Card Scheme Manager

Overview

About Unlimit

Unlimit is the global fintech powerhouse behind the world’s largest proprietary payments infrastructure.

Founded in 2009, Unlimit operates across 17 global offices with 700+ experts, seamlessly integrating 1,000+ payment methods into a single platform. From London to São Paulo, we empower businesses to scale across borders with a unified suite of financial tools — including payment processing, alternative payment methods, multicurrency business accounts, card issuing, banking-as-a-service, and crypto on- and off-ramps.

Our mission is to break down financial barriers and enable seamless money movement across borders. We give forward-thinking businesses the tools to accept, send, and manage payments effortlessly, wherever they operate.

Unlimit is the most cutting-edge payment company providing a unique and high-tech suite of solutions to e-commerce merchants and card issuing products.

As part of our dynamic growth, we seek a Technical Card Scheme Manager with proven experience and expertise in Card Acquiring .

In this role, you will be responsible for support of existing Card methods as well as the development and launch of new Acquiring card methods with focus on Asia and Africa regions working closely with Card Schemes (Visa / MC / Union Pay/ JCB and other Schemes), Partners, Vendors.

To help accomplish your responsibilities, you will work closely with the Card Processing team, Settlement team, Finance team, PSP, Legal, Acquiring team, Analytics teams, Banking team and other departments involved in the acquiring setup or process for Acquiring.

This position expects a lot of communication with Card schemes, external stakeholders, and partners.

Fluent English – must. Additional languages (Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese) – considered as a plus.

The vacancy expects working from Hong Kong office.

• End-to-end management of Acquiring: Mastercard, Visa and etc. including the technical implementation and analysis of the technical documentation
• Ensuring compliance with Mandatory Changes of Card Schemes and Regulatory
• Support payments acceptance related reviews and escalations
• Analysis of technical documentation of card schemes and mandates
• Develop manuals and instructions for internal departments
• Analysis of card schemes settlement & reconciliation
• Support the operation of our existing solutions as an escalation point for internal teams
• Effectively document business/technical requirements and understand operational processes
• Execute test plans for new products and work closely with go to market teams to deliver working features
• Develop relationship with card schemes (MasterCard / Visa / Union Pay / JCB and etc.) as part of the implementation of Cards payment methods
• Operational support for launched Acquiring products
• Provide day-to-day product delivery and quality management
• Ensure awareness of product status and roadmap risks across the group
• Drive post-launch look-backs and internal process improvements
• Analyze Card Scheme invoices in detail on a monthly basis to ensure that the assigned fee is billed correctly, analyzing the costs in detail every month to ensure that the assigned budget is met and closely work with Finance and Reconciliation team

• Proven experience with the payments lifecycle, including data messaging standards (ISO).
• Proven experience in the certification of products with Card Schemes
• Proven experience working with Mandatory changes of Card schemes
• Knowledge of card schemes rules (Visa / MasterCard, UnionPay and etc).
• Knowledge of card schemes settlement and reconciliation processes
• Must be able to talk knowledgeably with card schemes, vendors, partners and banks who live and breathe payments every day.
• Good technical and project management skills.
• Passionate about the acquiring & issuing industry.
• Fluent in English.

• Knowledge/working experience with Asia and Africa markets.
• Proven experience and understanding of the implementation of acquiring related products.
• Additional languages (Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese) – considered as a plus

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Unlimit is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.