Lead Account Executive - Merchant and Acquirer Support

Capital One Capital One · Banking · Riverwoods, IL +1 · Remote

Lead Account Executive role focused on operational support for merchant and acquirer partners in the fintech/payments industry. Responsibilities include project managing onboarding, training partners on tools, leading operational projects for new products, resolving escalated customer issues, managing relationships with large partners, and managing risk. Requires payments industry experience and skills in stakeholder management and problem-solving.

What you'd actually do

  1. Providing dedicated operational support to various stakeholders, including acquirers, network partners, issuers and processors
  2. Conducting research on complex situations and troubleshooting issues related to end-to-end transaction processing, acceptance complaints and issuer launches
  3. Supporting business development through the onboarding of new franchises, issuers, acquirers, processors, and software vendors, as well as assisting with contract negotiation and due diligence
  4. Managing compliance with operating rules and regulations, coordinating certification and supporting participants through the semi-annual release process
  5. Leading internal projects, ensuring documentation meets auditing requirements, and serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on key authorization and settlement applications, internal systems and tools

Skills

Required

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
  • 4 years of payments industry experience within financial services

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering
  • 6+ years of payments industry experience within financial services
  • Experience influencing key stakeholders, executive level clients or internal business partners

What the JD emphasized

  • payments industry experience