Payment Operations Specialist

Payoneer Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Payoneer Inc. is seeking a Payment Operations Specialist to own day-to-day card and payment processing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across partners.

You will collaborate with Mastercard, banking partners, and processors to keep transactions flowing smoothly. You will monitor flows, resolve discrepancies, drive improvements, and support new card products while maintaining robust operational docs and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in payment operations or card processing.
• Hands-on experience managing card issuing or card processing operations end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of cards and payments ecosystems including Mastercard/Visa.
• Hands-on experience with transaction processing, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
• Experience with banking partners, card schemes, or processors in an operational capacity.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product, finance, risk, compliance, and engineering.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with large data sets.
• Proficient Excel; SQL or BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) are a Plus.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day card and payment processing operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance.
• Monitor transaction flows across card schemes, processors and banking partners; resolve exceptions.
• Serve as a key operational contact for banks, Mastercard, and processing partners.
• Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, failed transactions, chargebacks, and settlements.
• Monitor KPIs/SLAs and partner performance; escalate risks when needed.
• Collaborate with Product, R&D, Finance, Business, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to launch new card products.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation of payment operations processes and controls.
• Maintain clear operational documentation to improve scalability and efficiency.

Skills

Payment operations

Card operations

Card issuing

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Glilot
Hybrid
Full-time

As a Payment Operations Specialist, you will sit at the heart of Payoneer’s global cards and payments operation, helping ensure that millions of transactions are processed accurately, reliably, and on time.

You will own key operational processes across card issuing and transaction processing, work closely with Mastercard, banking partners, and processors, and play an important role in identifying issues, improving operational performance, and supporting the launch of new card products and capabilities.

What you'll do:

• Own day-to-day card and payment processing operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal controls and card scheme requirements
• Monitor transaction flows across card schemes, processors, and banking partners, proactively identifying and resolving operational exceptions
• Serve as a key operational point of contact for banks, Mastercard, and processing partners
• Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, failed transactions, chargebacks, reconciliation issues, and settlement breaks
• Monitor operational KPIs, SLAs, and partner performance, identifying trends and escalating risks when needed
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Customer Support to resolve issues and support new product and market launches
• Drive continuous improvement and automation across payment operations processes, procedures, and controls
• Maintain clear operational documentation and help improve scalability and efficiency across the cards operation

Who you are:

Experience

• 4+ years of experience in payment operations, card operations, card issuing, or a related operational role within a fintech, bank, processor, or payments company
• Hands-on experience managing card issuing or card processing operations end-to-end
• Strong understanding of the cards and payments ecosystem, including issuing, card schemes such as Mastercard and Visa, processors, clearing, settlement, and reconciliation
• Hands-on experience with transaction processing, reconciliation, exception handling, and operational issue resolution
• Experience working directly with banking partners, card schemes, or processors in an operational capacity
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, R&D, Finance, Business, Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and comfort working with large volumes of transactional data
• Strong Excel skills; experience with SQL or BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau is an advantage
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Advantage:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field
• Experience with ISO 8583 messaging standards
• Understanding of authorization, clearing, and transaction matching processes
• Knowledge of 3DS authentication flows
• Experience with digital wallet solutions such as MDES
• Understanding of interchange fee calculations
• Familiarity with Mastercard products such as Debit, Prepaid, Credit, Travel, World Elite, Stablecoin, and Employee Card programs

The Payoneer Ways of Working

Act as our customer’s partner on the inside

Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.

Do it. Own it.

Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.

Continuously improve

Always striving for a higher standard than our last.

Build each other up

Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.

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We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments.

Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.