Payments acquiring Business/Platform Engineer for Galway, Ireland - Permanent Contract

Payments Business Way4 Platform Engineer has responsibility for providing system change and analytical & operational support for a Multicurrency Platform (MCP) – Clearing platform, Authorisation Host, Visa Edit Package and MasterCard simulators. CMS: Card Management Systems

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The MCP system is Fintrax’s strategic Acquiring processing platform, providing Authorisation, Clearing & Settlement Services. Fintrax is planning a major expansion of its acquiring services. This role will have responsibility for maintenance and support of the MCP platform, requirements analysis and delivering the change pipeline.

Key Result Areas of Responsibility for support of the MCP system:

• Implementation of new Acquiring / Switching modules and Business functional change
• Delivering bi-annual Card Scheme Compliance Releases
• Assist System Maintenance Activities, Change Management, and Custom Development.
• Support daily operations, implementation and testing of compliance release system changes
• Maintain business continuity service for the Clearing and Authorisation systems
• Provide first level internal escalation support for MCP Operations Staff
• Provide first level internal MCP User Support and Consultancy
• Deliver quality analysis documentation for projects related to clearing and authorisation
• Collaboration with development and IT teams in all integration change projects.
• Participate in the Company’s Performance Management System and ensure full compliance with all policies and procedures, reporting systems and Company Values at all times.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in IT studies
• 4+ years’ experience working in a Payments IT domain
• Experience in Authorisation, Clearing and Settlement payments platform
• Experience with Visa and MasterCard certifications processes
• Strong technical database skills (knowledge of Oracle preferred and/or SQL server) and JAVA Programming Languages
• Working knowledge of developing scripts such as PowerShell or Visual Basic
• Experience with end to end task management
• Experience developing and performing system testing for platform change

Advantageous - Desirable but Not Essential

• Experience of Way4 platform or alternative Payments platform
• Experience in ATMs processing
• Experience working with distributed IT systems
• Experience of working with Microsoft Orchestrator

Skills & Ke Competencies

• Strong analytical skills, including interpreting system needs and translating into technical requirements.
• Quick learner and have a track record of identifying and solving problems.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Team player who enjoys working in a fast growing international company.
• The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and to be able to priorities work appropriately.
• Time management skills and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Willing to take accountability and responsibility and able to make sound decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure.
• Available to travel occasionally.
• Provide out of hours support as required by IT Payments function.

The Fintrax Group is a Financial Services Company that specialises in tax refunds, multi-currency payments, credit card processing and point of sale technologies.

Employing over 800 people worldwide, Fintrax provides international shoppers, merchants, card acquirers and banks with an expanding range of services, increasingly leveraging the latest mobile technologies.

Fintrax works with some of the most desirable luxury and retail brands in over 30 countries. The company has been on a strong growth trajectory, experiencing growth in revenues of over 20% and growth in profitability of over 30% annually since July 2011. This growth is set to continue with ambitious plans to double the business in 3 years and treble it in 5 years. These growth plans are based on a strong business model underpinned by megatrends such as the expansion of middle classes in emerging markets, growth in international travel and increasing luxury consumption

Founded in 1985, Fintrax Group is one of the world's leading Tax Free Shopping, Dynamic Currency Conversion, Credit Card processing and point of sale technology companies, providing international shoppers, merchants, partner banks and acquirers with easy, fast and reliable services.

For over 30 years, Fintrax has expanded across the globe now covering 34 markets with over 720 staff and recently became part of the Eurazeo portfolio of growth companies in December 2015.

Expansion continued throughout 2016 as Fintrax entered new markets such as Finland and Hungary, as well Shanghai, which will provide a hub to develop the business in the broader Asian region.

Market Positioning against Competitors:

http://openwaygroup.com/news_card.jsp?dcion=954&rgn=1&lng=1

Adquisitions:

Market Trackings:

• Leading Chilean Processor Nexus Roll Out WAY4 for Prepaid Cards
  http://www.openwayclub.com/new-blog/2016/5/26/leading-chilean-processor-nexus-roll-out-way4-for-prepaid-cards

Critical Search Keywords:

• card issuing, latin america, prepaid cards, payment processing

Targets:

• NEXUS, CHILE’S LARGEST CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR DIVERSIFIES INTO PREPAID CARDS AND FOR GREATER CREDIT MARKET SHARE: 10 million credit cards portfolio and processes more than 65% of credit cards brand transactions in Chile

Source Data for Market Research:

• http://www.openwayclub.com

"OpenWay Group is a payment processing software vendor (rated as strong positive by Gartner in 2009 and 2010). OpenWay’s WAY4 Card Issuing and Merchant Acquiring, Financial Switching, Personalised Mobile Payments, Mobile Wallet and other payment solutions successfully operate at 130 banks, processing and telecom companies in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

WAY4 is a customer-centric rule-driven environment for debit, credit, prepaid and commercial cards, deposits, loans, current accounts, mobile money and other financial products, for targeted marketing campaigns and personalised self-service via ATMs, kiosks, POS terminals, web, mobile banking and other channels.

Based on open platform clusters, WAY4 ensures 24/7 processing and scales from compact to high-end systems supporting 3000 TPS, 150 million cards and 20 thousand branches in 11 time zones"
https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-OpenWay-Group-EI_IE469586.11,24.htm