Trainee Payment Analyst

Recruiter for this position: Vipin Yadav
Hiring Manager for this position: Himanshu Sharma
Division: Global Support & Managed Automation

Serrala is the global leader in finance process automation. For over 40 years we have been advancing the office of the CFO with our award-winning suite of finance automation applications.

Our solutions streamline all working capital-related processes including Order to Cash Procure to Pay Cash Flow Management and Treasury across both cloud and SAP environments.

Our 10 hubs across Europe North America and India support over 2800 clients worldwide reflecting the trust weve built with a diverse global community.

Join us as we lead the future of finance automation!

About the role

Were looking for a technically strong Computer Engineering graduate to join as a Trainee Payment Analyst. Youll work where software engineering meets banking. Youll learn how payment files are generated transformed validated and delivered to banks and youll help build the tools that automate this work. After a structured training period youll take ownership of customer formats.

What youll do

- Payment formats and configuration
- Learn and work with global payment standards:
- ISO 20022: pain.001 (credit transfers) pain.002 (status reports) camt.053/054 (bank statements)
- SEPA SWIFT MT/MX and country- and bank-specific formats
- Configure and map payment formats from ERP data (SAP and others) to the format each bank requires
- Help migrate customers between format versions for example ISO 20022 V3 to V9 to meet bank and SWIFT deadlines
- Testing and validation
- Validate XML payment files against XSD schemas and bank specifications
- Run end-to-end tests in UAT environments then analyse the banks acknowledgements and rejections
- Write test cases and keep test evidence for customer sign-off
- Support and troubleshooting
- Investigate customer tickets such as rejected payments mapping errors file transfer failures and status mismatches




- Read logs query databases with SQL and find the root cause with help from senior analysts
- Coordinate with banks customers and internal development and cloud teams
- Ways of working
- Work in Agile/Scrum sprints using Jira and document configurations and decisions in Confluence
- Collaborate with colleagues in India and Europe

What were looking for

Must have

- BE / in Computer Engineering or an equivalent degree in IT or Computer Science (2025 or 2026 graduates welcome)
- Strong grasp of programming fundamentals in at least one language (JavaScript/ Java or Python)
- Good working knowledge of SQL (joins filters aggregations)
- Understanding of data formats: XML JSON and CSV
- Analytical mindset and close attention to detail because one wrong field means a failed payment
- Transparent written and spoken English

Good to have

- XML Schema (XSD) XPath or XSLT
- REST APIs and tools such as Postman
- ETL tools (Pentaho Talend or similar) or experience transforming data in scripts
- Git the Linux command line SFTP
- Basic knowledge of banking payments or finance (well teach the domain)

Internships or academic projects in data integration automation or fintech

Soft skills

- Curiosity and willingness to learn a new domain quickly
- Ownership and follow-through on tasks and customer issues
- Being comfortable asking questions and documenting what you learn

What we offer

- A structured training programme with a dedicated mentor
- Work with real global customers banks and modern integration technology
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development
- A clear growth path from Trainee to Payment Analyst with opportunities in integration and development
- An international team and a hybrid way of working

Next steps: Simply apply here via the internal job market - we will contact you as soon as possible. Good to know: We will contact you first - your current manager will not be informed about your internal application.
Your HR Contact for this position is: Vipin Yadav
This role is based in: Pune

Required Experience:

Intern

📌 Trainee Payment Analyst (Pune)
🏢 Serrala
📍 Pune