Payments Strategy & Commercial Analyst

Next Level Business Services Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Level Business Services Inc. in London is seeking a payments-focused analyst to lead analytical work across partner economics, pricing, and product adoption. You will translate data trends into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders, support financial modelling, and prepare business cases and decision materials.

This hybrid role requires strong commercial judgment and the ability to collaborate across functions to drive strategic outcomes in a FinTech context.

Qualifications

• Experience in payments, FinTech, or related commercial analysis fields.
• Strong analytical capability with data analysis, trend identification, and modeling.
• Understanding of payment economics, pricing, and commercial drivers.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and derive clear recommendations.
• Experience preparing business cases and executive decision materials.
• Ability to connect analysis to business outcomes and P&L impact.
• Proven ability to work across teams on cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to analytics across payments topics, pricing, and partner economics.
• Analyze data, identify trends, and translate findings into actionable insights.
• Support commercial modelling and assess opportunities and P&L impact.
• Apply payments expertise to evaluate commercial offerings and partnerships.
• Structure ambiguous problems and synthesize recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Prepare business cases and executive summaries for timely decisions.
• Support cross-functional initiatives requiring analytical rigor and clear communication.
• Improve execution on commercial initiatives across partner priorities.

Skills

Payments industry

FinTech

Partner economics

Pricing strategy

Data analysis

Strategic thinking

Commercial analysis

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Location: London, City of, United Kingdom

Working Arrangement: Hybrid — onsite 2 days per week in London

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to analytical and strategic work across payments-related topics, including partner economics, pricing, payment flows, commercial performance, and product adoption.
• Analyse data, identify trends, and translate complex findings into clear insights, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Support commercial and financial modelling to assess opportunities, business cases, partner economics, and potential P&L impact.
• Apply payments expertise to evaluate commercial opportunities and support decision-making across priority FinTech Commercial Partnerships initiatives.
• Structure ambiguous business problems, break down complex topics, and synthesise analysis into practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Prepare business cases, executive-level summaries, and decision materials to support timely, high-quality commercial decisions.
• Support cross-functional initiatives requiring analytical capacity, structured thinking, payments knowledge, and clear commercial judgment.
• Improve execution on commercially relevant initiatives by providing flexible analytical and strategic support across Partner Commercial priorities.

Required Experience and Skills

• Strong experience in payments, FinTech, commercial payments, partner economics, payment strategy, consulting, commercial analysis, or a related field.
• Strong analytical capability, including working with data, identifying trends, building models, and translating analysis into actionable business insights.
• Good understanding of payment economics, pricing, payment flows, commercial performance drivers, and payments-related business models.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, apply critical thinking, and develop clear recommendations from complex information.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to connect analytical work to business outcomes, decision-making, and P&L impact.
• Experience preparing business cases, executive summaries, decision materials, or recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and support cross-functional initiatives requiring analytical rigour, payments knowledge, and clear communication.