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Job Description

Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Education Desired : Bachelors Degree Travel Percentage : 10 - 15%Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking At FIS you ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging, emerging, and relevant issues in the world of Fintech. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate, and above all fun. Join the FIS Merchant Strategy Team today! As a member of the Merchant Strategy Team, you ll be part of a global strategy team with representation in both North America and Europe. You ll have the opportunity to collaborate with FIS executives from all corners of the globe, including North America, EMEA, LATAM and APAC. The team helps to guide the overall business unit strategy for the FIS payments business, Worldpay, which was acquired by FIS for ~$43B in 2019. About the Team You will be a vital member of the internal strategy consulting team within the Merchant division of FIS. The role offers the opportunity to help shape and lead the strategy for the fastest growing business unit for a leading Fortune 500 fintech. Overall, the team is responsible for driving the medium term (3-5 years) growth of the merchant business, and we need your help to do it! Specifically, the team is tasked with a few top priority areas:
• Crafting Business Unit Strategy for the $43 billion Worldpay business unit
• Competitive Alliances broker win win deals w/ other leading global Fintech
• Competitor Intelligence framing our competitors strategies for FIS senior executives
• M&A Strategy help lead our M&A process to advance Merchant priorities Portfolio Management strengthen where (and how) we play in the market today
• Ad Hoc Executive Projects serve as the tiger team for critical questions related to Merchant
• High Priority Project Support advocate for support of high priority projects to FIS executives
What You Will Be Doing Members of the Merchant Strategy Team will provide support of the 7 outlined initiatives and deliverables of the team. Support in each of these areas may include (and are shared amongst the broader team):
• Business Unit Strategy Framing how we think about the different segments of the market. Identifying how and where we currently play in the market, as well as where our competitors play. Identifying where we want to play going forward, and our plan for executing on that strategy. Gain buy-in from critical stakeholders in senior leadership across the organization.
• Competitive Alliances Map out FIS current assets, as well as critical needs or gaps. Leverage that work to build a pipeline of prospective competitive alliances. Help provide support to deal framing, negotiations, & strategy to broker win-win competitive alliances.
• C ompetitor Intelligence Conduct desk research, internal research w/ subject matter experts, and external research (as required) to articulate our competitors strategies and recent strategic moves . Be able to identify the implications of these actions on FIS business and communicate those findings to our senior leadership teams.
• M&A Strategy Help shape our overall M&A strategy, tying it back to the broader business unit strategy. Help develop and build a process for screening and monitoring a continuous pipeline of asset prospects, performing due diligence on those assets, and aiding with post-deal implementation of M&A targets. Assist in facilitating executive level dialog and meetings between FIS and prospective assets.
• Portfolio Management Engage with commercial leaders across the Merchant business to help identify underperforming pockets of the business and develop tactical go-forward plans to rethink the way we manage those portions of the Merchant business.
• Ad Hoc Executive Projects Engage with FIS senior leadership to help answer emerging questions of critical strategic importance. May involve internal data analysis, external research, or a combination of different activities.
• Support for High Priority Projects Help articulate the business case around critical strategic projects for Merchant. Serve as an advocate to senior leadership to ensure high priority projects receive adequate funding and internal support.
What You Bring
• Excellence in using Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel
• Executive presence, communication, & interpersonal skills
• Hypothesis driven thinking & consultant skillset
Ideal Skills & Experience
• We are ideally looking for someone with one (or a combination of) the following backgrounds:
• Work experience at a leading management consultancy
• Work experience w/ a leading payments provider or Fintech (Stripe, Adyen, Square, etc.)
• Work experience w/ a VC or PE firm, with a focus on Fintech
• Strong analytical background & comfort w/ numbers
What We Can Offer You
• Competitive salary & benefits
• Career progression opportunities
• Remote working environment
• Opportunity to lead high impact projects that receive senior executive attention
• Chance to be a leader in shaping the strategy for top global Fintech
• Senior leadership exposure and career progression
• A fun, collaborative work environment
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