Oliver James are mandated by their global advisory client to assist in the recruitment of a Payments Risk SME, Senior Manager.
The role will pay up to c£100,000+ basic salary excluding car, pension, bonuses.
The two main hubs are London and Manchester - and while working arrangements are remote / hybrid - you will need to be available to attend either location on a flexible basis.
Your professional experience
For this role you will have some of the below:
- Strong experience in working in Payments and related projects, or within a Payments orientated business.
- A proactive mind-set, with the ability to take responsibility and drive key actions forward.
- The ability to think creatively, generate innovative ideas, challenge the status quo and deliver effectively with what can often be ambiguous requirements.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to aid effective interaction with senior clients and stakeholders.
- Experience of managing junior staff.
- Experience of managing budgets.
Experience in some of the following areas:
- Experience in a risk, audit, technical, operational or product capacity in relation to payments within a Bank, Payments Processor, Payment Service Provider or Scheme.
- An understanding of payments schemes such as CHAPS, BACS, Faster Payments, SWIFT, SEPA etc.
- An understanding of Card Schemes.
- An understanding of payment regulations and their implications on regulated entities, for example, PSD2, Interchange Fee Regulation and the SWIFT Customer Security Programme.
- Emerging payment technologies and trends such as Open Banking, Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Technology, mobile payments and FinTech.
- Strong technical abilities in IT and operational risk methodologies.
- Experience of implementation of payment controls.
- Experience working with Payments bodies, schemes and central banks such as SWIFT, Pay.UK and Bank of England.
