About the Role
Accenture’s payments practice is a global functional network of more than 14,000 people delivering end-to-end industry solutions to help clients transform their payments business. This role offers a challenging career in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, working with cutting-edge technologies and developing new skills.
Responsibilities
- Advise clients on optimizing payment systems, processes, and strategies utilizing skills and experience across digital payments, payment operations, technology implementation, and data analytics
- Work with cutting-edge payment technologies and platforms to modernize payment infrastructures and enhance transaction efficiency
- Understand and solve complex challenges and present solutions to stakeholders across the payments ecosystem
- Be adaptable and solution-agnostic as you work with diverse client requirements and as payment technologies and regulations evolve rapidly
- Have the opportunity to work for global clients with opportunities to travel
- Write thought leadership pieces on payment industry trends and innovations
- Support in development of sales proposals and payment transformation offerings
- Contribute payments SME knowledge across merchant acquiring, payment processing, digital wallets, and emerging payment methods
- Contribute to the Payments practice community and build a network across the organization & clients
Requirements
- Experience working in payments either in an advisory, technical, operational or leadership capacity ideally within a bank, payment service provider, fintech or public sector organisation
- Understanding of the latest payment regulations specifically PSD3, ISO 20022, Open Banking, and real-time payment schemes
- Experience working with payment technologies including mobile payments, digital wallets, card payments and account to account (A2A) payments
- Project delivery experience either as lead or part of project delivery team
- Experience or knowledge of agile delivery methodology including writing or contributing to user stories
- Strong MS office skills specifically in PowerPoint & Excel
- Presenting in person and virtually complex problems & solutions to senior stakeholders
- Working in a team setting to tight and agile deadlines
- Commercial awareness to support commercial engagements and spot market opportunities
- Ability to work across both Technology and Business stakeholders
- Knowledge of card scheme rules, card processing flows (authorization, clearing, settlement), interchange optimization, and card product management
- Knowledge of payments data and how it can enable banks to deliver personalized digital services and experiences
- Experience with transaction banking and corporate payment solutions including cash management and liquidity services
- Experience in writing points of view or presenting on payment industry trends and emerging payment technologies
- Knowledge of latest payment industry trends
Skills
- Digital payments
- Payment operations
- Technology implementation
- Data analytics
- Mobile payments
- Digital wallets
- Card payments
- Account to account (A2A) payments
- Agile delivery methodology
- MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)
- Merchant acquiring
- Payment processing
- Emerging payment methods
- Card scheme rules
- Card processing flows
- Interchange optimization
- Card product management
- Transaction banking
- Corporate payment solutions
- Cash management
- Liquidity services
Location
- London
- Manchester
Work Type
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Consultant (CL9)
Benefits
- Competitive basic salary
- 30 days’ vacation per year
- Private medical insurance
- 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work
About the Company
- Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
- We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
- Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.
- We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
- Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships.
- We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
- Visit us at www.accenture.com
Equal Opportunity
- We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
- Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
