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Senior Payments Consultant - Merchant Acceptance & Acquiring

  • Posted August 11, 2026
  • Negotiable
  • London
  • Contract

Sanderson are supporting a leading consultancy in the search for a senior payments consultant with deep expertise in merchant acquiring, payment acceptance and UK & Ireland payments markets.

This is a client-facing role supporting a globally leading financial services brand and their clients on payment strategy, acquiring transformation, gateway implementation and emerging payment technologies.

What we’re looking for

  • Strong acquiring experience across UK & Ireland markets.
  • Good understanding of payment gateways, payment orchestrators and merchant acceptance.
  • Experience working with acquirers, PSPs, fintechs or payment networks.
  • Knowledge of tokenisation, digital payments and emerging payment technologies.
  • Ability to support client presentations, workshops and strategic recommendations.
  • Experience delivering payment transformation, gateway implementations or payment migrations.
  • Understanding of commercial payment flows and B2B payments.
  • Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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