Director, Payments Practice
Job Description
Who we are:
Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) mission is to drive the future of finance and treasury and develop the leaders of tomorrow through certification, training, and the premier event for treasury and finance.
AFP core values are focused on fostering successful, growth-oriented people. That’s why we value critical thinking and deliberative discussion conducted in a respectful manner and cross-functional collaboration to achieve AFP goals.
DIRECTOR, PAYMENTS PRACTICE
A Typical Week May Look Like This…
- Monitor payments, fraud, regulatory, and technology trends impacting finance professionals.
- Develop and update payments-related content, training programs, webinars, articles, and educational resources.
- Collaborate with corporate practitioners, bankers, regulators, vendors, and volunteer leaders to identify industry needs and emerging topics.
- Partner with internal teams to enhance AFP's membership, training, credentialing, and event offerings.
- Support marketing and sales efforts by providing subject matter expertise, identifying sponsorship opportunities, and helping drive program growth.
- Build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders and thought leaders.
- Represent AFP at industry events, conferences, and meetings with organizations such as the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, and NACHA.
- Evaluate program performance, member feedback, and market trends to recommend improvements and support revenue and customer growth.
- Manage program budgets and contribute to strategic initiatives that strengthen AFP's position as a leading authority in payments.
Is This You?
- Self-driven to succeed and hold yourself to a high standard.
- Motivated by overcoming challenges and solving problems with good critical thinking skills.
- Good business sense with an understanding of return on investment/effort and risk/reward tradeoffs.
- Deep knowledge of commercial payments, treasury operations, fraud prevention, compliance, and emerging payment technologies.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and represent an organization with industry leaders and executive audiences.
- Strategic mindset with a passion for identifying trends, solving industry challenges, and creating valuable programs and resources.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, Communications, or a related field; advanced degree or payments/treasury certifications preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in payments, treasury, banking, financial services, corporate finance, or association program development.
- Must be able to work East Coast hours
This is Us!
- We are a collaborative team of individuals who are hardworking and entrepreneurial.
- We take ownership in how our specific role drives the organization’s success.
- We are intellectually curious and have a strong ability to adapt to change.
- We work autonomously and in cross functional teams and are dedicated to demonstrating extraordinary results at a fast pace.
AFP offers:
- A collegial, casual work environment.
- Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.
- Great career growth.
- Superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match and flexible schedules.
- "When Work Works" award by the Society for Human Resource Management for our flexible workplace.
AFP CORE VALUES
We exist for the success of the corporate finance professional and seek candidates who embody our AFP Core Values:
- We always strive to be better.
- We listen, we speak up, we smash silos.
- We are courageous.
- We are all in it together.
This posting is not intended to be all-inclusive, and responsibilities can be expected to evolve over time to meet changing business needs. The employee may be required to perform other related duties to meet these needs. While AFP’s intent is always to be clear and transparent about the expectations of this role, this job description may be reviewed and updated accordingly with or without notice. AFP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
