Lead Compliance Analyst

Global Payment Holding Company•Cincinnati, OH

About The Position

The Lead Compliance Analyst supports compliance and data integrity across payment card schemes. The role uses knowledge of interchange, scheme fees, system analytics, and card-scheme regulatory requirements to address compliance and fee-assessment issues. It monitors data activity, investigates anomalies and violations, and recommends or helps implement improvements to data quality, processes, systems, merchant equipment, software, or merchant procedures. The analyst handles day-to-day departmental issues, reporting, and research; works with internal stakeholders to resolve business problems involving interchange qualification or card-brand fines; and prepares presentations explaining complex datasets and the impacts of data-related fees. The role also reviews payment-brand publications and release documentation for relevant impacts and maintains internal data-integrity documentation. It may perform moderately complex to complex ad hoc queries for special projects. This is a full-time position with Global Payments. The company describes its teams as inclusive and global and highlights opportunities to learn and grow. The stated good-faith estimated annual salary range is $0.0–$0.00; actual starting pay depends on experience, job-related skills, education or training, and geographic location.

Requirements

At least 8 years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 10 years of professional experience in Computer Science, Finance, Pricing, Interchange, or Technology.
Proficiency with business intelligence tools such as SQL, Python, and Big Query.
Strong data-analytical skills.
Advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
Advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to interpret data against established criteria to identify patterns.
Detail-oriented, with strong computer skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently with little supervision and strong organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Data Science.
At least 10 years of bankcard-industry experience involving compliance, card brands, interchange, POS applications, and large datasets.
Experience with Google Suite and MS 365.

Responsibilities

Apply knowledge of interchange, scheme fees, system analytics, and card-scheme regulatory compliance to address compliance and fee-assessment issues.
Recommend and assist with implementing solutions to improve data quality, including changes to internal processes or systems, merchant equipment, software, or procedures.
Monitor and track daily data-system activity for trends and compliance.
Research anomalies in data quality and identified violations.
Handle day-to-day departmental issues, reporting, and research.
Collaborate with internal customers and stakeholders to explain regulatory compliance topics and resolve business problems involving interchange qualification or card-brand fines.
Prepare detailed presentations of moderately complex to complex datasets for stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and calculate the impacts of data-related fees.
Review payment-brand publications and release documentation for impacts to Global Payments related to data integrity or compliance fees and rates.
Maintain internal data-integrity tables, spreadsheets, dashboards, advisories, and related documentation.
Perform moderately complex to complex ad hoc queries for special projects as assigned.