As a Payment Lifecycle Manager II within Payments Operations, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our payment operations framework by streamlining processes, implementing new technologies, and developing operational functions. You will manage payment processing across various products, ensuring smooth fund transfers between financial institutions, cardholders, merchants, corporate and retail clients, while also handling the reconciliation of purchase and sales options, futures, or securities. Leveraging your proficiency in automation, cybersecurity, and anti-fraud awareness, you will ensure the security and efficiency of our payment lifecycle, and your strategic planning skills will guide our direction and resource allocation decisions. Your proficiency in AI/ML will be utilized to solve complex problems and enhance processes, applying your knowledge in market product and process improvement to optimize operations. Additionally, your role will involve sanctions screening, payment investigations, funds control, exception processing, resolving reconciliation breaks, and managing invoicing or cash management activities. Job responsibilities • Lead teams responsible for operational processes within the payments lifecycle by setting priorities, directing workflows, and monitoring performance against established metrics to ensure high productivity and quality. • Oversee payment processing operations, setting daily production goals, delegating work, evaluating performance, and implementing action plans to achieve strategic priorities and enhance client experience. • Manage daily operations by resolving production or quality issues, escalating process delays to management, and ensuring key control tasks are executed on business initiatives. • Apply strategic thinking and sound judgment in decision-making, while leveraging leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills to build collaborative and engaged teams. • Participate in fraud detection and prevention, mitigating financial and reputational risks, and assist in strategic initiatives to align resource allocation with long-term goals. • Ensure compliance with operational guidelines, coach and develop team members, and communicate effectively to simplify complex information for various audiences. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills • Demonstrated ability in operations leadership or management within payments, with at least three years of experience leading high-performing teams to achieve business priorities and objectives. • Advanced knowledge of global payment processing operations, products, and systems architecture to support operational efficiency, change management, and issue management. • Proficiency in data analysis techniques, capable of interpreting and communicating insights to inform decision-making with senior stakeholders. • Ability to apply a commercial and growth mindset to adapt to fast-paced operations environments and new business initiatives, leveraging strong interpersonal skills for collaboration. • Understanding of cybersecurity controls and anti-fraud strategies to identify and address potential threats, ensuring the protection of information and systems. • Demonstrated proficiency in using automation technologies to optimize payments processing, with a proven track record in enhancing customer experience throughout the customer journey. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills • Knowledge of ISO or Swift message processing or management. • Knowledge of banking functions in one or more of the following areas: Payments, Liquidity, Sanctions, Cash Account Management, Fraud, Risk and Controls. • Accounting / Finance background preferred. • Knowledge of Alteryx preferred