Clear Junction is a global payments company that is licensed and regulated by the FCA in the UK. We offer regulated end-to-end payment solutions, all of which are based on our proprietary in-house technology. Our company and infrastructure are specifically designed to meet the growing needs of global financial companies.
Since our establishment in 2016, our company has consistently achieved double-digit growth on an annual basis. Currently, we have a team of over 120 fintech experts located in the UK and mainland Europe. Clear Junction takes great pride in being ranked as the number one fastest-growing, founder-led, privately owned business in the UK on the FEBE Growth 100 list, as well as being listed on the FT 1000 as one of Europe's fastest growing companies.
We are currently looking for a highly skilled and experienced Head of Non-Bank Financial Institutions to join our dynamic Product & Banking Relationship team. The position is available in our London office, and the selected candidate will report directly to the Product & Banking Relationships Director.
What you'll be doing:
- Research the payments and related industries. Among others, study global and regional payment and related markets, search for ways of enhancement of Clear Junction payment infrastructure.
- Play a key role in the development and implementation of:
- Strategies, roadmaps, plans for expanding CJ network of partners/providers.
- Policies and procedures on relationships with partners/providers, liquidity management, bank accounts management, other related policies and procedures.
- Categories of partners/providers for the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Division:
- Exchanges (FX or crypto)
- Liquidity providers (FX or crypto)
- Custody providers
- Investment managers
- Data validation vendors
- Payments and trading software providers
- Contribute to the development and implementation of product-related strategies and roadmaps, policies and procedures, etc.
- Establishing relationships with new partners/providers.
Discuss and agree on:
- Terms of delivering services
- Operational model of CJ as it's applied to the specific partner relationship
- Characteristics of virtual accounts
- Requirements for timing of transactions
- Compliance requirements and capabilities of both parties
- Exchange rate margins
- R-transactions
- Maintaining, improving and troubleshooting relationships with existing partners/providers, including but not limited to:
- Participate in payment investigations, facilitate settlement of disputed transactions, if requested by the Payment Investigations Teams (Fraud or Non-Fraud) or the Finance Dept (Treasury or FinOps, among others).
- Develop a monthly Partner Health Score review including among others returns/rejections/cancellations/queries and fees charged - if the review is implemented.
- Dealing with decline in quality of service.
- Contribute to the product function of CJ - in collaboration with Product and other involved teams of CJ
- Being a part of client- and provider-facing staff:
- Act as a first line of defence with respect to AML, FinCrime and sanction risk- and compliance-related issues.
- Contribute to compliance with the Consumer Duty requirements.
- Arranging proper discontinuing of partner/provider relationships.
- Can serve as the manager for the Launching New Licensed Entity Programme.
- Performing other projects and tasks related to the partner/provider relationships function, as requested by the Product and Banking Relationships Director.
- Established experience and skills in a similar capacity in the banking/fintech/payments space
- Experience with domestic and cross-border payments systems, e.g. SEPA, FPS, CHAPS, SWIFT, ACH, etc.
- Extensive experience in a project manager role
- General knowledge of agile product development
- Experience in crypto/blockchain space is advantageous
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Russian is beneficial
- Can-do attitude to make a positive contribution to the company
- Competitive Salary (depending on experience)
- Be rewarded with a performance bonus at the company's discretion.
- Enjoy a generous 25 days of holiday, in addition to bank holidays.
- Receive life assurance and critical illness protection for your peace of mind.
- Access BUPA private medical coverage after successfully passing probation.
- Embrace hybrid working arrangements, with minimum 3 days working in the London office.
- Join a friendly team and participate in social events.
- Seize a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in the exciting field of cutting-edge payments fintech.