Senior Consultant – Payments Risk & Control

Mindlance

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 177,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Mindlance is seeking a Senior Consultant specializing in Payments Risk & Control to manage payments-related strategic controls. The role involves program management, data analysis, and stakeholder collaboration to enhance operational efficiency and transparency. Candidates must possess extensive experience in banking or financial services, with adept problem-solving skills and emotional intelligence to navigate complex stakeholder environments.

Qualifications

15+ years of experience required.
Experienced leader in collaborative environments.
Strong understanding of payment processes and technologies.

Responsibilities

Coordinate execution strategy for strategic payment control solutions.
Drive best practices and standardization in payment processes.
Ensure operational outcomes meet safety, efficiency, and client needs.

Skills

Leadership & effective communication

Stakeholder Management

Problem solving

Adaptability

Emotional intelligence

Job description

Senior Consultant – Payments Risk & Control

This range is provided by Mindlance. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$80.00/hr - $85.00/hr

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Job Title: Senior Consultant – Payments Operations

Location: New York, NY

Duration: 12 + Months (possible extension or conversion)

Job Description

We are looking for independent contractors who bring a combination of senior subject matter

expertise/business analysis/data analysis/program management to support the implementation of strategic controls related to payments and payments risk. Identified candidates will help delivery of control program execution across operations, technology, risk and control, and all lines of defense as applicable, ensuring the program parameters are fully defined and fit for purpose, and ensuring management and progress of the program is accurate, complete, on-time, and transparent to the constituent management teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Work with Solution Leads to help co-ordinate and articulate the execution strategy, vision, and implementation approach for strategic payment control solutions
Work with Solution Leads and partner with technology, inter/intra LoB teams, and lines of defense teams to synchronize execution, expose dependencies, evaluate execution risks, escalate issues, assess status, and bring reporting transparencies to the broader organization
Work with Solution Leads to drive best practice execution and promote standardization and consistency for the payment control solutions
Bring awareness, ideate improvements and solutions, and coordinate relationships to related programs, as necessary
Ensure all process and technology implementations for the controls meet Operations’ outcomes:
Safe – Well controlled environment – Control framework, which is complete, timely, accurate and manageable
Efficient – Highly automated – Emphasis on STP; no increase in manual work; exception-based processing; Simplified and consistent end-to-end process with clear roles and responsibilities across Operations and Finance
Client-centered – Evolves towards same day / real-time operations and visibility (reporting) for Treasury, Operations, and clients
Functionally complete – Supports both product-level and legal-entity level views

Qualifications:

15 + years of experience
Leadership & effective communication
Strong Stakeholder Management to ensure cross collaborative buy in
Proficiency in negotiation to resolve conflicts, reach consensus and manage expectations
Problem solving to address challenges and obstacles that arise during implementation, identifying solutions and making informed decisions
Experienced leader, building and fostering a collaborative team environment, promoting teamwork, trust, and mutual respect
Decision making: Decisive & data driven to provide clear guidance and alignment
Adaptability: Ability to navigate the team through ambiguity and embrace change
High emotional intelligence to navigate the team through a complex matrix of stakeholders

Technical Skills:

12-15 + years of experience
Domain expertise across Operations and Technology functions
Large, complex implementation and transformation program expertise
Hands-on Data Analysis experience
Hands-on Business Analysis experience
Some proficiency in technology architecture, workflow, and tools to ensure efficient execution
Change Management: Ability to plan, execute and monitor implementation
Payments Expertise: Strong understanding of payment flows, types, and Swift Messaging.
Knowledge of Markets, SSO, TTS, and Lending products from transaction booking to payments
Strong understanding of client Systems helpful

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”

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