Clearing Operations Section provides clearing and settlement services to commercial banks, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Section also manages the operations of the Automated Clearing House.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Technical and Operational Responsibilities
Contribute to the smooth operations of the Clearing Section.
Comply with KBA Standards and Regulations.
Input/approve Clearing Voucher/Return codes.
Input/ approve Bank and Branches codes.
Download inward payments from the Automated Clearing House.
Upload outward payments to the Automated Clearing House.
Process Outward cheques, Inward cheques, and cheque verification.
Process Outward EFTs (unpaid EFT credits), and Inward EFTs Credits.
Process Domestic Foreign Currency Cheque Clearing (DFCCC).
Input Banks’ DFCC Guarantees.
Facilitate the processing of non-CTS compliant cheques.
Operate MICR cheque readers system.
Monitor settlement of Payment Switch Operators (PSOs) net settlements instruction (NSI) files in KEPSS. (Kenswitch Ltd, Integrated Payment Services Ltd and Interswitch Kenya Ltd.)
Support Branches clearing operations.
Diligently approve a variety of Clearing Section transactions.
Ensure compliance with operational, security and control policies/ procedures, preventing fraud and loss to the Bank.
Process clearing files in the ACH system to distribute them to the respective clearing centers.
Maintain the Bank an
