Banking as a Service (BaaS) Payment Card Engineer

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Responsibilities:

• Creates and maintains card payment solutions that meet the use-case of fintech clients.
• Engineer and develop card payment processing capabilities for money movement for fintech programs.
• Establish virtual, physical, and tokenized program for individual fintech programs
• Manage payment card issuing system parameters
• Reviews and manages card vendor inventory, billing, and expenses. This includes card production and inventory expense, card fraud and bond claim deductibles and card processing expenses.
• Works directly with our Bank’s Risk Team to review and revise rules that mitigate fraud losses or escalating risk exposure by specific merchant, merchant category code, state, or country.
• Work directly with various payment card networks to establish reporting for fintech programs
• Proactively suggest areas for improvement and enhancement, working with managers and peers.
• Work with industry partners to integrate our systems with other applications or systems.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, regulations, and best practices related to BaaS, and proactively share insights with internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the BaaS Program Manager to identify new opportunities and contribute to the growth of the BaaS business.
• Work with other areas of the bank on a recurring basis to identify process improvements/automation as well as any enhanced reporting needs.
• Establishes additional services as needed.

General:

• Assists with reporting and/or presentation materials regarding the bank’s fintech card portfolio
• Monitor onboarding process and conduct follow-ups if necessary.
• Informally and formally provides training and support
• Interact harmoniously and effectively with others, focusing upon the attainment of bank goals and objectives through a commitment to teamwork.
• Conform to acceptable punctuality/attendance standards as expressed in the Employee Handbook.
• Perform additional duties as requested

Competencies:

• Leadership – Motivates and encourages others; delegates routine and important tasks and decisions, shares information, creates an inclusive environment, recognizes success
• Adaptability/Flexibility – Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new challenges, handles pressure, adjusts plans to meet changing needs
• Initiative – Takes independent action, operates as a pro-active self starter, acts on opportunities, practices self development
• Integrity/Ethics – Deals with others in a straightforward, honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys news good or bad
• Interpersonal Skills – Has good listening skills,
• Vision/Values – Supports company mission/values through daily actions and decisions, communicates the Bank’s vision, mission and values to others, incorporates vision when planning

Knowledge/Skills/Experience Requirements:

• Must be a high energy and motivated individual.
• High school diploma or equivalent required, college, business or banking professional training preferred.
• Minimum 12 months payment card experience required
• Excellent business development and customer service skills
• Solid PC skills required: word processing, spreadsheet software, presentations, graphics

Physical Demands/Conditions Requirements:

• General office environment.
• Moderate lifting (to 35 lbs.) required. Moderate reaching, walking, sitting and standing required.

Equipment Used:

• General office equipment.

External and internal applications, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on an individual basis.