Senior Specialist, Strategic Financial Partnerships

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. Join us to build the digital economy of tomorrow.

We are looking for a Senior Payment Partnerships Specialist to drive our growth and expansion in the Americas.

You will be responsible for managing strategic partnerships with Visa, Mastercard, acquiring banks, and other payment providers, which are critical to delivering our payment products and services.

We seek a proactive professional who can coordinate initiatives across partners and internal teams, has knowledge and interest in the payments industry, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. This is a great opportunity to contribute, learn, and grow while working on key projects that shape a world-class payments infrastructure.

What you will be doing:

• Partner with card networks and banks to develop and deliver payment solutions for merchants.
• Be the single point of contact for day-to-day operations internally and externally for assigned partnerships.  
• Ensure existing processes are followed and deliverables are met by both sides in a partnership.  Track performance metrics. Design and develop new processes to scale those partnerships for growth, operational efficiency and performance improvement. 
• Leverage data analysis tools to track partnership performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate effectively with various cross-functional teams such as Product, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, Sales at all levels, in the partner organization as well as internally.
• Deal with complex issues and ambiguous situations; reduce them to their simplest expression and drive for clear outcomes.
• Act as subject matter experts on partner products and operations for our internal teams.
• Build relationships with and influence key stakeholders in partner organizations to advance Checkout’s goals and champion for our customers (merchants).
• Leverage partner relationships to identify, develop and execute strategies for new partnership initiatives.

What we’re looking for 

• Minimum 2-3 years experience in payment products, operations or managing payment partnerships.
• Experience working with card networks for acquiring payment transactions is a strong plus. 
• Organized, proactive, data-driven, analytical and strategic in problem solving issues and identifying opportunities to drive growth and efficiency.
• Proficient in data analysis tools such as MS Excel or Google Sheets and presentation tools such as MS Powerpoint and Google Slides.  Comfortable working with large sets of data.  
• Strong collaborator and communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders across organizations internally and externally.
• A strong sense of ownership to deliver business results with a focus on managing partner relationships.
• Comfortable working across time zones and cultures in a globally distributed team.

New York City law requires Checkout.com to include in job postings a reasonable estimated salary range for this position. However, exact compensation may vary subject to several factors such as a candidate’s level, relevant experience, qualifications, skills and proficiency for the role.

The information provided here is applicable to those working in the New York City office. However, this role may also open to applicants from other US locations and will be advised on the relevant pay for that location.

For regular full-time employees in New York City, the estimated base salary for this role is $119,815 - 140,959 per year. 

Our competitive salaries are just one component of Checkout.com’s total compensation package. Additional benefits include: health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, vacation and sick and safe time, learning days and volunteer days.

To view more details of what you can look forward to, visit our careers page: https://www.checkout.com/careers.

Apply without meeting all requirements statement 

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. 

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. 

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

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