Acquiring Sponsorship Manager - BIN Sponsorship

Description Summary

As part of the Platform Sponsorship Program, this role plays a key part in the smooth running of day-to-day risk oversight functions for sponsored entities, including upfront onboarding of new opportunities, due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and annual onsite reviews. The individual will be part of the Enterprise Payments 1st Line of Defense risk team and ensure appropriate governance, oversight, and risk management policies and procedures are implemented and followed.

Essential Job Functions

• Perform upfront due diligence reviews, including credit, FCG, and risk policy review and approval
• Determine lessons learned from onboarding a variety of clients to continue to enhance and streamline the end-to-end client experience
• Collaborate and partner with various risk partners and stakeholders across HNAB, including the 2nd LOD Risk, Enterprise Fraud, InfoSec, Third Party Relationship Management, and 3rd LOD to effectively manage risk
• Support the Platform Sponsorship Program on activities to identify, measure, monitor, manage, and report operational related risks (fraud, infosec/cyber, model, third party)
• Accountable in assisting the Segment and serve as a subject matter expert by advising and guiding operational risk initiatives, developing and monitoring KRI’s/KPI’s, working with the segment to proactively self-identify operational risks and issues
• Support risk identification, measurement, and mitigation for new product and services leveraging best practices
• Show strong process orientation and problem-solving skills with an emphasis on risk management

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• 7 years of merchant acquiring experience working at a sponsor bank or managing the sponsor bank relationship with clients
• 5 years of Operational risk management and payments experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover rules and regulations
• Experience with card brand bank sponsorship on-site audit processes
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage new policies, procedures, and teams
• Experience working directly with sponsor banks in the merchant acquiring business
• Holds self and others accountable for meeting commitments by setting and clearly communicating expectations and roles and responsibilities relative to operational risk within Enterprise Payments
• Superior organization, project management, and analytical skills and attention to detail
• High-level of commitment to quality work product and organizational ethics, integrity, and compliance
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, multi-task, and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated decision-making and problem-solving skills to build shared agenda and drive results through collaboration
• Ability to build a team, appropriately delegate, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite

Exempt Status

Yes

Workplace Type

Office