Servicing Ops Manager - Deposit Intake

Citizens Financial Group
Johnston, RI
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing transaction processing teams and handling exception workflows.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with leadership experience in transaction processing teams
    — “Lead 8–10 Transaction Processing colleagues”
  • Individuals with a track record of managing time-sensitive exception queues
    — “Managing time-sensitive exception queues and ensuring all deadlines are met”
  • Professionals skilled in data analysis and process optimization
    — “Use performance data to manage team output, guide capacity planning”

Things to consider

  • This role requires working four days per week in the Johnston, RI office
    — “working four days per week in the Johnston RI office”
  • A background check is a mandatory requirement for employment
    — “Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in leading teams and managing exception workflows
    — “Lead daily operations while fostering an inclusive, engaged team environment”
  • Showcase your cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
    — “Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • team performance
  • regulatory compliance
  • customer satisfaction
  • process improvements
Typical background
financeoperations managementproject management

Skills & requirements

Required

LeadershipRisk ManagementCustomer FocusExpense ManagementData-driven Decision MakingProject Management

Preferred

Transaction ProcessingException Workflow Management

Stack & domain

Transaction ProcessingCheck ProcessingException WorkflowsData AnalysisLeadershipCommunicationStakeholder ManagementCollaborationProblem-solving AbilitiesFinanceBankingOperations Management

About the role

Original posting from Citizens Financial Group

Servicing Operations Manager – Deposit Intake

As Servicing Operations Manager for Deposit Intake, you will lead 8–10 Transaction Processing colleagues and oversee daily, end-to-end deposit processing.

You will implement plans, policies, procedures, and systems that advance departmental goals while ensuring regulatory compliance and effective internal controls. This role requires strong cross-functional leadership, clear communication, and data-driven management of performance, capacity, and continuous improvement. You will also oversee second-shift colleagues.

A key responsibility is managing time-sensitive exception queues and ensuring all deadlines are met.

Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership:

Lead daily operations while fostering an inclusive, engaged team environment. Set clear expectations and strengthen individual and team performance through consistent coaching, development, and feedback.

Risk Management:

Maintain a balanced control environment aligned with regulatory expectations. Develop, review, and execute policies and procedures consistently and effectively, escalating risks or control gaps when appropriate.

Customer Focus:

Promote fair customer outcomes by promptly identifying, escalating, and resolving issues. Lead process improvements that enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and quality.

Expense & Capacity Management:

Manage workflow and staffing to meet daily targets within standard business hours while minimizing overtime. Monitor volumes, productivity, and service-level agreements to optimize resources and reduce operational risk.

Data-Driven Decision Making:

Use performance data to manage team output, guide capacity planning, and support continuous improvement. Apply insights to validate process enhancements and deliver measurable results.

Project Management:

Lead and support initiatives affecting the collateral servicing function, including process improvements, system implementations, and vendor integrations, to ensure successful delivery and alignment with business goals.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

Preferred QualificationsTwo or more years of leadership or people-management experience, with a demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and lead high-performing teams.

Strong knowledge of transaction and check processing.

Experience managing exception workflows.

Strong analytical skills and experience using data to guide decisions, improve performance, and support capacity planning.

Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and with external partners.

Hours & Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. This position requires working four days per week in the Johnston RI office (one day from home).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer

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Background Check

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.

Source: Citizens Financial Group careers

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