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Merchant Services Strategy Advisor

Saint Paul, MN, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago

Contract W2

6 Months

On-site

$250 - $350/hr

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Job Details

Skills

MERCHANT SERVICES
COMMERCIAL BANK
GATEWAY EXPERIENCE
ACQUIRING
SPONSORSHIP
DEBIT CARD ACCEPTANCE

Summary

HonorVet Technologies (SDVOSB) is a certified veteran-owned staffing and workforce solutions company recognized for its industry certifications, commitment to quality talent acquisition, and excellence in delivering IT, healthcare, federal, state, and SLED (State, Local, and Education) staffing services, helping organizations build reliable, compliant, and high-performing teams across mission-critical sectors.

Job Title: Merchant Services Strategy Advisor
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 Months
Must-Have Experience

Commercial banking experience
Payment gateway experience
Payments/repayments experience
7–20+ years of relevant experience (15–20 years preferred)

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced contract consultant to provide strategic guidance, operating model design, and execution support for establishing a new merchant services relationship with a commercial bank.
The engagement focuses on designing and implementing a merchant acquiring and sponsorship model for debit card acceptance, with a roadmap to later enable credit card acceptance. The advisor will play a key role in defining the target operating model and ensuring the structure supports scalability, regulatory compliance, and future flexibility for direct integrations with payment gateways and processors.

Key Responsibilities

Define and design the end-to-end merchant services operating model (acquiring, sponsorship, settlement, and processing)
Lead cross-functional workstreams with internal stakeholders and external banking and payment partners
Support setup of merchant acquiring relationships with a commercial bank
Ensure alignment across card network rules, settlement processes, reconciliation, and dispute management
Provide expertise on PCI compliance, risk, and regulatory requirements
Guide integration strategy for payment gateways and processors
Develop vendor and contract strategy to ensure flexibility and scalability
Identify and mitigate operational and technical risks across the payments ecosystem
Ensure future optionality for direct gateway/processor relationships

Required Expertise

Merchant acquiring and sponsorship models
Commercial bank payment ecosystems
Payment gateway and processor integrations
Card network rules and compliance frameworks (Visa/Mastercard, etc.)
Settlement, reconciliation, and dispute management processes
PCI DSS, risk, and compliance in payments
Operating model and payments architecture design
Vendor management and contract structuring

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 90941473
Position Id: 26-13835
Posted 1 day ago

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