Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager

Compunnel, Inc.; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is seeking a Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager in Atlanta, GA. You will lead design and delivery of modern payment platforms across ACH, wires, SWIFT, and real-time rails, partnering with banks, fintechs, and internal teams to drive growth.

The role emphasizes end-to-end payment processing, API-driven architectures, cloud readiness, and adherence to security and regulatory standards, with a focus on delivering scalable, future-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of payments, banking technology, or financial services systems.
• 4+ years with payment solutions (ACH, wires, SWIFT, real-time rails).
• 4+ years end-to-end payment processing, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• 4+ years designing modern payment solutions using APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end payment platforms across ACH, wires, SWIFT, and real-time rails.
• Lead current-state assessments and define target-state operating models.
• Create API-driven, cloud-ready and/or on-prem payment platforms with data flows.
• Provide thought leadership on industry trends and topics.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to ensure traceability from requirements to design.

Skills

Payments experience

APIs & microservices

Event-driven design

Cloud architectures

Job description

Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager

Georgia, Atlanta

07/07/2026

Contract

Active

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARYAs a Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager, your expertise and leadership will significantly contribute to our firm's success and strategic objectives. Your insights and contributions will enhance our firm’s reputation, influence industry trends, and position us as leaders in the payments consulting space and you will play a critical role in driving our firm’s growth, delivering exceptional value to clients, and shaping the future of payments consulting. Together, we will innovate, achieve excellence, and create lasting impact in the financial services industry. The role of the Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager – Payments is pivotal in driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, supporting business growth, and navigating complexities within the payments landscape. By leveraging expertise in both legacy and emerging payment technologies, the Consulting Manager helps organizations achieve strategic objectives, maintain competitiveness, and deliver value-added solutions to clients and stakeholders. We are seeking an experienced Payments Manager to work as a consultant designing and delivering modern, scalable payment solutions across multiple payment rails. This role partners with financial institutions, fintechs, and internal teams to create end-to-end payment platforms that are secure, resilient, and future-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a payments functional manager to design end-to-end solutions across ACH, wire payments, SWIFT, and real-time payment rails (e.g., RTP, FedNow).
• Lead current-state assessments and define target-state operating models aligned to business and regulatory requirements.
• Design modern, API-driven, cloud-ready and/or on-prem payment platforms, including integration patterns and data flows.
• Provide thought leadership to clients on key industry trends and topics.
• Understand the vendor landscape and how clients may enable them in their environment.
• Advise on payment modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and operations teams to create target state requirements and ensure traceability through to design and implementation.
• Produce high-quality artifacts (target operating models, requirements, solution designs, etc.).
• Ensure solutions meet security, resiliency, compliance, and performance standards.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in payments, banking technology, or financial services systems.
• 4+ years of proven hands-on experience with payment solutions for ACH, wires, SWIFT, and real-time payment rails.
• 4+ years end-to-end payment processing, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• 4+ years of experience designing modern payment solutions using APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Payments experience solutioning leveraging AI.
• Experience with payment hubs, switches, or core banking integrations.
• Knowledge of ISO 20022 and large-scale payment modernization programs.
• Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).