Director, Payments Practice

About the role

A typical week may look like this...

Responsibilities

• Monitor payments, fraud, regulatory, and technology trends impacting finance professionals.
• Develop and update payments-related content, training programs, webinars, articles, and educational resources.
• Collaborate with corporate practitioners, bankers, regulators, vendors, and volunteer leaders to identify industry needs and emerging topics.
• Partner with internal teams to enhance AFP's membership, training, credentialing, and event offerings.
• Support marketing and sales efforts by providing subject matter expertise, identifying sponsorship opportunities, and helping drive program growth.
• Build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders and thought leaders.
• Represent AFP at industry events, conferences, and meetings with organizations such as the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, and NACHA.
• Evaluate program performance, member feedback, and market trends to recommend improvements and support revenue and customer growth.
• Manage program budgets and contribute to strategic initiatives that strengthen AFP's position as a leading authority in payments.

Requirements

• Self-driven to succeed and hold yourself to a high standard.
• Motivated by overcoming challenges and solving problems with good critical thinking skills.
• Good business sense with an understanding of return on investment/effort and risk/reward tradeoffs.
• Deep knowledge of commercial payments, treasury operations, fraud prevention, compliance, and emerging payment technologies.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
• Pioneering ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and represent an organization with industry leaders and executive audiences.
• Strategic mindset with a passion for identifying trends, solving industry challenges, and creating valuable programs and resources.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, Communications, or a related field; advanced degree or payments/treasury certifications preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in payments, treasury, banking, financial services, corporate finance, or association program development.
• Must be able to work East Coast hours.

Qualifications

• Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.
• Great career growth.
• Superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match and flexible schedules.
• "When Work Works" award by the Society for Human Resource Management for our flexible workplace.

Skills

• Self-driven to succeed and hold yourself to a high standard.
• Motivated by overcoming challenges and solving problems with good critical thinking skills.
• Good business sense with an understanding of return on investment/effort and risk/reward tradeoffs.
• Deep knowledge of commercial payments, treasury operations, fraud prevention, compliance, and emerging payment technologies.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
• Pioneering ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and represent an organization with industry leaders and executive audiences.
• Strategic mindset with a passion for identifying trends, solving industry challenges, and creating valuable programs and resources.

Benefits

• A collegial, casual work environment.
• Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.
• Great career growth.
• Superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match and flexible schedules.
• "When Work Works" award by the Society for Human Resource Management for our flexible workplace.

Pay

Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.

Schedule

Must be able to work East Coast hours.

This is Us!

We are a collaborative team of individuals who are hardworking and entrepreneurial.

This is Us!

We take ownership in how our specific role drives the organization’s success.

This is Us!

We are intellectually curious and have a strong ability to adapt to change.

This is Us!

We work autonomously and in cross functional teams and are dedicated to demonstrating extraordinary results at a fast pace.

AFP CORE VALUES

• We always strive to be better.
• We listen, we speak up, we smash silos.
• We are courageous.
• We are all in it together.