Senior Payment Analyst, Payments Operations | 12-Month FTC

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency; Palmerston North; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency in Palmerston North is seeking a Senior Payment Analyst to join the Financial Operations team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will analyse, optimise, and report on our payment processes and digital services that support over $1.5 billion in annual online payments.

You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, ensure security, mitigate fraud, and deliver insightful business reports while keeping up with industry standards and new payment

Qualifications

• Experience in payment operations, financial services, or banking and knowledge of payment ecosystems.
• Ability to analyse payment data and provide actionable insights for decisions.
• Experience documenting processes, testing solutions, training, and supporting users.
• Strong relationship management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, optimise, and report on payment processes and digital services.
• Oversee payment transaction processing and issue resolution.
• Mitigate fraud risk and deliver insightful business reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement new payment solutions.

Skills

Payment operations

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel

SQL

PCI-DSS knowledge

Education

Finance/Accounting/Banking/Technology degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Microsoft Power BI

Job description

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency in Palmerston North is seeking a Senior Payment Analyst to join the Financial Operations team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will analyse, optimise, and report on our payment processes and digital services that support over $1.5 billion in annual online payments.

You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, ensure security, mitigate fraud, and deliver insightful business reports while keeping up with industry standards and new payment