Job Role: Payments Consultant
Location: London / Manchester
Career Level: Consultant (CL9)
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, SONG, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
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Accenture’s payments practice is a global functional network of more than 14,000 people who work across multiple industries, delivering end-to-end industry solutions that help our clients transform their payments business.?
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Our payments practitioners serve not only our financial clients (e.g., banks, insurers, wealth and asset managers, capital markets) but also businesses in other industries (e.g., airlines and travel, automotive, communications & media, technology platform providers, retail, utilities, and government sectors).?
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

The latest industry innovations in payments from Digital Wallets through to GenAI
Skills in the latest technologies that support E2E payments such as cloud & advanced analytics
How changes in the way that we live and spend our money on impact on things like fraud trends
How to deliver innovative solution to tight timelines working as part of a team in a project delivery capacity
How to build and develop your own brand and career working in the Accenture payments team
How to manage some of the most complex and large-scale transformational projects specifically in payments

Advise clients on optimizing payment systems, processes, and strategies utilizing skills and experience across digital payments, payment operations, technology implementation, and data analytics
Work with cutting-edge payment technologies and platforms to modernize payment infrastructures and enhance transaction efficiency
Understand and solve complex challenges and present solutions to stakeholders across the payments ecosystem
Be adaptable and solution-agnostic as you work with diverse client requirements and as payment technologies and regulations evolve rapidly
Have the opportunity to work for global clients with opportunities to travel
Write thought leadership pieces on payment industry trends and innovations
Support in development of sales proposals and payment transformation offerings
Contribute payments SME knowledge across merchant acquiring, payment processing, digital wallets, and emerging payment methods
Contribute to the Payments practice community and build a network across the organization & clients

Management Consultant - Payments