Senior Associate, Cost of Sales Operations
Pubblicato il 06-08-2026 - Checkout.Com in Italia
Job Overview
Working as part of the Cost of Sales (COS) Operations function, you will lead the end‑to‑end reconciliation and optimisation of global scheme fees. The Senior Associate is a strategic specialist responsible for translating technical cost drivers into business insights and managing the integrity of our financial data through rigorous approval and oversight.
Responsibilities
- Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as Checkout.com’s internal and external subject matter expert on Card Payment Scheme fees across all operating regions.
- Contextual Insight: Identify systemic trends in scheme fee data and use critical thinking to drive insights based on the broader business context.
- Approval & Oversight: Act as the final point of validation for scheme fee mapping and business requirements, ensuring that technical updates to the Fee Prediction Engine are accurate and audit‑ready.
- Technical Translation: Translate technical scheme fee updates into clear business requirements and adjust your communication style to effectively influence diverse stakeholder audiences.
- Cross‑Functional Solutioning: Collaborate with other teams to drive remediation and execution of complex scheme fee reconciliation solutions.
- Strategic Risk Mitigation: Challenge the status quo and identify systemic risks within the scheme fee remit to ensure details sync with the broader business strategy.
- Project Ownership: Act as a key supporter or owner for project delivery, specifically regarding the implementation of scheme mandates and new region onboarding.
- Financial Impact Evaluation: Evaluate the impact of financial outcomes on cross‑functional partners and identify data‑driven opportunities to improve business outcomes by conducting detailed reconciliation of predicted versus actual costs to manage and investigate variances.
- Optimisation Recommendations: Provide high‑level recommendations to management based on scheme fees being charged to drive cost efficiencies.
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