Operations Manager, Payments

2 days ago

South Africa Sporty Group Full time R120 000 - R180 000 per year
Sporty Group
Partnered with some of the World's greatest Champions including Real Madrid FC, Michael Essien and Eder Militao, we're on the lookout for some Champions of our own to be a part of the 'Top Ranked Fastest Growing and Most Successful Online Gaming Brand in the World'. Home to SportyBet, SportyTV, , and the newly launched SportyFM, we continue to lead with innovation and exclusive sports content.
Sporty is expanding and we're building the world's go to platform for everyday entertainment.
About the role: As the Manager of Payment Operations at Sporty, you'll be responsible for owning the payment operations strategies whilst providing leadership and expertise in the field of payments for our products used by millions of daily global users. You'll collaborate with talented stakeholders across our remote-working organisation to work on improvements, optimisation initiatives, and integrations to ensure the best payment experience for our customers.We are passionate about caring for our customers and we ensure we are up to date with our latest product development in the Sporty ecosystem so we are able to offer the best experience. What you'll be doing
  • Define, own, and manage core payment operations, core metrics including our KPIs in the area of payment acceptance rates, payment performance, conversion, compliance, cost, and more
  • Oversee the development and implementation of comprehensive fraud prevention and risk management strategies, policies, and procedures to safeguard the organisation's assets and minimise financial losses
  • Continuously analysing market trends across the payment space in order to increase the quality and efficiency of our customers experience
  • Monitor business and process metrics in order to identify solutions and deliver improvements related to core metrics and KPIs
  • Oversee the investigations of suspected fraudulent activities, ensuring timely and thorough analysis of data, documentation, and evidence
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product and engineering to solve local challenges and deliver enhanced CX
  • Recruit, manage, lead, and motivate a team of professionals, ensuring the team builds and maintains a deep understanding of our technology and customers
  • Assess and manage changing payment landscapes and evolving industry trends whilst remaining current on all changes to regulations and systems
  • Ensuring the payments team are remaining current on industry trends
  • Establish and revise policy, enforcing and implementing compliance directives, reviewing system enhancements, and assessing operational needs
  • Ensure end user issues are resolved in a timely manner
  • Manage, recruit and train a team of payment specialists across different geographies
  • Act as a primary POC with network partners to resolve ongoing production issues
What you'll bring
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance or a related field
  • Advance knowledge of global payment systems, region specific rules and regulations
  • Payment operations experience across tech / fintech / gaming industry is an advantage
  • Proven experience in fraud, risk, KYC, investigation, and risk management
  • Expert experience managing, leading and building a wider team
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to use data and metrics to drive improvements in payment operations
  • Experienced owning and and solving complex payment issues
  • Understanding of Compliance and Risk Awareness 
What's In It For You
Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter 20 days annual leave + public holidays Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this South African employment contract Referral bonuses & flash bonuses Top of the line equipment Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Personalised Support
We're committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.
Your Move
If you're excited about this role, even if you don't meet every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. We understand candidates may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all requirements, however your unique perspective is what helps us innovate and grow together.
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.

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