Financial Payment Manager

Job Title: Financial Services Payments Consulting Manager

Location : Atlanta, GA (100% remote work accepted from anywhere in US)

Duration : 6-9 Months Contract

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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Payments Manager to work as a consultant designing and delivering modern, scalable payment solutions across multiple payment rails. This role partners with financial institutions, fintechs, and internal teams to create end-to-end payment platforms that are secure, resilient, and future-ready

.
Key Responsibilitie

• s:
  Serve as a payments functional manager to design end-to-end solutions across ACH, wire payments, SWIFT, and real-time payment rails (e.g., RTP, FedNo
• w).Lead current-state assessments and define target-state operating models aligned to business and regulatory requiremen
• ts.Design modern, API-driven, cloud-ready and/or on-prem payment platforms, including integration patterns and data flo
• ws.Provide thought leadership to clients on key industry trends and topi
• cs.Understand the vendor landscape and how clients may enable them in their environme
• nt.Advise on payment modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy syste
• ms.Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and operations teams to create target state requirements and ensure traceability through to design and implementati
• on.Produce high-quality artifacts (target operating models, requirements, solution designs, etc
• .).Ensure solutions meet security, resiliency, compliance, and performance standar

ds.

Required Sk

• ills:
  Ability to rapidly assess a clients problem/need and provide fact based recommendations (target operating
• model)Ability to translate business requirements into clear, pragmatic solu
• tions.Strong communication skills with experience working in client-facing or consulting

roles.
Required Qualific

• ations:
  8 years of experience in payments, banking technology, or financial services
• systems.4 years of proven hands-on experience with payment solutions for ACH, wires, SWIFT, and real-time paymen
• t rails.4 years end-to-end payment processing, settlement, reconciliation, and exception h
• andling.4 years of experience designing modern payment solutions using APIs, microservices, and event-driven p

atterns.
Preferred Qualif

• ications:
  Payments experience solutioning lev
• eraging AIExperience with payment hubs, switches, or core banking int
• egrations.Knowledge of ISO 20022 and large-scale payment modernization
• programs.Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure