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Rate
140 000 CZK - 160 000 CZK
/
month
Form of cooperation
Full-time / 40% Remote
Sector
Banking
Location
Praha
The reward is calculated upon delivery of 20 MD per month (1MD=8h)
Project duration
6 months with possible extension
Period of cooperation
24.08.2026
- 24.02.2027
Start date
24.08.2026 - 31.08.2026
Project duration
6 months with possible extension
Period of cooperation
24.08.2026
- 24.02.2027
Start date
24.08.2026 - 31.08.2026
Technology
- Swift
Languages
-
English
-
active, B2/C1/C2
-
Slovak or Czech
-
native
Project description
- testing of solutions for processing foreign and cross-border payments from transaction initiation to settlement, accounting, returns, and reconciliation
- verifying the correct flow of payments between banking systems, correspondent banks, SWIFT gateway, and related internal client systems in the banking sector
- working in the SWIFT, ISO 20022, and CBPR+ environment in collaboration with analysts, developers, payment operations, and business specialists
- designing test scenarios, test cases, and test data for integration, system, end-to-end, and regression testing
- detailed testing of messages pacs.008, pacs.009, pacs.009 COV, pacs.002, pacs.004, and camt.056
- verifying full and partial returns of settled payments using pacs.004, including references, return reason codes, amounts, currencies, settlement methods, and participant roles
- analysis of input and output XML messages, database data, logs, and communication between individual systems
- checking accounting and transactional records, impact on client and nostro accounts, statements, and reconciliation
- logging and analysis of defects, evaluating test results, and communicating findings to relevant stakeholders
- collaboration in a hybrid mode combining onsite and remote
Project requirements
- Required experience and knowledge:
- practical experience with testing foreign or cross-border payments in a bank, fintech, or a bank payment system provider
- deep knowledge of the end-to-end lifecycle of a foreign payment, including authorization, routing, clearing, settlement, accounting, controls, returns, and reconciliation
- strong knowledge of SWIFT and the principles of cross-border correspondent banking
- practical knowledge of ISO 20022 and the ability to read, analyze, and test ISO 20022 messages in XML
- experience in validating message structure, mandatory and optional elements, data relationships, codes, and rules according to CBPR+ Usage Guidelines
- detailed knowledge of pacs.004 – Payment Return, its use after settlement, and the difference compared to a rejection via pacs.002 and a recall via camt.056
- knowledge of messages pacs.008, pacs.009, pacs.009 COV, pacs.002, pacs.004, and camt.056
- ability to correctly work with UETR, End-to-End ID, Instruction ID, and original message references
- experience in preparing test scenarios, test cases, test data, defect logging, and results evaluation
- experience with integration, system, end-to-end, and regression testing
- knowledge of XML, XSD, and message validation
- good knowledge of SQL and the ability to verify accounting and transactional records in the database
- ability to analyze logs, database data, and messages exchanged between systems
- experience with REST/SOAP APIs or other integration interfaces
- experience with Jira and a test management tool
- English language skills enabling work with SWIFT and ISO 20022 documentation and communication in an international environment
- seniority enabling independent ownership of the payment domain and collaboration with analysts, developers, payment operations, and business
- Other relevant experience
- knowledge of the difference between serial payment and cover payment and the relationship between pacs.008 and pacs.009 COV
- understanding of correspondent banking principles and nostro/vostro accounts
- knowledge of the meaning of BIC, IBAN, value date, cut-off times, settlement accounts, and charge bearer variants OUR, SHA, and BEN
- experience in testing sanctions, AML, and fraud controls in the payment process
- ability to verify STP processing, repair queue, reprocessing, duplicates, and idempotency
- experience in checking the accounting impact of sending, rejecting, and returning payments
- experience with UAT testing
- Advantageous
- knowledge of messages camt.029, camt.052, camt.053, camt.054, pain.001, and pain.002
- experience with Postman or SoapUI
- experience with MQ, Kafka, or other messaging solutions
- experience with automated backend or API testing
- experience with SWIFT Alliance, FINplus, or a banking SWIFT gateway
- experience with a payment engine or core banking system
- experience with migrating SWIFT MT messages to ISO 20022 MX messages
- knowledge of MT103, MT202, and MT202 COV and their mapping to ISO 20022
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