Senior Card Scheme Compliance Analyst

Company: Cashflows
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Location: London
Job Description:

  • Analyse scheme bulletins, mandates, and bi-annual releases; lead assessment of their regulatory, commercial, operational and technical impact; translate requirements into clearly documented business and technology deliverables; monitor progress and track implementation evidence through to completion.
  • Produce accurate and timely management information on scheme mandates, compliance status, overdue actions, exceptions, potential breaches and material scheme risks, escalating issues in accordance with the relevant governance framework
  • Lead the day-to-day management of assigned scheme compliance obligations, escalating material risks, potential breaches and policy decisions to the Head of Card Scheme Management
  • Monitor and manage scheme non-compliance notifications, potential breaches, assessments and remediation actions, ensuring that root causes, owners, deadlines, financial exposure and escalation requirements are clearly documented and tracked to closure
  • Manage the merchant PCI DSS compliance programme, including merchant communications, monitoring, exception management, escalation and management reporting, working with Information Security and other control functions where technical assurance is required
  • Manage and respond to scheme related queries and provide clear advice and training on card scheme rules, compliance obligations and mandates across the business
  • Communicate regularly with the major card schemes on a variety of initiatives
  • Be part of Project teams as an SME for Scheme related activity
  • Represent Cashflows at Industry conferences

What you’ll be experienced in

  • 3-5 years working in a scheme compliance role preferably as an Acquirer
  • Daily engagement with major card schemes – Visa, Mastercard, Amex, JCB, UPI, Discover.With the ability to challenge where required.
  • Reviewing and analysing Scheme Mandates, releases, and scheme manuals; translating these to understandable requirements across the business and monitoring and tracking their progress through to delivery
  • Sound, practical understanding of the processing lifecycle – Authentication, Authorisation Clearing and settlement including message specifications
  • Working knowledge of key Scheme Compliance programs –e.g. Data Integrity, AIS, Merchant PCI DSS management, QMR/GOC reporting, ATM location reporting, Third Party Agent/Service provider management, Waiver submissions and non-compliance remediation.
  • Practical, working knowledge of the main scheme online portals with a firm understanding of how to navigate within them
  • Ability to make sound, evidence-based decisions in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills
  • A desire to challenge to the status quo
  • Ability to work well under pressure and be able to prioritise to meet deadlines and quickly shift priorities as necessary.
  • Ability to multi-task, work independently and demonstrate keen attention to detail.
  • Ability to communicate ideas including resistance management.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
  • Positive attitude with a team player spirit
  • Track record of managing or being part of a project team which successfully delivered scheme enhancements or projects
  • A knowledge of the different Scheme Licenses and their associated rules across Europe including Extended Area’s of Use, Cross Border Acquirer and Central Acquiring
  • How to set up / Delete Acquiring ARID’s and ICA’s
  • Experience with ATM Processing in addition to Merchant Acquiring

The hours

This is a full-time role (40 hours a week) – Monday to Friday.

What you’ll get

Our benefits and perks include.

  • Salary is competitive.
  • 25 days holiday per year, plus a day off on your birthday, a wellbeing day and one day if you’re moving house.
  • Electric Car Scheme
  • Free access to a Mortgage Advisor
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 4x salary life assurance
  • 6% employer pension contributions
  • Charity matching & volunteering opportunities
  • Length of service award- extra day holiday for each year of service, up to maximum of 28 days
  • Discounts with a wide range of retailers
  • Flexible working, we believe that it’s important for us to work flexibly and so we’re very supportive of working from home and in the office.
  • Bike to Work Scheme
  • And finally, we also throw a great staff party twice a year!

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Posted: October 25th, 2026