Senior Consultant (Payment Solutions)

Nortal; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Buddy onboarding

Professional development days

Open culture

Payments project work

AI-enabled workplace

Autonomy & ownership

Job summary

Nortal seeks a Senior Consultant for Payment Solutions in Germany to design scalable payment infrastructure and drive e-payment initiatives for public sector clients. You will lead integration projects, define end-to-end processes, and advise on PSP selections and payment methods.

Join an organization combining strategy, technology, and regulation to deliver secure, future-ready payments with strong German language proficiency and deep regulatory knowledge.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in e-payment, payments, or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of SEPA, instant payments, cards, wallets.

Responsibilities

• Design central payment infrastructure for public sector.
• Develop e-payment solutions and integrate with domain systems and wallets.
• Advise on PSPs, providers, and payment methods.
• Contribute to target architecture including APIs and routing logic.
• Ensure compliance with PSD2, ZAG, DORA, GDPR.

Skills

Payments domain expertise

PSD2 & regulations

APIs & integration

End-to-end payment flows

Regulatory compliance

German fluency

Job description

Senior Consultant (Payment Solutions) – Germany

As a Senior Consultant for Payment Solutions, you shape how public sector organizations move money: safely, efficiently, and ready for what comes next. You work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and regulation, owning your work from concept through rollout.

Overview

Senior Consultant (Payment Solutions) – Germany. As a Senior Consultant for Payment Solutions, you shape how public sector organizations move money: safely, efficiently, and ready for what comes next. You work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and regulation, owning your work from concept through rollout.

About Nortal

For over 26 years, we have shaped digital transformation for complex organizations, from global enterprises to public sector bodies. Today, we combine deep industry expertise with data and AI know-how to build solutions that deliver immediate impact and scale for the long term. Our clients trust us with their most demanding projects because we deliver what works in practice, not just on paper.

What We Offer

• Structured onboarding with a buddy program
• Continuous growth through international learning networks, paid training, and six professional development days a year
• An open company culture with transparency at every level
• Meaningful projects in areas like digital payments infrastructure, e-government, and trustworthy digital services
• An AI-enabled work environment
• High ownership, short decision paths, and real room for your own ideas

Your Responsibilities

• You design and shape central payment infrastructure, with a focus on scalable, future-proof solutions
• You analyze, conceptualize, and further develop e-payment solutions for the public sector
• You define end-to-end payment processes, including integration into domain systems, portals, and digital wallets
• You advise clients on selecting, integrating, and managing payment service providers (PSPs) and payment methods
• You contribute to the target architecture, including APIs, orchestration, and routing logic
• You ensure compliance with relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., PSD2, ZAG, DORA, GDPR)
• You collaborate with key stakeholders across ministries, public authorities, IT providers, and PSPs
• You support pilot phases, rollout, and scaling of implemented solutions
• You provide functional guidance on payment architecture topics, such as wallet integration and emerging payment methods like RTP, Wero, and the digital euro

Your profile (must-have)

• Five or more years of experience in e-payment, payments, or financial services (e.g., PSP, bank, consultancy, or platform provider)
• Strong understanding of common payment methods: SEPA, instant payments, cards, wallets, and similar
• Experience with payment architectures, including orchestration, PSP integrations, and transaction management
• Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as PSD2 and ZAG, ideally DORA as well
• Experience designing APIs and integration architectures
• Understanding of end-to-end payment processes, including clearing and settlement
• Familiarity with modern payment solutions such as Request-to-Pay, Wero, and the digital euro
• Experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical concepts
• Fluent in German

Nice to have

• Experience in the public sector or GovTech projects
• Knowledge of platforms such as ePayBL or similar solutions
• Experience with digital identity solutions
• Understanding of ERP and financial systems and how they integrate into payment processes
• Experience building or operating platform-based solutions
• Basic understanding of cloud architectures and microservices
• Knowledge of agentic payments

We look forward to your application!