Job Description

The world of payment processing is rapidly evolving, and businesses are looking for loyal and strategic partners, to help them grow.

Meet Nuvei, Nuvei is the global fintech building the infrastructure for every payment, everywhere. Its modular, flexible, and scalable technology enables leading companies to accept next-generation payments, offer all payout options, and benefit from card issuing, banking, risk, and fraud management services. Connecting businesses to their customers in more than 200 markets, with local acquiring in 52 markets, 150 currencies, and over 720 alternative payment methods, Nuvei provides the technology and insights for customers and partners to succeed locally and globally through one integration.

At Nuvei, we live our core values, and we thrive on solving complex problems. We’re dedicated to continually improving our product and providing relentless customer service. We are always looking for exceptional talent to join us on the journey!

Your mission

As part of Nuvei’s global growth we are looking for an experienced Card Schemes Specialist to join our international team. This individual will work closely across all Schemes on ongoing communication related to mandates, new releases, rules, and compliance requirements. To build the scheme rules program for our products and services within the Card Scheme environment to all providers. The role will focus on addressing the Scheme’s needs and requirements globally. In addition, the Specialist will be tasked with identifying Scheme opportunities and aligning Nuvei resources to pursue these opportunities across all markets in each region Nuvei operates within. This role will support our market entry across the regions and assist the local sales team in ensuring full coordination with relevant schemes to that specific region. The role involves significant operational and technical know-how which are critical to smooth operation and increasing Nuvei’s share across markets. This role will cover scheme initiatives globally and report to the VP Global Schemes.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to make a significant mark on the Company’s progress in the industry. You will have extensive payment industry knowledge and experience with excellent interpersonal skills to work with various cross functional teams in ensuring the scheme rules are implemented swiftly and in a timely manner. Understanding how Schemes operate and ability to “get things done” is critical to this global role. Know and understanding of the banking/financial institutions landscape, although not required, is a significant plus.

Responsibilities

• Understanding Visa/MasterCard scheme rules and regulations, bulletins, mandates and changes, translating them into clear requirements ready to be implemented by the relevant personnel.
• Regularly communicating internally regarding the scheme requirements and mandates to existing/new products and supporting their implementation. The cross-functional environment will include working with technology, compliance, legal, pricing, operations, and sales teams.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional environment that consolidates Schemes, Development, Operational, and Treasury/Banking, to ensure that we work in concert in deepening and cementing our market position.#
• Understand the Scheme and Financial Institutions' key objectives and align resources to partner with Schemes on winning opportunities.
• Keeping abreast with the compliance requirements that arise from third parties, including advising on any changes to our policies, procedures, and controls through validation and implementation.
• Liaising with the product teams to build a product that delivers a great user experience whilst also ensuring we meet scheme requirements and deliver excellent outcomes for customers/markets.
• Ensuring that risk management processes and controls for payment services products are robust, with regular assessment, and any notifications are actioned in a timely manner.
• Assist in developing and managing scheme compliance monitoring plan with Nuvei

Requirements

• 3+ years experience within the payments / Fintech industry while demonstrating strong knowledge of the payment space, especially acquiring and/or major schemes such as Visa/MC, is a plus.
• The role requires strong attention to detail and a profound focus on execution.
• Understanding of the payment landscape including processing, acquiring, operational, and banking/financial institutions background are needed to ensure we are unified and speak in one voice as we enter a new market.
• The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can convey clear messages to internal and external executives.
• Knowledge of the payments space and all key players, including issuers, acquirers, merchants, PayFac, Acquirers, Financial Institutions, and networks.
• Managing Azure to consolidate all schemes mandates, VBNs, and announcements.
• Strong Schemes Portals, Azure, Excel and overall Microsoft skills.
• Fluency in English language.

Benefits

• Competitive holiday allowance
• Health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sport membership card
• eVouchers

Nuvei is an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates collaboration and innovation and is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. The team at Nuvei is comprised of a wealth of talent, skill, and ambition. We believe that employees are happiest when they’re empowered to be their true, authentic selves. So, please come as you are. We can’t wait to meet you.

English (written and spoken) is the language used most of the time, as work colleagues, clients, and strategic suppliers are geographically distributed.

Our recruitment process may use automated tools, including AI, to support application management and candidate shortlisting.