Payments Specialist

Hello. We’re Teya.

Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better.

They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that bring character to our high streets, create jobs and keep communities moving. Yet for too long, financial services has made life harder for them - with clunky tools, poor support and complexity that gets in the way of running a business.

Teya exists to change that.

We’re building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe - one built around simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support. Our Members rely on us to help them run their business with confidence, and that responsibility shapes the way we work.

We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should go hand in hand.

If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to hear from you

Your Mission

We are looking for a Payments Specialist to join our Financial Services team in London. This is a

senior individual contributor role sitting at the intersection of product, operations, and scheme

compliance. You will own Teya's participation in European and UK payment schemes — driving new connections, maintaining scheme compliance, and supporting the build-out of our payments infrastructure as we scale.

The ideal candidate brings deep functional expertise across domestic and cross-border payment rails, has operated in or alongside tier-1 banks or payment networks, and can work across technical and commercial stakeholders to drive outcomes

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Teya’s direct and indirect participation in UK and European payment schemes, including Faster Payments, CHAPS, SEPA Credit Transfer, SEPA Direct Debit, and BACS.

• Drive ISO 20022 migration activity — including MT to MX message mapping, scheme compliance, and tecEuropehnical implementation with engineering partners.

• Own scheme rulebook adherence across , monitoring regulatory and standards changes from SWIFT, EBA, Vocalink, and the Bank of England.

• Define and document functional requirements for payments platform changes, working alongside product managers and engineers.

• Represent Teya in external sessions with schemes, central banks, and infrastructure partners (e.g. our banking infrastructure partner, Vocalink, SWIFT).