Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Carestream Dental is seeking a Payment Operations Analyst to support the daily operations of its integrated payments segment within the Dental Practice Management business. The role manages payment processing, merchant operations, reconciliation, reporting, compliance, incident resolution, and process improvement while collaborating with internal teams, processors, banking partners, and merchant customers.
Responsibilities
- Monitor daily payment processing activity and ensure accurate transaction processing, funding, and settlement
- Investigate and resolve payment exceptions including declines, chargebacks, refunds, settlement variances, and processing errors
- Partner with processors, banking partners, and internal teams to identify root causes, improve performance, and automate operational processes
- Utilize AI tools to provide deep analysis, establish agents to support manual tasks, and pursue more efficient internal processes
- Support merchant onboarding, activation, account maintenance, and operational account changes
- Coordinate merchant setup activities with implementation teams, processors, and internal stakeholders
- Manage onboarding pipelines, account updates, platform migrations, and processor conversions to ensure timely execution
- Perform reconciliation of payment transactions, settlements, bank activity, and internal reporting systems
- Research and resolve funding, settlement, fee, refund, chargeback, and payout discrepancies
- Validate processor reporting and partner with Finance to ensure financial accuracy and operational integrity
- Develop and maintain operational reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Analyze payment performance metrics, identify trends and risks, and deliver actionable business insights
- Support strategic initiatives, leadership reporting, and operational decision-making through data analysis
- Maintain operational controls that minimize processing risk, financial exposure, and fraud
- Ensure compliance with company policies, processor requirements, and payment industry standards
- Develop and maintain process documentation, procedures, and operational controls
- Serve as the operational liaison between payments, product, engineering, finance, customer-facing teams, and external partners
- Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of payment-related incidents, escalations, and operational challenges
- Drive process improvements, automation initiatives, and strategic projects that enhance scalability and efficiency
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Operations, or related field preferred
- • 2+ years of experience in payments, merchant services, financial operations, fintech, or a related analytical role
- • Strong process design, analysis, and modification skills
- • Working knowledge of payment processing concepts, including: + Credit and debit card processing + Merchant account management + Authorization and settlement processes + Chargebacks and disputes + Payment gateways and processors + ACH payment processing
- • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- • Experience supporting integrated or embedded payment solutions within a vertical SaaS environment
- • Experience working with payment processors such as Global Payments, Payrix, Worldpay, TSYS, Fiserv, Stripe, Adyen, or similar providers
- • Experience with payment reconciliation, settlement reporting, and merchant support operations
- • Knowledge of PCI DSS standards and payment security best practices
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