As a Maverick Payments Intern, you will work on real-world projects with business leaders from across the organization and gain practical experience using machine learning and predictive modeling to solve finance related business problems. Interns will engage directly and collaboratively with other technical experts and line-of-business SMEs to analyze key business processes and data, collaboratively identify opportunities for optimization, develop actionable solutions and drive process change.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Conduct background checks on prospective and existing reseller partners using designated screening tools and verification platforms.
- Perform data entry and maintain accurate records throughout the underwriting review process.
- Review identity verification documents (e.g., government-issued IDs, SSN verification) and business verification documents (e.g., business licenses, articles of incorporation, EIN documentation) for completeness and consistency.
- Flag discrepancies, missing documentation, or potential concerns for escalation to department leadership.
- Follow established underwriting procedures and checklists to ensure consistent and compliant partner due diligence reviews.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., Risk, Business Development, Operations, Compliance) to support a coordinated, end-to-end underwriting and partner onboarding workflow.
- Support the administrative functions of the underwriting team, including file organization, process documentation, and workflow tracking.
- Assist with ad hoc reporting and special projects as assigned by underwriting leadership.
- Other duties as assigned.
Key Projects / Deliverables:
- Contribute to the resolution process of client risk and underwriting application
- Focus areas may include application processing, underwriting, onboarding, and risk monitoring among others
- Dramatically increase speed and efficiency of merchant onboarding
- Reduce operational costs
- Mitigate risk and potential loss through improved analytics and automation
- Maverick user account and company-issued computer
- Microsoft 365 (including Maverick email)
- Additional tools and systems granted as needed
- Risk & Underwriting process training
- Additional learning modules as appropriate
- Initial 2-week discovery and learning phase focused on understanding business processes and identifying opportunities
- Pursuing a degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
- Interest and previous professional engagement in finance, fintech or payments.
- Proven to have exceptional communication, interpersonal, listening, presentation, influence, collaboration, team and change management skills
- Exceptionally strong analytical, innovative and problem-solving skills
- Experience working across diverse, cross-functional teams to influence decisions and drive positive business results
- Exposure to business clients, key accounts or core business partners
- Proficiency in Excel; exposure to SQL, Python, or BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) preferred.
- Exposure to applied machine learning, AI Agents (Make, n8n, Lovable)
Pay Range: $22-27/hr
This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in fintech while contributing to impactful projects that drive operational efficiency and business performance
Skills Required
- Pursuing a degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
- Interest and previous professional engagement in finance, fintech, or payments
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, presentation, collaboration, and change management skills
- Strong analytical, innovative, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working across cross-functional teams to influence decisions and drive results
- Exposure to business clients, key accounts, or core business partners
- Proficiency in Excel
- Exposure to SQL, Python, or BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)
- Exposure to applied machine learning and AI agents (Make, n8n, Lovable)
What We Do
Maverick Payments is a full-service payment processor with innovative technology designed for partners looking to monetize payments by reselling our white-labeled payments stack. Quickly go to market with minimal to no cost or risk - all with building your brand while leveraging our infrastructure. With our merchant acquiring services, proprietary gateway, ACH processing, fraud & chargeback tools, analytics, and other value-add services, we offer a true all-in-one solution geared for sales organizations, such as ISVs, developers, ISOs, and agents looking to generate payments revenue in a scalable method with no investment or risk burden. Our dashboard is an end-to-end system with a complete API, digital onboarding, portfolio management, sub-reseller and user management, support ticketing, and so much more – your turnkey platform to go to market as a payments provider under your brand while utilizing Maverick’s back-end systems. With its headquarters in Los Angeles, Maverick's FSP infrastructure means all operations are handled in-house including underwriting, risk monitoring, compliance, technology development, on-boarding, customer support, and more. This allows for quick resolutions and hands-on support. Maverick is a leader in technology-driven payment processing for merchants of any size in the United States, including card present and card not present. Additionally, Maverick supports a wide range of business types including specialty verticals and emerging markets which typical processors shy away from due to elevated risks; however, these are new industries for our resellers to support and expand into. Our partner-focused approach ensures competitive pricing, transparency, and best-in-class services that build personal and lasting relationships with our partners and merchants. As a family owned and operated company, our nimble approach means our commitment to providing unsurpassed levels of support and building long-term relationships
