Senior Payments Consultant – Transformation | Projective Group | London | £90k to £110k
Join an International Consultancy Firm Driving Innovation in Financial Services
Are you a management consultant with experience in payments transformation?
Do you thrive in complex, high-impact engagements where you’re shaping strategy, designing operating models, and driving real change for financial institutions?
If so, read on.
We are Projective Group, a Financial Services Consultancy firm, experts in business, technology, and innovation consulting and change, exclusively focused on the financial industry, with multiple proven practices, including Data, Risk & Compliance, Payments and Transformation.
Who Are You?
You’re an experienced consultant with a strong track record delivering transformation programmes for banks, financial institutions, or payments organisations.
You understand the payments ecosystem and enjoy helping clients navigate large-scale change, from operating model design to major transformation and payments-related vendor selection and re-platforming initiatives.
You combine structured thinking with a pragmatic approach to delivery. Comfortable leading workstreams and building relationships with senior stakeholders, you’re equally at ease facilitating a client workshop, shaping recommendations, or rolling up your sleeves to help solve a complex challenge.
Most importantly, you’re looking for an opportunity to work on some of the most significant developments shaping the future of payments, alongside talented colleagues in a consultancy where you’ll have the freedom to make an impact and continue growing your career.
What Will You Do?
- Lead and deliver payments transformation engagements for our banking and financial institution clients, acting as a trusted adviser and workstream lead.
- Design and implement Target Operating Models (TOM) for payments functions, ensuring alignment with client strategy and market direction.
- Drive vendor selection and re-platforming programmes, bringing structure and delivery rigour to complex technology and process change.
- Provide informed guidance on the evolving UK payments landscape, including regulatory, infrastructure, and market developments such as PSR/PSD3, National Payments Vision, and DeliveryCo.
- Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and executive presentations, communicating complex ideas with clarity and confidence.
- Contribute to proposals and business development activities, helping to shape and win new engagements.
- Collaborate across Projective Group’s practices and country teams, sharing knowledge and driving consistency in our consulting approach.
- Coach and support more junior consultants, contributing to their development and to the growth of our payments practice.
Your Key Knowledge Should Include
- A management consulting background with demonstrable experience delivering payments transformation programmes in banking or financial services.
- Solid understanding of payment products, processes, and infrastructure, including retail payments, clearing and settlement, and payments re-platforming.
- Experience in TOM design and implementation, with the ability to translate strategy into practical, deliverable change.
- Familiarity with the UK payments regulatory and infrastructure landscape, including awareness of initiatives such as DeliveryCo, the National Payments Vision, and the work of the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB).
- Solid stakeholder management and client leadership skills, confidence in influencing at senior levels and navigating complex organisational environments.
- Proven ability to lead and structure delivery across complex, multi-workstream programmes.
- Skills in Business Analysis, Change Delivery, or Product Ownership are advantageous.
- Degree educated or equivalent.
OK, I’m Interested — Why Join Us?
- First-class training, coaching, and opportunities for professional development.
- A generous training allowance, a non‑contributory pension plan, two types of bonuses, and comprehensive healthcare.
- Fantastic company culture valuing diversity, creativity, work‑life balance, fun, and well‑being.
- The opportunity to further your career in a state‑of‑the‑art London‑based workspace with stunning views of the Thames and welcoming spaces to collaborate, unwind, and connect.
Find out more about Projective Group: www.projectivegroup.com
Keywords
Payments Transformation | Re-platforming | TOM Design | Management Consulting | Change Delivery | Retail Payments Infrastructure | DeliveryCo | UK Payments | Financial Services | Senior Consultant
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