Strategic Payments Operations Specialist

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São Paulo, BRA
In-Office
Mid level
Fintech
The Role
Analyze payment partner performance, processing costs, profitability, and operational data to improve approval rates, costs, and customer experience. Build financial scenarios, investigate billing discrepancies, manage acquirer and card-scheme relationships, support routing and volume decisions, and translate regulatory or market changes into business actions. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Technology, Finance, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, and Commercial teams while driving initiatives through implementation and results validation.
Summary Generated by Built In
About the role
This person will work closely with leadership and business areas, connecting transactional data, commercial terms and the technical characteristics of payment methods to identify opportunities, solve problems and support decisions that impact approval rates, costs, profitability and customer experience.
The position requires autonomy, critical thinking and the ability to drive initiatives across different areas and partners, from diagnosis through validation of results.

Key responsibilities
  • Analyze the performance of payment partners, identifying opportunities to improve approval rates, costs, availability and operational quality.
  • Assess the composition of processing costs, including MDR, interchange, card scheme fees, acquirer markup, prepayment (anticipation) and additional services.
  • Build profitability analyses and scenarios to support decisions on pricing, negotiation, volume distribution and partner selection.
  • Manage relationships with acquirers, card schemes, banks and other partners, leading technical and commercial discussions and following up on agreed commitments.
  • Investigate discrepancies between contracted terms, charges and operational data, working with the responsible teams to resolve them.
  • Support routing and volume migration decisions, jointly considering approval rates, total cost, available features and partners’ operational capacity.
  • Translate market rules, pricing changes and partner requirements into concrete impacts and actions for the business.
  • Work with Product, Technology, Performance, Finance, Treasury, Operations, Commercial, Legal and Compliance to implement improvements.
  • Produce clear analyses and executive communications, presenting evidence, financial impact, risks and recommended actions.
  • Organize priorities, dependencies and next steps, following initiatives through to implementation and proof of results.
Requirements
Must-have
  • At least 3 years of experience in the payments industry (e.g., acquirers, PSPs, payment facilitators, card schemes, wallets, banks or fintechs), with solid knowledge of how the card ecosystem works, including interchange, scheme fees, MDR and the roles of acquirers and issuers.
  • Strong analytical profile, with the ability to work with large volumes of data, build P&L and profitability analyses, and turn numbers into recommendations.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including data modeling and scenario analysis.
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools to increase efficiency in analysis and operational workflows, combined with the data fundamentals to validate their outputs.
  • Advanced English, written and spoken.
  • Ability to work at a fast pace and adapt quickly to constant changes in the Brazilian regulatory and market landscape (e.g., Central Bank regulations, scheme rule changes).
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across multiple areas and with external partners.
  • Based in, or willing to work from, São Paulo.
Nice-to-have
  • Business or commercial background, including exposure to negotiation, pricing and partner management.
  • Experience with the Brazilian payments landscape, including Pix, alternative payment methods and wallets.
  • Knowledge of MCC, interchange optimization, FX or prepayment (anticipation) dynamics.
  • Experience investigating billing discrepancies and working with billing or reconciliation teams.
  • Interest in market trends and in building a network of contacts across the payments industry.
 EBANX offers:
  • Performance Bonus: Annual bonus program based on company results.
  • Meal Allowance: Monthly allowance to support your meals.
  • EBANX Education: Financial assistance for undergraduate, graduate, and MBA programs to support your professional growth.
  • EBANX Skills: Dedicated budget for courses, certifications, and workshops to encourage continuous learning.
  • Language Classes: Language classes to support your personal and professional development.
  • Health & Well-being: Medical and dental plans with extensive coverage, including support for dependents and wellness programs.
    Flexible Work Culture: Semi-flexible hours, additional day off on your birthday, and year-end break to support work-life balance.
  • Well-being Program: Access to activities and resources that promote physical and mental health.

Learn more about our #ebanxlife on LinkedIn and Instagram, and see what it’s like to be part of a global team that breaks barriers, creates opportunities, and celebrates every achievement together.

✨ An Out Of The Ordinary career is waiting for you here!


Skills Required

  • At least 3 years of experience in the payments industry
  • Solid knowledge of the card ecosystem, including interchange, scheme fees, MDR, and acquirer and issuer roles
  • Strong analytical skills and experience working with large data volumes
  • Ability to build P&L and profitability analyses and translate data into recommendations
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data modeling and scenario analysis
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools in analysis and operational workflows
  • Data fundamentals sufficient to validate AI outputs
  • Advanced written and spoken English
  • Ability to adapt to changes in the Brazilian regulatory and payments market landscape
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Based in or willing to work from Sao Paulo
  • Business or commercial background with exposure to negotiation, pricing, or partner management
  • Experience with the Brazilian payments landscape, including Pix, alternative payment methods, and wallets
  • Knowledge of MCC, interchange optimization, FX, or prepayment dynamics
  • Experience investigating billing discrepancies and working with billing or reconciliation teams
  • Interest in payments market trends and developing an industry contact network

Ebanx Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ebanx and has not been reviewed or approved by Ebanx.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as a core benefit in Brazil, with medical and dental plans and added supports like dependent subsidies and pharmaceutical assistance. This breadth suggests a stronger-than-baseline health offering for many Brazil-based roles.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing benefits include gym and studio access via Wellhub/TotalPass plus an internal sports/wellness program, alongside lifestyle perks such as snacks, pet-friendly space, and partner discounts. These items indicate a meaningful emphasis on day-to-day wellbeing beyond salary.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits include childcare assistance, extended caregiver leave, and support programs for pregnancy and parenting. This points to structured support for employees with caregiving responsibilities, at least in the Brazil baseline package.

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The Company
HQ: Curitiba
1,038 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

WE GIVE ACCESS Since our founding in 2012, our aim is to make the world an explorable place for Latin Americans, and Latin America a possible region for international companies to enter. By offering local payment methods across LatAm we are conquering these desire day after day and already helped over 1000 merchants expand their business into the region and over 50 million Latin Americans to access global services and products. Companies like Airbnb, Wish, Spotify, Deezer, Aliexpress, Shopee, Ctrip and many other are among our portfolio. EBANX is headquartered in Curitiba - Brazil, but we are spread in all Latin America, US, China and Europe. Today, we are almost 1000 bankers around the world. More information about the company can be found on the official website. Watch our official video to know more about EBANX: https://youtu.be/h6y13xsDw-c

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