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Payments Consultant - Acquiring SME (Contract)
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Our client is seeking an experienced payments professional, for an initial five-month contract, to support strategic initiatives across merchant acceptance, acquiring, gateways, and PayFac ecosystems. This role requires strong knowledge of the UK & Ireland acceptance landscape, combining commercial, regulatory, and technology expertise to help shape merchant payment strategies and drive industry insight.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise across merchant acceptance, acquiring, gateway, and PayFac models.
- Support strategy development for merchants across at least one merchant segment – SME, Mid-Corp, or Enterprise segments.
- Assess acceptance journeys and identify opportunities to improve customer experience, conversion, and operational efficiency.
- Advise on emerging industry trends, including PSD3, Network Tokenisation, Agentic Commerce, and B2B payments.
- Support engagement with acquirers, gateways, PayFacs, ISVs, and payment partners.
- Translate regulatory requirements, including PSD2, PSD3, and Consumer Duty, into practical business recommendations
- Collaborate with product, technology, operations, compliance, finance, and commercial teams to deliver acceptance initiatives
- Develop insights, recommendations, and stakeholder presentations
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- 10+ years of experience, or equivalent, across payments, with expertise in one or more of
- Acquiring
- Payment gateways
- Merchant acceptance
- PayFac models
- ISV partnerships
- Payments product, technology, operations, finance, or compliance
- Strong understanding of the UK & Ireland acceptance landscape; international market experience is a plus.
- Experience working with merchants, acquirers, PSPs, gateways, or payment technology providers.
- Knowledge of PSD2, PSD3, Consumer Duty, and the regulatory environment impacting merchant payments.
- Understanding of the commercial drivers influencing merchant acceptance decisions across SME, Mid-Corp, or Enterprise segments.
- Working knowledge of key industry trends and technologies, including Network Tokenisation, Agentic Commerce, and B2B Payments.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environments and engaging with senior stakeholders.
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