Senior Consultant – Payments

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• Type: Permanent
• Job #16872

(Senior) Consultant / Manager – Payments
Full-Time | Germany (Nationwide) | Management Consulting

About Our Client
Our client is a specialist consultancy executing and steering real decisions for leading banks and financial service providers. Demand has outpaced capacity: the firm is currently turning away new clients and is hiring 2-3 Senior Consultants or Managers to expand its bench.

The Opportunity
This is a chance to lead payments projects end-to-end at senior client level, without the layers of a Big 4 or MBB firm slowing you down. You'll operate independently, shape opportunities before being asked to, and work across some of the most technically interesting problems in the space – account-based payments, cards, mobile, e-commerce, and crypto.

For someone with a consulting background looking for more autonomy, or a payments specialist looking to sharpen their commercial edge, this role sits at that intersection.

What You Will Do

• Lead payment transaction projects end-to-end at major banks and financial service providers, from requirements through implementation
• Create requirements and solution concepts, staying closely involved across every project phase
• Own specialist topics spanning account-based payments, card payments, mobile payments, e-commerce, or cryptocurrencies
• Operate independently at senior client levels, identifying and shaping opportunities without being directed
• Develop existing client relationships and contribute organically to new business

About You

• 3-5 years' experience at Senior Consultant or Manager level
• Background in top-tier management consulting with a subsequent move into payments/fintech – or the reverse path
• A track record of building projects from the ground up, not just executing within a pre-defined workstream
• Street-smart and self-directed, comfortable operating at C-suite level without hand-holding
• Ambitious with realistic expectations – not solely chasing a partner-track timeline
• Fluent to native German (C1-C2); English desirable, French a plus
• Based in Germany, willing to travel extensively for client-site work

Why This Role

• Join a firm that's 100% booked and turning away clients – proof of market position
• Genuine ownership from day one, not PMO or task execution
• Rare hybrid mandate: real consulting rigour applied to a specialist, high-demand niche
• Hybrid working available, up to 3 days/week remote
• 30 days' leave plus additional paid leave over Christmas and New Year
• Employer-funded company pension scheme
• Sponsorship and mentoring programme, with ongoing training support
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Discounted fitness and lifestyle benefits

Interested? Get in touch with PCN directly.