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Fractional Roles for the Payments Industry

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Looking to grow your team without the Full Time Cost?

What Is Fractional Leadership?

Fractional leadership gives you experienced executive capability without a full-time hire.

Senior leaders are engaged on a part-time, interim, or project basis to provide strategic direction, leadership, and deep domain expertise - exactly when you need it. The model delivers impact without increasing permanent headcount.

It’s a natural fit for Australia’s tech and fintech ecosystem, where speed, flexibility, and capital efficiency matter.

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Why Fractional Works
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Agile by design
Move fast through growth, funding, product launches, or structural change - without slowing the business down.

Cost-efficient
Access senior capability without long-term salary commitments, recurring fixed costs, or intricate bonus arrangements.

Experience on demand
Bring in leaders with decades of experience across complex payments, platforms, and regulated environments - without needing them full-time.

Lower hiring risk
Scale engagement up or down as needs change, reducing the risk and disruption of the wrong permanent hire.​​​

Fracional Roles Available

Fractional Head of Payments

Fractional Head of Risk & Compliance

Fractional Payments Strategy Advisor

Senior ownership of payments strategy across your business.

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Best suited for:

  • POS platforms, PayFacs, and marketplaces

  • Businesses scaling transaction volumes

  • Platforms reviewing or changing PSPs, acquirers, or gateways

Focus areas:

  • End-to-end payments strategy

  • PSP, acquirer, and scheme selection

  • Commercial and pricing oversight

  • Payments governance and operating model design

  • Executive and board reporting

Strategic oversight of risk without building a full compliance organisation too early.

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Best suited for:

  • Aspiring or existing PayFacs

  • Marketplaces managing third-party sellers

  • Platforms under scheme or bank scrutiny

Focus areas:

  • Chargeback and fraud risk frameworks

  • Monitoring and escalation models

  • MCC strategy and scheme alignment

  • KYC / KYB governance (oversight, not execution)

  • Regulator, scheme, and sponsor-bank/ acquirer expectations

High-impact advisory support for founders, executives, and boards navigating complex payments decisions.

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Best suited for:

  • Early-stage platforms making foundational payments and card-issuing decisions

  • Businesses exploring issuing, embedded finance, or new payment models

  • Boards seeking independent payments expertise

  • Investor, sponsor bank, or partner due diligence

Focus areas:

  • Payments and card-issuing architecture decisions

  • RFP design, vendor evaluation, and shortlisting

  • Partner selection, commercials, and negotiation strategy

  • Risk and compliance posture across acquiring and issuing

  • Board-level decision support and executive alignment

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