Strategy Manager - Finance, Credit & Business Process Improvement

About the Role

Corpay is currently looking to hire a Strategy Manager - Finance, Credit & Business Process Improvement within our Corpay Complete division. This position falls under our Commercial Payments line of business and is located in London, United Kingdom. In this pivotal role, you will drive strategic initiatives that accelerate business growth, optimize financial performance, and transform commercial credit and business processes across the organization. You will report directly to the VP Risk UK, Europe & ANZ and regularly collaborate with senior leaders across Finance, Credit, Product, Risk, Operations, Technology, Data Analytics, Sales, and Commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Assessing Finance, Credit, Fraud, and adjacent business processes across UK and international operations to identify strategic improvement opportunities.
• Mapping current-state workflows and identifying bottlenecks, manual activities, duplicate processes, operational risks, dependencies, control gaps, and customer or stakeholder pain points.
• Conducting process analysis through stakeholder interviews, operational data, and business insights to identify improvement opportunities and quantify business value.
• Developing strategic transformation roadmaps, defining initiatives, priorities, sequencing, ownership, governance, delivery dependencies, and investment considerations.
• Preparing business cases and executive‑level recommendations outlining business challenges, solution options, trade‑offs, implementation approaches, expected benefits, and associated risks.
• Partnering with Finance, Credit, Fraud Operations, Product, Sales, Operations, Technology, Data, Risk, and Transformation teams to drive cross‑functional alignment and strategic decision‑making.
• Recommending process improvements that simplify workflows, improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort and rework, strengthen governance and controls, increase decision consistency, and enhance customer and stakeholder experience.
• Supporting the successful delivery of strategic initiatives by defining business requirements, assisting with prioritisation, monitoring governance, tracking benefits realisation, escalating delivery risks, and supporting organisational change adoption.
• Establishing performance metrics, governance frameworks, and reporting mechanisms to monitor roadmap execution, operational performance, control effectiveness, and strategic outcomes.
• Monitoring progress against agreed transformation roadmaps, ensuring initiatives remain aligned with business priorities, delivery milestones, and expected commercial outcomes.
• Tracking and reporting realised business benefits, operational improvements, governance enhancements, and key performance indicators to senior stakeholders.
• Influencing senior stakeholders by presenting clear analysis, strategic recommendations, and actionable insights to support informed business decisions.
• Driving continuous improvement across Finance, Credit, Fraud, and related business functions by identifying opportunities to enhance scalability, operational resilience, governance, and commercial performance.

Qualifications & Skills

• Typically 5-8+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, consulting, finance or credit operations improvement, risk strategy, business analysis, or operational excellence.
• Experience with business strategy, operating model review, and process improvement methods across Finance, Credit, Operations, or comparable B2B environments.
• Ability to map end‑to‑end processes, identify friction points and control gaps, quantify opportunities, and translate findings into a practical roadmap.
• Strong analytical foundations, including using data to size issues, validate hypotheses, prioritise work, build business cases, and measure impact.
• Working knowledge of credit, finance, risk, and operational workflows.
• Deep credit strategy specialism is helpful but not the primary requirement.
• Structured, strategic problem‑solving skills with the ability to move from ambiguity to clear options and practical recommendations.
• Commercially aware and pragmatic judgement, balancing value, risk, control, cost, customer experience, and implementation of feasibility.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including confidence to challenge constructively and build alignment across senior audiences without necessarily owning all delivery resources.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to executive audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast‑moving, cross‑functional environment, with a bias to action and disciplined follow‑through.
• Experience in B2B, payments, fintech, AP automation, lending, financial services, or complex operational environments is advantageous.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, change management, benefits realisation, data analytics, business intelligence, automation, or AI‑enabled business transformation initiatives is desirable.

Benefits & Perks

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave annually through the benefits enrolment window.
• Pension scheme with a minimum 3% employee contribution and up to 5% employer contribution from Corpay.
• Private Medical Insurance through Vitality with no excess payable by employees; Corpay covers the standard £250 excess charge.
• Access to the Gratitudes benefits platform, offering flexible discounts, supermarket savings of 4–5%, and a range of exclusive employee offers.
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning, with thousands of courses to support ongoing professional and personal development.

About Corpay

Corpay is a global technology organization that is leading the future of commercial payments with a culture of innovation that drives us to constantly create new and better ways to pay. Our specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payment for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses. Millions of people in over 80 countries around the world use our solutions for their payments.At Corpay, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace where employees are valued for their diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams, drive innovation, and support our continued success globally.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Corpay is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Corpay is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where individuals are respected and valued for their diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions. If you require reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.