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Payment Operations Specialist

  • Location: Tempe, 85282
  • Salary: 25.0
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 2 months ago

This is contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefits package and a chance for conversion to a fulltime employee.

Role: Payment Operations Specialist
Location: 100% Remote from Arizona (must currently live in the state of Arizona)
Rate: $25-28/hourly, DOE
Contract length: 4-6 months with strong possibility of extension and/or conversion to a fulltime employee

POSITION OVERVIEW:

This position will participate in cross-department efforts to optimize transaction approval rates, payment acceptance costs, payout success rates as well as analyze and summarize transaction data, advise on and coordinate payment related projects, and assist our customer support and other internal teams with payment processing related inquiries.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Act as an escalation point for any customer or system-related concerns
  • Joining forces with analytics and product teams to analyze key payment metrics and drive actionable optimizations with the goal of improving the customer experience and payments performance
  • Supporting customer support and internal regional teams with payment processing related issues; providing appropriate information to resolve payment related concerns and acting as a liaison with both payment processors and internal dev teams
  • Assisting with QA efforts associated with payment processing changes and new integrations by testing the end-to-end customer experience, payment flow and identifying opportunities
  • Acting as the escalation point for PayFac payment-related originating from internal teams, customers, and processors
  • Leading and coordinating projects and measuring success while also delivering high quality management-level reporting
  • Supports additional efforts within the scope of the Payment Operations Department as necessary
REQUIREMENTS: 
  • 1+ year(s) in the payments industry
  • 1+ year(s) data analysis and report creation
  • 1+ year(s) managing internal and external relationships
  • 1+ year(s) project management
  • Experience working a company who does business on-line (ecommerce) and has online payment systems experience.
  • Ability to write SQL and demonstrate an intermediate skill level in Excel
  • Skilled in MS Office products
  • Independent worker who is capable of strong team participation
  • Able to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment while preserving organization
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and high attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

PREFERRED SKILLS:
  • Working knowledge of the payments industry with proven experience optimizing approval rates, costs, and/or other payment metrics related to transaction acceptance for digital and physical goods from the lens of an ecommerce merchant, PayFac, or Acquirer
  • Experience with corporate accounting standards
  • Ability to create reports in Tableau, Hadoop, or Alation
 

 

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Candidates will be responsible for following the client's COVID-19 protocols. Please refer to your MATRIX representative for specifics.

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