Payments Advisor
Time to Value: 30–90 Days
Purpose:
The Payments Advisor engagement is designed for companies who want clarity, direction, and market-tested expertise without committing to a full-scale consulting project. It’s about sharpening your strategy and equipping your team with the confidence to move forward.
This service is ideal for you if you:
Want an outside expert to pressure-test your payments roadmap or vendor decisions.
Need independent guidance to evaluate opportunities like orchestration, embedded finance, or optimization.
Have capable internal teams but need a sounding board to ensure alignment with industry best practices.
Value recurring access to an expert who can translate complexity into clear next steps.
What’s Included:
Advisory Sessions: Monthly or quarterly strategy calls with leadership.
Targeted Workshops: Deep dives into areas like payment flows, vendor governance, or future-state roadmaps.
Executive Briefings: Clear, concise recommendations tailored to decision-makers.
Your Deliverable:
You gain an objective, seasoned payments strategist who helps you anticipate challenges, evaluate opportunities, and keep your strategy future-proofed — without unnecessary overhead.
Payments Architect
Time to Value: 8–12 Weeks
Purpose:
The Payments Architect engagement is built for companies that need to solve a defined challenge or stand up a new payments capability. These projects are outcome-driven, tightly scoped, and designed to move from concept to execution in a matter of weeks.
This service is ideal for you if you:
Need expert leadership on a specific project, such as an RFP, vendor migration, or new product launch.
Want an actionable roadmap or operating model for embedded finance, orchestration, or optimization.
Require support to design processes or frameworks that your teams can execute on after engagement.
Seek measurable outcomes within a set timeline, not open-ended consulting.
What’s Included:
Project Scoping: Alignment on objectives, success criteria, and delivery milestones.
Execution & Delivery: End-to-end ownership of assessments, design, and solution development.
Working Sessions: Hands-on collaboration to align cross-functional teams and ensure adoption.
Your Deliverable:
You receive a complete, execution-ready solution — whether it’s a vendor shortlist, a launch roadmap, or an optimized payments process — built to accelerate progress and create measurable business impact.
Executive Advisor
Time to Value: 6+ Months
Purpose:
This is the most comprehensive and transformative engagement, designed for organizations undertaking major payments initiatives or large-scale transformations. The Executive Payments Partner is a true extension of your leadership team, providing fractional executive-level expertise and full accountability for strategy and execution.
This service is ideal for you if you:
Need the impact of a senior payments executive without the cost or delay of a full-time hire.
Are managing multiple complex initiatives that require a single accountable leader.
Are undertaking enterprise-scale transformation across payments, fraud, or digital commerce.
Value continuous strategic counsel to ensure your payments ecosystem is competitive and future-proof.
What’s Included:
Fractional Leadership: Embedded into your leadership team, driving strategy, attending executive meetings, and aligning payments with enterprise goals.
End-to-End Project Ownership: Full accountability for vendor management, budget oversight, technical planning, and delivery.
Continuous Innovation & Counsel: Proactive monitoring of industry shifts with ongoing strategic recommendations.
Your Deliverable:
You gain a trusted partner and seasoned executive who ensures your payments ecosystem is optimized for growth, revenue, and resilience. With this engagement, you’ll see transformative, long-term results while freeing your team to focus on their core business priorities.