Associate, Cards Dispute Management, Job in Kenya - I&M Bank

Associate, Cards Dispute Management, at I&M Bank Manages card disputes, processes chargebacks, and ensures Visa/Mastercard scheme compliance. Requires Business/IT Degree, card rules knowledge, and 1+ years’ dispute experience. Full-time.

Job Purpose:

The role holder is responsible for handling Card Issuing and acquiring business disputes as per VISA and MasterCard Rules and Regulations and existing Bank Operational procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Investigate and initiate financial disputes raised by internal and external bank clients as mandated by scheme rules and procedures.

  • Follow up on disputes process as per the scheme (Mastercard and VISA) manuals to manage correct resolution with no financial loss is experienced.
  • Collecting evidence, determination of the validity of a dispute and based on findings making decisions and engagement of key stake holders’ merchants and banks clients.
  • Internal Stakeholder (branches, Call Center, and Complaints Handling Unit) Engagement with an aim of ensuring that dispute management is understood, and correct procedures are appropriately followed when raising the complaints.
  • Tracking card disputes raised and received from other banks.
  • Review of Outstanding Card Reconciliation Exceptions to ensure no outstanding reconciliation items beyond SLA.
  • Analyze card related disputes to identify thematic issues that could portray fraudulent attack for reporting/escalation. Work closely with the card fraud monitoring team on the same.
  • Ensure timely submission of monthly reports to the bank stakeholders, regulators, and quarterly reports submission to the Card Schemes. 
  • Processing of incoming and outgoing files from Card schemes portals into/from the bank Card management system within the set SLAs.
  • GL and Loyalty file generation for processing into the core banking systems.
  • Ensuring all card scheme settlement obligations are posted in core banking and remittances sent to Visa and Mastercard settlement banks.
  • Upskilled to ensure that analyst keeps up with scheme mandated rules which enhances the ability to manage both external and internal stakeholders.

Academic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Banking or related field.

Work Experience Required:

  • At Least one (1) year relevant experience.

Competencies:

  • Planning & Organizational skills.
  • Analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders at all levels. 
  • Ethics and integrity.
  • Excellent judgment and analytical abilities and impeccable integrity.
  • Strong commercial awareness and an ability to connect to business goals.
  • Experience in Business Continuity Planning and Disaster recovery.
  • Risk management skills.

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