This role is responsible for managing the support and operational health of online payment services, covering both partner and merchant portfolios post-onboarding. The incumbent plays a key role in query resolution, merchant engagement, transaction monitoring, and maintaining SLA performance. The position also supports account-level oversight and ensures that partner-related services operate smoothly and reliably.
The job holder
duties and responsibilities
shall include : -
- Act as the primary point of contact for partners and merchants post-onboarding regarding online payment queries.
- Resolve operational and technical issues such as transaction delays, password resets, system errors, or settlement inconsistencies.
- Monitor daily system and transaction performance to identify performance drops, latency, or service disruptions; engage partners proactively when anomalies are detected.
- Liaise with internal support teams (Tech Ops, Product, Fraud) or acquirers to resolve escalated merchant issues.
- Support partners on refund or adjustment requests beyond the void period.
- Coordinate with Finance, Reconciliation, and Risk teams to ensure settlement consistency and transaction integrity.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of inquiries, resolutions, system issues, and partner feedback.
- Ensure consistent communication with partners to manage expectations and share timely updates.
- Assist in reviewing support processes, proposing improvements, and updating SOPs regularly.
- Prepare and share service performance metrics, trends, and partner feedback with the management team.
- Act as a functional lead to mentor junior executives (if team is expanded), ensure work allocation, SLA adherence, and performance reviews.
KEY RESULT AREAS
Timely and accurate resolution of post-onboarding partner and merchant queriesHigh level of merchant satisfaction and reduced repeat ticketsTransaction and system performance alerts proactively managedQuality of documentation and cross-team collaborationReadiness to lead functional team as requiredWORK EXPERIENCES
Minimum5 years
of experience in payment support, account operations, or merchant servicing for payment gateway or fintech environments.
Hands-on experience handling online transaction flows, settlement issues, and common API response errors.Familiar with JIRA, Salesforce, or other ticketing systems.Experience liaising with external partners or acquirers (e.g. PayNet, etc.) is an advantage.