OverviewKPMG's Banking & Capital Markets Management Consulting practice helps banks, credit unions, payment providers and fintechs design and implement business and technology change. We work across commercial and retail banking, payments and digital banking operations, from strategy and target-state design through requirements, process redesign, integration, testing, implementation, operational readiness and adoption.
As a Manager, you will lead complex payments transformation engagements and become a trusted advisor to client leaders. You will combine payments expertise, delivery leadership and technology fluency to shape target-state solutions and guide multidisciplinary teams from strategy through implementation.
What you will do- Lead client engagements and major workstreams across payments strategy, operating model transformation, platform modernization, integration and implementation.
- Advise client executives on payment capabilities, target-state operating models, modernization roadmaps, vendor/platform choices and implementation approaches.
- Direct end-to-end delivery across requirements, functional design, integration, testing, migration, cutover, operational readiness and stabilization.
- Provide hands-on subject matter guidance on payment lifecycles, products, controls, message standards, interfaces and dependencies across banking platforms.
- Manage scope, plan, team, risks, issues, dependencies, quality and engagement economics; ensure decisions and escalations are addressed promptly.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business, operations and technology stakeholders and coordinate effectively across vendors and partner teams.
- Coach and develop consultants, review the quality of client outputs and create a culture of ownership and problem solving.
- Support and lead pursuits, proposals and solution shaping; identify expansion opportunities and contribute to reusable methods, accelerators and market thought leadership.
What you bring to the role- 6+ years of relevant experience, with significant payments domain depth and a track record leading complex consulting, transformation or technology delivery engagements.
- Deep payments industry experience within banking, payment networks/providers, fintech, consulting or payment technology.
- Demonstrated business and technology expertise across the end-to-end payment lifecycle and operating model.
- Successful track record leading complex management or technology consulting engagements across the solution delivery lifecycle.
- Experience developing and managing relationships with client executives and influencing decisions across business and technology groups.
- Strong knowledge of one or more payment domains such as high-value payments, real-time payments, ACH/EFT, cross-border, commercial payments, cards, digital wallets or cash management.
- Technology fluency across payment platforms, integration patterns, APIs, messaging, data flows, controls and operational resilience.
- Strong team leadership, structured problem solving, facilitation, executive communication and commercial judgment.
Nice to have
- Deep knowledge of ISO 20022, SWIFT, Payments Canada, Lynx, ACSS, RTR, Fedwire, SEPA, CHAPS, BACS, NACHA or comparable schemes.
- Experience with payment hubs/engines, treasury management, payment orchestration, host-to-host connectivity, API-based banking or cloud-enabled modernization.
- Experience with payment fraud, sanctions, AML, reconciliation, liquidity/settlement, operational resilience or regulatory-driven change.
- Experience participating in or leading vendor assessments, RFPs, platform selection or large multi-vendor implementations.
- Relevant payments, treasury, architecture, project-management or agile certification; French-English bilingual capability is an asset for client delivery in Quebec.
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