Head of Payments

You know payments operations don’t have to mean constant firefighting. As Head of Payments, you’ll take a mission-critical function that’s been under-resourced and reactive, stabilise it, and then lead the strategic transformation the business has been waiting for. Our client is a fast-growing, FCA-regulated EMI with global reach; this role exists now because volumes are increasing, the current team is stretched, and they need a calm, technically strong leader to build an automated, scalable payments operation. You’ll join at a pivotal moment, with the mandate to fix what’s fragile today while designing what payments should look like for the next stage of growth.

What You'll Do

- Take end-to-end ownership of the payments function, ensuring reliable daily execution across Faster Payments, SEPA, ACH, Fedwire and international schemes.

- Lead the transition from manual, high-touch processing to automated, API-driven workflows that scale as transaction volumes g...