Payments Operations Lead
Core
Centralize and own the day-to-day running of payments and settlement operations, standardizing processes and managing controls for outbound payments and merchant settlements.
Role type
Senior IC payments operations lead
Builds
Reliable, well-controlled payments and settlement capability
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Local Business Finance
Required skills
Payments operations, SEPA/Faster Payments/SWIFT, merchant settlements, reconciliation, banking partner management, Treasury/funding, operational controls, incident handling, process standardization, automation/AI
Preferred skills
E-money institution experience, card acquiring, reconciliation tools, new payment rail launch
Technologies
SEPA, Faster Payments, SWIFT, AI agents, spreadsheets
Responsibilities
Centralize fragmented payment operations into a single capability, standardize and document core processes with runbooks, manage operational relationships with banking and payment partners, forecast and manage funding/liquidity with Treasury, test and run payment rails, implement and maintain operational controls (maker-checker, sanctions screening), handle incident resolution and continuity planning, build automation for reconciliation and exception triage, report on operational performance metrics.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC