Supervisor supervises, coordinates and directs a team of remote employees. The supervisor is responsible for the daily work flow and ensures that all job functions are completed within assigned timeframes. This includes but is not limited to providing oversight for Wire processing, ACH and Wire Exception handling, ACH and Wire Investigations, ACH Rejects, ACH DNEs and Reclamations and E-Service requests/mailboxes. Ensures all associated regulatory deadlines are strictly adhered to and managed to ensure any losses to the bank are mitigated.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

• Supervises, coordinates and directs a team of remote employees responsible for the daily functions within the Electronic Services Department.
• Assists management with making necessary decisions for personnel regarding employment, performance appraisals, salary recommendations, promotions and termination.
• Coordinates and directs the immediate activities and departmental workflow of the daily processes to ensure timely completion of responsibilities within regulatory requirements and departmental guidelines.
• Prepares work schedules and assigns duties to department personnel to ensure efficient operation of department.
• Interfaces with and provides support to other areas of the bank to assist with adjustments and corrections to customer information and general ledger reconciliation.
• Works with management team to ensure operational standards are consistent with the most current regulatory guidelines and that effective controls are implemented to mitigate risk and losses to the bank.
• Ensures the integrity of the daily work and that transactions are processed accurately and within standards.
• Maintains and distributes operational and statistical reports for areas of responsibility.
• Monitors data input into the department's Flash Reports to ensure that the staff is accurately entering their volumes on a daily basis.
• Monitors errors, create standards and maintain department performance metrics to assist management with meeting head count requirements.
• Develops and maintains current departmental desk procedures for area of responsibility.
• Ensures all employees are cross-trained on multiple functions to mitigate any single points of failure.
• Provides superior service to client facing employees when assisting them with customer servicing needs.
• Assist the Audit Department with periodic examinations.
• Assists the department manager with projects, initiatives and implementations impacting the department.
• Works with department manager to re-engineer operational tasks to maximize efficiencies and manage workflow capacity for effective utilization of resources.
• Works with department manager to update and administer the department disaster recovery/business continuity plan.
• Oversees the department's new release testing and data validation exercises.
• Serves on committees as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for special projects (i.e. system upgrades, system modifications, conversions, mergers, etc.).
• Performs Regression and Upgrade Testing of Signature Releases.
• Attends training seminars as required to maintain current with systems, pertinent regulations and development needs.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises function, projects or services and/or one or more employees, as applicable.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance coaching; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of recent supervisory and/or leadership experience in ACH/Wire processing in a large financial institution required
• Commercial banking experience preferred