Global Payments Project Product Controller Vice President

As aVP Global Payments Project Product Controllerwithin theProduct Controlteam inLondon you will lead the delivery of the strategic change initiatives. You will partner with stakeholders across Finance Operations Technology and the business to execute diverse portfolio of Merchant Services.

Job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project/change delivery for Product Control initiatives partnering with the BAU Product Control team to define scope requirements operating model design implementation planning UAT/parallel run and substantiation proving cutover readiness and post-implementation stabilization and control validation.
• Gather analyse and document business requirements; support business and technology teams to translate them into functional specifications and process/control designs.
• Ensure BAU issues breaks and control gaps are captured assessed and translated into initiative requirements and prioritised enhancements in partnership with BAU Product Control teams.
• Support the design and/or review of target operating models and process flows ensuring alignment with regional and global standards and governance.
• Coordinate delivery activities with Business Leads and Project Managers; manage dependencies across functions and regions.
• Drive project governance (including NPA) and execution by managing RAID escalating issues and ensuring timely decisions with stakeholders (including Finance project managers).
• Maintain high-quality project documentation (risk assessments requirements operating model documents procedures signoffs) in the agreed repository.
• Support stakeholder readiness through training communications and implementation support where required.
• Maintain alignment to BAU Product Control by ensuring changes are control-safe auditable and operationally sustainable; support BAU close/substantiation deliverables as needed particularly during key delivery milestones.
• Provide coaching and day-to-day oversight for junior team members as applicable.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Strong understanding of Product Control accounting and finance control frameworks (close substantiation balance sheet/P&L controls) and how to embed them into change delivery.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex projects through structured business analysis governance and lifecycle controls.
• Knowledge of finance and product technology platforms and data flows including interfaces/feeds into finance environments.
• Strong stakeholder management influencing negotiation and conflict management skills in a matrixed organisation.
• Sound judgment and ability to balance delivery timelines with control integrity and operational risk considerations.
• Clear concise written and verbal communication skills; strong documentation discipline.
• Inquisitive team player with ability to multi-task across BAU priorities and a change portfolio.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• Experience delivering finance/Product Control change in global payments and/or broader financial services.
• Exposure to strategic system replacements operating model transformation data migration or process reengineering.
• Professional certifications such as CIMA ACA ACCA etc.
• Experience with SAP GL and financial reporting systems.