Lead Payments Consultant - Banking and Finance

In this role, you will lead strategic payments consulting engagements and transformation programmes, helping banking and financial services clients respond to market, regulatory and technology change. You will take ownership of complex client challenges, translating developments across real-time payments, cross-border payments, ISO 20022 and digital innovation into practical strategies and transformation roadmaps that deliver measurable value. You will also play a key role in growing CGI's payments capability, shaping propositions and supporting strategic sales opportunities. Working with colleagues across consulting, delivery, technology and alliances, you will bring together the right expertise to develop innovative solutions. As a trusted advisor and payments specialist, you will influence senior stakeholders while mentoring colleagues and sharing expertise across CGI.

• Advise & Transform - Lead strategic payments consulting engagements and large-scale transformation programmes.
• Shape & Innovate - Develop propositions spanning real-time, cross-border and digital payments, ISO 20022 and emerging technologies.
• Influence & Engage - Build trusted relationships with C-suite executives and senior payments, operations, technology and transformation leaders.
• Lead & Deliver - Guide payments modernisation from strategy through delivery, driving successful business and technology outcomes.
• Position & Grow - Shape solutions, support sales pursuits and contribute to sustainable growth across CGI's Banking practice.
• Interpret & Advise - Turn regulatory, scheme and market developments into actionable client strategies.
• Collaborate & Orchestrate - Unite consulting, delivery, alliance and technology expertise to deliver integrated solutions.
• Coach & Elevate - Strengthen CGI's payments capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
• Represent & Influence - Build CGI's market presence through industry events, client forums and thought leadership.

You will be an established payments professional with deep knowledge of the payments value chain and a strong record of leading consulting, strategy or transformation initiatives within financial services. You should combine payments expertise with commercial awareness, senior stakeholder management and the ability to turn complex challenges into clear strategies and successful outcomes.

CGI is helping shape the future of payments, enabling leading banking and financial services organisations to modernise critical infrastructure, respond to regulatory change and unlock new sources of value. As a Lead Payments Consultant, you will influence CGI's payments strategy and lead high-impact client transformations across an increasingly dynamic ecosystem. You'll have the autonomy to shape market-leading propositions, bring fresh thinking to complex challenges and build trusted relationships with senior industry leaders. Working alongside CGI experts across consulting, technology, delivery and alliances, you'll turn emerging opportunities into measurable outcomes while helping grow our payments capability and supporting others to develop their expertise.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals. Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

• Proven experience leading payments consulting, strategy or transformation programmes within financial services.
• Deep expertise across areas such as real-time and account-to-account payments, cards, cross-border payments, clearing and settlement, liquidity and payment operations.
• Strong understanding of ISO 20022, Open Banking, Confirmation of Payee, Payment Services Regulations, CBPR+, SWIFT modernisation and instant payments.
• Proven ability to advise C-suite executives and senior payments, operations, technology and transformation stakeholders.
• Experience shaping business cases, operating models, target architectures and transformation roadmaps.
• Strong knowledge of payment hubs, payment orchestration, cloud-enabled platforms and digital payments innovation.
• Proven ability to lead complex stakeholder environments spanning business, operations, risk, compliance and technology.
• Experience supporting sales pursuits, proposals, solution development and strategic account growth.
• Excellent communication, presentation, advisory and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to identify opportunities and translate them into measurable client value.
• Experience with payment infrastructures, scheme operators, market infrastructures and payment technology vendors.
• Evidence of payments thought leadership through industry participation, speaking, publications or client advisory work.

Benefits:

• Insurance coverage
• Medical benefits
• Pension plan
• Member Assistant Programme
• Check4Cancer
• Flexible time off
• Share Purchase Plan
• Member discounts
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Profit Participation Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programme

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

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