Senior Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - MERJE Ltd

MERJE Ltd

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

To £90,000 + benefits

Partially Remote

My client is a global brand that offers a range of integrated services.

As their Risk Advisory business continues to grow they have an opportunity for a payments senior manager to join their established payments team within the financial services practice.

The Payments industry is experiencing unprecedented levels of change as a result of technological and business model change, the advent of PSD2 and Open Banking, new FinTech challengers and major changes to the UK and Europe's payment scheme infrastructures,and it is therefore an area of increasing strategic importance to their clients.

In light of increased market demand, they are seeking to grow their Payments Risk team.

They are seeking individuals with the drive, leadership and vision to help deliver their current portfolio of payments risk advisory and assurance engagements with arange of clients from the largest global financial services companies, payments schemes, major corporates and smaller emerging payments players.

The Payments Risk team works with organisations to help assess the critical risks and challenges facing their payments businesses and operations.

Their specialists help clients to manage and mitigate their payments risks, embed change within their paymentsIT and operations functions, understand the impact of regulation and emerging innovations, and address the challenges facing their businesses.

Responsibilities

You will have responsibility for:

Delivering and managing a wide range of client engagements which could include payments assurance, controls and regulatory reviews, business operations process reviews, technology and IT architecture reviews, change and project management, regulatory implementationsupport, financial crime reviews, enhancing compliance capabilities and supporting clients to understand the impact of new innovations.
Managing junior resources to deliver engagements, and developing their skills through training and knowledge sharing.
Building and maintaining a network of internal and client contacts in the Payments area.
Budgeting and oversight of engagement financials.
Monitoring market developments and keeping up to date with the latest Payments developments.
Running training activities to train other staff in payments skills.

Requirements:

To qualify for the role of Senior Manager you must have:

Strong experience in working in Payments and related projects, or within a Payments orientated business.
A proactive mindset, 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 several of 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.

The role would be based in Manchester and would benefits from a hybrid working pattern involving a mix of home and office based working.

Salary range is broad and commensurate with experience.