Payments Optimisation Manager
Remote
Full Time
Payments & Banking Infrastructure
Manager/Supervisor
Payments Optimisation Manager
Payments & Banking Infrastructure
Acceptance Rate Performance
Cross-functional Input
Essential
Desirable
What We Offer
ACE Money Transfer: https://acemoneytransfer.com/company-profile
Payments & Banking Infrastructure
| Location | UK or EU (Remote) | Reports To | Head of Payments & Banking Infrastructure |
| Department | Payments & Banking Infrastructure | Contract | Full-time |
The Role
You will own transaction routing logic and acceptance rate performance across ACE's payment infrastructure. This means designing and maintaining routing rules, analysing decline patterns, and driving continuous improvement — working alongside analytics to identify opportunities and coordinating with technical teams to implement changes. The impact of this work is direct and measurable.What You Will Own
Routing Logic
- Design, maintain, and continuously improve transaction routing logic across ACE's payment infrastructure
- Translate performance data into routing decisions, accounting for acquirer behaviour, corridor characteristics, and cost
- Model the impact of proposed routing changes before implementation and monitor outcomes post-deployment
- Maintain clear documentation of all active routing rules, rationale, and measured performance
Acceptance Rate Performance
- Own AR metrics across all active send markets and payment methods, with accountability for performance against targets
- Analyse decline patterns and identify root causes across acquirer behaviour, issuer rules, scheme mandates, and technical factors
- Produce evidence-based recommendations and present findings to senior leadership
- Flag AR deterioration quickly and drive remediation through the relevant internal teams
Cross-functional Input
- Work with the analytics function to ensure performance data supports routing decisions — not to run operations
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert on routing and AR, providing input to commercial negotiations and partner reviews
- Feed performance insights back to the Head of PBI for leadership reporting and strategic decisions
What We Are Looking For
Essential
- 4 to 7 years in payments with direct exposure to transaction routing, acceptance rate management, or payment orchestration
- Strong understanding of what drives and inhibits card acceptance — acquirer behaviour, issuer rules, scheme mandates, 3DS, technical configuration
- Hands-on experience with a payment orchestration or routing platform
- Able to translate performance data into clear, defensible business recommendations
- Confident presenting routing logic and AR analysis to senior non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Cross-border payments or multi-corridor environment experience
- Familiarity with scheme rules and interchange structures as they relate to routing
- Exposure to decline recovery strategies
- Background working across multiple acquirers simultaneously
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and package aligned to experience
- High-ownership role with direct commercial impact in a growing international payments business
- Executive visibility and genuine scope to shape how performance optimisation is done at ACE
ACE Money Transfer: https://acemoneytransfer.com/company-profile
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