Payments Scheme & Supplier Analyst

Yorkshire Building Society; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday

Bonus

Pension

Healthcare

My Benefits

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Payments Scheme & Supplier Analyst to help ensure our payment services run smoothly and comply with industry requirements. You will work with our teams, sponsor banks and payment suppliers to deepen your knowledge of the payments landscape.

The role covers monitoring supplier performance, supporting scheme updates, and assisting with changes to payment services while maintaining clear records. The position is hybrid, combining office and home-based work.

Qualifications

• Experience in payments, banking or financial services environments.
• Ability to review data to identify trends and issues.
• Experience supporting operational teams and change activities.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor payment suppliers and identify trends or issues.
• Ensure compliance with payment schemes and guidance from regulators.
• Review updates from schemes, regulators, and suppliers and interpret impact for YBS.
• Assist with changes to payment services and assess impacts.
• Help manage payment-related incidents with internal teams and suppliers.
• Maintain records related to payment schemes and suppliers.
• Monitor supplier service levels and support contract renewals/reviews.
• Use data to support supplier reviews, monitoring and reporting.
• Support processing and checking of payments and charges with suppliers.
• Support the Payments Scheme & Supplier Manager and act as delegate when required.

Skills

Payments experience

Supplier management

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Job description

About the role

Joining us as a Payments Scheme & Supplier Analyst will give you the opportunity to help make sure our payment services run smoothly, meet industry requirements and continue to provide a reliable service for our customers.

You’ll work with teams across the Society, our sponsor banks and payment suppliers, giving you a great opportunity to build your knowledge of the payments industry and how our payment services operate.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring the performance of our payment suppliers, using service information and data to identify trends, issues or areas that need attention.


• Helping to make sure we continue to meet payment scheme requirements and supporting activities with our sponsor banks.


• Reviewing updates from payment schemes, regulators and suppliers and helping to understand what they mean for YBS.


• Supporting changes to our payment services, including helping to assess impacts and making sure we're ready for changes when they happen.


• Helping to manage payment-related incidents and issues, working with internal teams and external suppliers to understand and resolve them.


• Maintaining clear and accurate records relating to our payment schemes and suppliers.


• Monitoring supplier service levels and supporting contract renewals and reviews.


• Using data and management information to support supplier reviews, payment scheme monitoring and reporting.


• Supporting the processing and checking of payments and charges relating to our payment suppliers.


• Supporting the Payments Scheme & Supplier Manager and acting as their delegate when required.

The team work on a hybrid basis. There is a minimum requirement to be in the office 2 days per week and so you can blend working from home with an office presence.

About you

We’re looking for someone with relevant experience in payments, banking, financial services, supplier management or a similar operational environment, who is keen to build their knowledge of payment schemes and supplier management.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Experience working in payments, banking, financial services, supplier management or a similar environment.


• A good understanding of payment services and an interest in developing your knowledge of UK payment schemes and the wider payments industry.


• Good analytical skills, with experience of reviewing information and data to identify trends, issues or areas requiring further investigation.


• Experience of supporting operational teams, service management, change or continuous improvement activities.


• Good organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage a range of activities and priorities.


• Good communication and relationship-management skills, with experience of working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.


• The confidence to ask questions, challenge where appropriate and raise risks or issues when something doesn’t look right.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 28 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.


• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).


• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.


• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.


• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.