Join the People Helping People

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The Opportunity:

The Strategy and Implementation Consultant is a thought-leader responsible for the creation, development, improvement and/or implementation of strategic solutions to advance Velera’s consulting services to elevate our clients’ position in the marketplace. This individual will collaborate with key stakeholders across data, marketing, operations, sales and consulting teams to identify new or refine existing consulting solutions to deliver compelling services through process refinement, cross-functional opportunities, operational efficiencies, market research, and new strategic opportunities.

Day in the Life:

• Propel the consulting organizations offering for advisory services through the development or refinement of strategic solutions to improve clients’ organizational health

• Demonstrate superior communication, collaboration and project management skills to successfully enhance or launch consulting solutions across the Consulting organization

• Monitor financial services industry, consulting team and client needs to identify emerging opportunities for consideration to drive innovation within strategic offering to clients

• Develop business plans to support funding and adoption of emerging services into consulting practice

• Identify, document, and implement procedures and process improvements across consulting organization to create best-in-class solutions, consistent execution and efficiencies

• Review and establish consistent deliverables across consulting organization through the development and maintenance of a catalog of market-facing consulting engagements, engagement bundles and subscriptions services with coinciding artifacts for each solution

• Partner with data, marketing, operations, sales and consulting teams to deliver or enhance solutions to consistently meet or exceed client expectations, address market demand, optimize client performance and positively impact revenue

• Establish strong working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners to ensure flawless implementation of new or enhanced solutions

• Work closely with stakeholders to elicit, define and refine business requirements, translating identified needs into next-best-action within available solutions or identify new solutions to support requirements.

• Partner with identified Growth teams in new solution development or solution enhancements to capture critical feedback to release industry-leading solutions

• Interact effectively, proactively and responsively with the highest levels of executive management, both externally with senior executives of FIs and internally within Velera

• Act as a professional resource and mentor in contributing both to client engagements and internal discussions with Velera consultants

• Champion change leadership to enhance Velera’s consulting services and foster a culture of entrepreneurial innovation where consultants are driven to find new solutions that benefit our clients

• Lead and mentor preparation, articulation, and execution of business cases and implementation plans, including commercialization tasks across Advisors Plus and Velera.

• Engage key stakeholders, internally and externally, in dialogue and problem-solving to support consulting team in identifying new consulting solutions in pursuit of outstanding client satisfaction

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of trends and developments within financial services industry to determine future strategies and potential mutually beneficial partnership opportunities

• Perform all other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of experience in a combination of payments, product, or operations in the banking industry

• Five (5) years of experience in strategy, data, analytics, preferably in the banking industry

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Analytics, Economics, Marketing, or equivalent combination of education and experience required

• Master’s degree preferred

  

About Velera

At Velera we are committed to fostering a workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and connected. We understand, attract and engage a diverse workforce where every employee can live up to their full potential; ensuring that our employee base reflects the consumers we serve. The result of this effort is an inclusive environment where diverse talent thrives. We strive to foster a safe and inclusive work environment for people to bring their authentic selves in order to build a better community within our company and with our partners.   Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion HERE!

Pay Equity

$110,100.00 - $143,100.00

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program

• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information.

Velera is an E-Verify Employer. Review the E-Verify Poster here.  For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here.

This role is currently not eligible for sponsorship.

As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at [email protected] for assistance.