What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACH Technical Project Manager position at Galileo Financial Technologies?
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Who We Are
Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. Galileo is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. Galileo leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://www.galileo-ft.com/working-at-galileo.
The Role
We’re looking for an ACH Technical Project Manager to join our Payments Compliance and Operations team. If you’re the kind of person who can translate complex concepts into clear, actionable guidance, you’ll feel right at home here.
You’ll drive ACH projects during implementation and post-launch, getting into the details of money movement, including file formatting, data exchange, and risk management. You’ll collaborate closely with fintech clients and sponsor banks, guide them through requirements and testing, and help navigate issues with a sense of ownership and urgency.
If you enjoy untangling problems, connecting the dots between business and engineering, and ensuring financial systems run reliably at scale, this is a role where you can make a real impact.
What You'll Need
The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.
This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives. Your recruiter will provide more information to you. All roles are eligible for competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link below.
Benefits
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi & Galileo page!
US-Based Base Compensation
$92,800—$174,000 USD
Galileo Financial Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.
The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights
Galileo is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, Galileo offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.
Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
Internal Employees
If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.
Who We Are
Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. Galileo is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. Galileo leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://www.galileo-ft.com/working-at-galileo.
The Role
We’re looking for an ACH Technical Project Manager to join our Payments Compliance and Operations team. If you’re the kind of person who can translate complex concepts into clear, actionable guidance, you’ll feel right at home here.
You’ll drive ACH projects during implementation and post-launch, getting into the details of money movement, including file formatting, data exchange, and risk management. You’ll collaborate closely with fintech clients and sponsor banks, guide them through requirements and testing, and help navigate issues with a sense of ownership and urgency.
If you enjoy untangling problems, connecting the dots between business and engineering, and ensuring financial systems run reliably at scale, this is a role where you can make a real impact.
What You'll Need
- 3 years in banking or fintech with hands-on ACH payments experience.
- Solid working knowledge of Nacha Operating Rules and payments compliance expectations.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to query data (e.g. SQL) to validate behavior, monitor activity, and investigate issues.
- Proven project leadership experience — planning, communicating milestones, managing risk, and aligning cross-functional partners.
- Ability to translate technical details into clear language for clients, internal teams, and banks.
- Comfortable troubleshooting ambiguous issues and driving resolution across engineering, risk, and banking partners.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; AAP or APRP very desirable.
- Lead full-cycle ACH implementations: requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, and readiness for launch.
- Work directly with fintech clients and sponsor banks to ensure alignment, clarity of expectations, and smooth onboarding.
- Investigate and resolve production issues with urgency and composure, especially in escalated scenarios involving high-value or time-critical payments.
- Write SQL queries, search API logs, and read ACH files to validate behavior, detect anomalies, support reconciliation, and inform root-cause analysis.
- Own project planning, documentation, status updates, risk tracking, and cross-team coordination.
- Support Nacha audits, risk assessments, and compliance documentation.
- Partner with internal teams including Technical Operations, Product, Engineering, Implementation Services, Support, and Relationship Management to improve processes, manage change, and ensure new features and payment flows meet regulatory and operational requirements.
- Maintain clear documentation — including the Payments Risk Management Policy, runbooks, configuration notes, and data flows — to ensure processes remain transparent and repeatable.
The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.
This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives. Your recruiter will provide more information to you. All roles are eligible for competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link below.
Benefits
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi & Galileo page!
US-Based Base Compensation
$92,800—$174,000 USD
Galileo Financial Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.
The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights
Galileo is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, Galileo offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.
Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
Internal Employees
If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.
Salary : $92,800 - $174,000
