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Payments Risk Solutions Lead - Director

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Job Description:

The Payments Risk Solutions Lead role focuses on defining strategic direction for payments and funds movement risk management, building frameworks for risk reduction, and collaborating across business lines to implement cohesive solutions. Additionally, the role emphasizes leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and managing multiple initiatives related to enterprise payment control solutions.

Job Responsibility:

  • Responsible for the direction-setting, execution of strategy, issue resolution, and accountable delivery head for multiple objectives within movement of funds transformation area
  • provide strategic direction and feedback with respect to initiative or project creation
  • build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, organizations, and business leads
  • lead facilitation, coordination, and arbitration of cross-functional macro level topics
  • collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project scope definition meets business objectives
  • ensure business case/cost benefit analysis aligns to business goals
  • drive adherence to payment-related program processes, procedures, methods, and standards
  • manage communication of status, issue, and risk disposition to stakeholders
  • identify and drive resolution of risks impacting project delivery
  • co-ordinate execution strategy and vision for strategic payment control solutions
  • drive best practices and promote standardization for payment control solutions
  • ensure process and technology implementation for controls meets operational outcomes

Requirements:

  • 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 and 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
  • domain expertise across operations and technology functions
  • large, complex implementation and transformation program expertise
  • some proficiency in technology architecture, workflow, and tools to ensure efficient execution
  • change management: ability to plan, execute and monitor implementation
  • movement of funds/payments expertise - strong understanding of wholesale payment risks, flows, and types
  • knowledge of markets, SSO, TTS, and lending products from transaction booking to payments
  • strong understanding of Citi systems helpful
  • wholesale payments, SWIFT, commercial payment knowledge
What we offer:
  • Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with tenure
  • discretional annual performance related bonus
  • private medical insurance packages
  • employee assistance program
  • pension plan
  • paid parental leave
  • special discounts for employees, family, and friends
  • access to an array of learning and development resources

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 01, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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