Payments Onboarding Specialist

At Fayara, we’re building and scaling high-performance digital infrastructure that powers growth across AdTech and MarTech ecosystems. We’re looking for people who are curious, driven, and eager to take ownership in solving complex, high-impact problems.

Role Overview:
The Payments Onboarding Specialist will support Fayara Group’s growth by managing merchant and entity onboarding with payment service providers, acquirers, banks, gateways, and alternative payment providers.

Responsibilities include coordinating applications from preparation to approval and go-live, managing provider communications, ensuring accurate documentation, and proactively tracking outstanding requirements.

The role also supports corporate and KYC documentation maintenance, periodic compliance reviews, and the ongoing good standing of payment accounts.

The ideal candidate is organised, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple processes in a fast-paced, growing environment. This is a full time employment role, with 5 days from the office the first 6 months and Hybrid – 4 days from the office after probation.

Key Responsilbities:

• Manage merchant onboarding with acquirers, banks, gateways and alternative payment providers: prepare and submit applications and handle follow-up through to approval and go-live

• Day-to-day contact for payment providers on onboarding, compliance reviews and account status

• Maintain KYC and corporate documentation for each group entity with the corporate service providers, and answer periodic compliance reviews from existing providers

• Keep a tracker of every application and compliance review: owner, status, next action and outstanding documents

• Gather what providers ask for from internal teams, such as website, technical and financial information, and check it before submission

• Report onboarding and compliance review status to management

• Support the payments function with ad hoc projects such as new payment method set-up

• Any other duties relevant to the role.

What We're Looking For:

• 1–3 years of experience in payments, acquiring, PSPs, merchant operations, onboarding, or KYC

• Familiarity with acquirers, banks, payment gateways, and alternative payment providers

• Working knowledge of merchant onboarding requirements and corporate documentation.

• Ability to prepare, review, and track accurate, complete application packages

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and OneDrive

• Experience with payment provider onboarding portals is an advantage

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple applications and deadlines

• Fluent written and spoken English is essential, any other languages are advantageous

• Follows up on outstanding items independently and escalates issues early

• Takes responsibility for tasks and drives processes through to completion with minimal supervision

• Hands-on, adaptable, eager to grow with Fayara Group, and authorised to work in the Spain.

The Perks & Practicalities:

• Working Hours: Monday - Friday 09:00-18:00

• Location: Madrid, Spain

• Salary: €35,000 - €40,000 Gross Annually

• 22+ Annual Leave Days

• Flexitime and Hybrid working available

• Job Category: Finance

• A collaborative, relaxed, and professional work environment where people enjoy what they do!

• An attractive employee benefits package with a workplace perks you’ll want to discover

Interview Process:

Stage 1: Video Call with Talent Acquisition

Stage 2: Video Call with Head of Payments

Stage 3: Face-to-Face meeting with the relevant C-Level

Three straightforward steps, meaningful conversations, and the opportunity to discover if we’re the right fit for each other.

At Fayara Group, you’ll take ownership of bringing new payment partners on board, keeping applications moving, and turning complex requirements into smooth, successful launches. Your day-to-day work will help unlock new payment opportunities, strengthen our global capabilities, and keep our business moving forward.

Interested? Apply now by submitting your CV and telling us a little about yourself.

We value thoughtful applications and review each one carefully. Every application is reviewed by a member of our team. If your experience aligns with what we’re looking for, we’ll be in touch regarding next steps.