Senior Specialist, T2 / Target2 Payment Operations
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01Senior Specialist, T2 (Target2) Payment Operations
Location: Remote in Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus or Poland
02The role
We’re moving from indirect to direct participation in TARGET2 (T2), and we need someone to own the operational side end to end. You’ll design and document the Payment Operations processes, validate them in the August UAT, cut over BIC by BIC, and then run them as business-as-usual. You’ll be the operational contact for the T2 scheme, DNB and our partner banks.
03What you’ll do
- Own core payment processes: SCT / SCT Inst recalls, investigations (including pacs.028), SWIFT enquiries (MT199/MT999, RFIs), missing or incoming funds, and rejects, returns and refunds.
- Run the T2 platform day to day: work in the T2 GUI (U2A/A2A), maintain CRDM reference data, and set up four-eyes controls and the manual-vs-automated split.
- Manage the migration: move traffic from BNP Paribas to direct participation, with every payment traceable by BIC and path, and define when each BNPP-dependent step can be retired.
- Cover reconciliation and liquidity: be the Payment Ops link to the reconciliation team (funding and defunding stay with Finance Ops/Treasury).
- Handle incidents and contingency: build the incident process around DNB, FIS and TARGET escalation routes, own Payment Ops’ role in DNB reporting, and define the ECONS II contingency approach.
- Coordinate with others: work with the Eurosystem, DNB, SWIFT/NEXI, FIS and correspondent banks, and partner with Product and Engineering to specify how the platform should behave.
04What success looks like
- Every direct-participation process has an owner, documented procedures, and passing UAT evidence.
- The migration causes no impact on customers, and Customer Support has clear guidance.
- After go-live, T2 runs as stable BAU with no remaining BNPP operational dependency.
05What we’re looking for
- Hands-on experience with T2 / TARGET Services (RTGS, TIPS), including the GUI and U2A/A2A actions
- Around 2-3+ years in payment operations at a bank, EMI or PSP, ideally with SEPA schemes (SCT, SCT Inst)
- Familiarity with investigations, recalls, returns and SWIFT / ISO 20022 messaging
- Experience writing SOPs and controls, or the ability to pick it up quickly
- Comfort working with regulators, partners and technical teams
- Enough ownership to make sign-off and escalation decisions with support from the team
- Fluent English
06Nice to have
- Experience with CRDM reference-data maintenance
- Involvement in a direct-participation onboarding or sponsor-bank migration
- Knowledge of DNB / TARGET-NL conditions, IPR, PSD2, or ECONS II contingency processes
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UN living-cost index for Netherlands (ICSC post adjustment 42.9), as of 1 Oct 2026.
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- Highly Skilled Migrant: Recognised sponsor and salary threshold
- EU Blue Card: Degree and salary threshold
- Orientation year for highly educated persons: Graduates of Dutch or top world universities, 1 year job search
Official routes: Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
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