About this role
About the opportunity
We are looking for an Associate to join our Payments team. You will play a pivotal role in co-driving the segment strategy along with your product counterpart and ensuring the successful delivery of high impact initiatives with cross functional teams.
• Do you have hands-on leadership experience with EU payment projects?
• Do you love solving complex problems using SQL for data analysis, creating business cases, as well as P&L, and KPI monitoring?
• Do you enjoy complex project management and aligning with multiple stakeholders on complex payment products?
In this role, you will:
• Become a central point of contact and connection between internal and external stakeholders for Payments.
• Collaborate in a cross functional team environment on a daily basis. Collaboration with key stakeholders such as Product & Tech, Data, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Marketing.
• Drive and support strategic payments projects end-to-end.
• Manage and develop external relationships with our key vendors.
• Manage and optimize data related to Payments. This includes constantly reviewing data to gain a deeper understanding of the products / projects under your supervision, ensure their performance is in line with SLA’s and constantly identify new opportunities.
• Actively shape the Payments OKRs and strategic roadmap development.
• Fully leverage and further develop critical business skills including quantitative and qualitative analysis, project management, communications, stakeholder management and leadership in a high-functioning team environment.
• Conduct analyses to optimize P&L and volumes related to Payments.
What you need to be successful:
Background:
• Minimum of 3 years in fintech, banking, consulting, or startup environments with a focus on payments
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Mathematics, or related field from a top-tier institution
• Proven experience in making data-driven recommendations and working on cross-functional projects
• Strong problem-solving ability to structure and define analyses to draw innovative conclusions
• Experience in project and vendor management
Skills:
• Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to independently source data and derive insights.
• Effective visualization and storytelling skills for presenting insights.
• Interest and curiosity for the banking/fintech industry.
• A passion for the Payments industry.
• Excellent communication skills both with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong project management, preferably with experience in implementing large projects with several stakeholders.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to utilise AI tools effectively.
What’s in it for you:
• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work f