Associate Director FIBD – Antom, Saudi Arabia

Description

Position at Ant Group

Ant International strives to become the most trusted digital services connector to achieve sustainable growth of global commerce.

With a focus on Travel, Trade, Technology, and Talent, Ant International is committed to enhancing the digital mindset and capacities of businesses worldwide. Through fostering collaborative efforts with partners, we are driving responsible innovation and increasing market accessibility for global SMEs.

We do so across our 4 key businesses: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and ANEXT Bank.

Responsibilities

1. Co-operate with banks, financial institutions, and partners to enhance Ant Group services in providing payment, collection, and other services to e-commerce and other merchants/platforms.
2. Develop and execute channel partnerships strategy, including identifying and prioritizing potential partners, negotiating and closing partnership deals, and driving revenue growth through partner networks.
3. Monitor and analyze payment platform metrics to:
   1. ensure top-up and payment runs smoothly,
   2. provide support when issues arise and come up with relevant solutions to resolve,
   3. assess and clearly convey issues and tasks to relevant stakeholders.
4. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to plan and execute activities for new payment initiatives and/or implementations.
5. Ensure project deliverables (channel integration and optimization) are executed with quality and on schedule.
6. Review process gaps, identify areas for improvement, and drive top-up and payment optimization.
7. Proactively act or follow up on outstanding work items to expedite implementations for payment process improvements.

Requirements

1. More than 10 years of working experience with 5+ years in collaboration with financial institutions or the payment channel industry. Experience in a 3rd party payment company/payment solution in e-commerce platform/cards scheme/bank's payment solution department (payment or merchant acquiring) is advantageous.
2. In-depth understanding of local regulations and compliance regarding payment business and cross-border fund movement in the MENA region.
3. Ability to maintain high efficiency across different countries in the MENA region.
4. Solid interpersonal skills, logical thinking, and analytical skills.
5. Able to work under pressure and adapt quickly to changes.
6. Proficient in English and Arabic to communicate with our internal and external stakeholders. Mandarin language skill is a distinct advantage.