Card Scheme Compliance Manager

About the Client

Our client is a digital banking platform serving businesses and individual users. It offers payment accounts, cards and digital tools for managing money internationally.

Role Overview

Take ownership of a developing card scheme compliance function with a direct impact on card operations. You will turn changing scheme rules into practical requirements, coordinate implementation across skilled teams and help deliver changes on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor Visa and Mastercard rules, mandates and bulletins. Assess their impact on card issuing and acquiring beyond traditional AML compliance.
• Review technical and business processes to identify gaps against current scheme requirements.
• Manage scheme-driven changes from impact assessment to go-live within required deadlines, including changes to transaction message fields.
• Translate scheme requirements into clear technical tasks for IT, Reconciliation and other teams.
• Serve as the main contact for payment schemes and card processors on requirements, clarifications and implementation.
• Embed scheme requirements in internal processes and keep documentation current.
• Track changes across teams and report progress and risks to management.

Requirements

• Proven technical business analysis experience in card payments, or comparable experience working with card schemes.
• Hands-on experience tracking and implementing Visa and Mastercard rules and mandates.
• Practical technical and business knowledge of card issuing and acquiring.
• Experience working directly with payment schemes, card processors and internal IT teams to deliver changes.
• Experience writing technical requirements and task specifications for IT and Reconciliation teams.
• Working knowledge of card transaction data and message fields, such as ISO 8583.
• Compliance experience is a plus.
• Languages: English , Russian .

Key Soft Skills

• Independence and ownership when navigating unfamiliar processes.
• A structured approach and attention to detail.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management across technical and business teams.
• Strong coordination, prioritisation and follow-up.
• The ability to balance scheme requirements with business objectives.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with experience
• Collaborative and transparent team culture
• High-impact role in a scaling fintech company
• Recognition of personal milestones and achievements
• Social benefits