Banking Technology - Technology - Senior Manager Job Toronto area,Old Toronto Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Position: Banking Technology - Payments Technology - Senior Manager
Location: Old Toronto

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The Opportunity

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. As a Senior Manager in our Banking Technology Consulting team
, you will lead the technology transformation of payments platforms for leading companies across the banking and non-banking sectors.

You will work closely with senior executives and technology leaders to define and implement modern payments strategies, architecture, and platform transformations, supporting initiatives such as real-time payments, agentic AI in payments, digital wallets, and digital assets.

This role combines deep payments domain expertise, hands-on program delivery experience, sales and strong technical knowledge of leading payments platforms.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your Key Responsibilities

Program Delivery & Leadership

Lead large-scale, multi-year payments transformation programs (, real-time payments, ISO
20022 migration, payment hub modernization, agentic AI)

Oversee end-to-end program delivery across strategy, design, build, test, and implementation, including data conversion and operational readiness

Manage multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring quality delivery, governance, and risk management

Define and implement delivery frameworks, program governance, and execution roadmaps

Payments Architecture & Technology

Design and review payments architecture including payment hubs, orchestration layers, and integration with ancillary systems such as core banking systems, fraud platforms

Lead the definition of target-state architecture across channels, processing, clearing & settlement

Advise on payments platforms and vendors (, payment hubs, digital wallets, real-time rails) reviews. Design and support client RFx, provide guidance on vendor fit and delivery risks.

Oversea the design and delivery of cloud and API-based payments architectures, including microservices and event-driven design

Client Advisory & Strategy

Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (VP, Director, CIO+) on payments strategy and program transformations

Support clients in building business cases, technology roadmaps, and target IT models

Advise on industry changes impacting payments (, real-time rails, open banking, ISO standards)

Expertly tap into the larger EY network to collaborate on delivery and advisory services for the client

Business Development

Identify and lead new business opportunities ( sell) in payments technology

Develop proposals, go-to-market assets, and innovative solutions

Contribute to practice growth and thought leadership in payments

Build and maintain strong networks in the financial services sector

People Leadership

Lead and mentor cross-functional delivery teams (architects, developers, SMEs)

Foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture

Support talent development and capability building in payments technology

Continually develop technical skills via certifications ( AI, Agile)

Skills and Attributes for Success

Strong experience in payments technology ( real-time payments, wires, digital payments, payment hubs, agentic AI)

Proven track record in program delivery / large transformation leadership

Deep understanding of enterprise and solution architecture in financial services

Experience with system integration, APIs, middleware, and cloud platforms

Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Ability to manage complex, multi-stream engagements in ambiguous environments

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

Experience with payments platforms (, ACI, FIS, Finastra, Volante, Temenos Payments, or similar)

Knowledge of ISO 20022, SWIFT, Lynx, EFT, ACH, , Fed Now, RTR equivalents

Exposure to Agile delivery, Dev Ops, and cloud-native architectures

Experience in commercial structuring and large deal delivery

What We Look For

8+ years of experience delivering technology programs in financial services

Strong consulting experience, ideally in banking or payments transformation

Bachelor’s degree in…