Executive Strategic Advisor (OVA5654)

Ovations Technologies • Johannesburg, Gauteng • Posted July 14, 2026

About the Role

This is a 12 – month contract

Our client is seeking a heavyweight Strategic Card & Payments Expert to steer the financial and operational integrity of Project Card—a major transformation initiative.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Advisory: Provide executive-level guidance across card, merchant acquiring, scheme processing, and settlement structures.
  • Financial Integrity & Revenue Assurance: Oversee and validate auditable outcomes across card finance, billing, interchange, Net Interchange Revenue (NIR), and revenue-share models.
  • Control Oversight: Challenge solution designs and processing assumptions to ensure robust reconciliation integrity between finance and reporting.
  • Risk Mitigation: Identify material processing gaps, control weaknesses, and reconciliation exposures, delivering sustainable remediation plans.