Who You’ll Work With

The Slalom Payments team is looking for a self-motivated, inquisitive Payments Business Architect who is passionate about solving complex business and technology challenges. In this role, you’ll work closely with high-performing teams and various stakeholders to analyze financial data, assess payment system performance, and support strategic decision-making. You’ll play a key role in bridging business needs with financial insights, supporting both technology and business strategy initiatives.

Our Payments team helps organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our team goes beyond the expected, to help clients move confidently through ambiguity and risk, driving more transformative outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze financial data related to clients’ payments systems, including transaction volumes, costs, revenues, and profitability.
• Develop and iterate on financial models to forecast payment trends and support business cases for new initiatives.
• Conduct variance analysis and identify key drivers impacting payment system performance.
• Prepare clear and concise financial dashboards and presentations for client leadership and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and technical teams to align financial analysis with business requirements and product roadmaps.
• Support planning and strategic initiatives by providing actionable financial insights.
• Participate in workshops and meetings to understand business objectives and translate them into financial metrics.
• Continuously expand your expertise in payments, financial analysis, and project management.
• Foster a positive and resilient work environment by modeling curiosity and promoting authenticity

What You’ll Bring

• 4+ years of financial analysis experience in payments, fintech, or financial services

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with a proven ability to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights
• Experience building and maintaining financial models (e.g., Excel, Power BI, or similar tools).
• Strategic thinker with a passion for delivering exceptional results and supporting business growth.
• Comfort with navigating ambiguity on engagements.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage confidently with various stakeholders.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• A partnership mindset and a desire to make an impact.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for a senior consultant is $124,000 to $150,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.