Manager, FinTech Commercial

About Us

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling curiosity and innovation. Join us to help build travel for the world.

About the Role

The Fintech Commercial team is the glue between external Fintech partners (schemes, PSPs, issuers) and Agoda’s Finance department. We represent the business side of Agoda’s Pay-in (consumer payments) and Pay-out (business payments) pillars, identifying and implementing payments optimization initiatives, launching new payment methods and driving Fintech innovation across Agoda.

Responsibilities

• Analyze payment method cost and performance data sets to identify optimization opportunities
• Leverage analytical skills to run analyses, enhance the data infrastructure in collaboration with data teams, and build business cases
• Collaborate with Product and FinTech solutions on Fintech roadmaps, strategic planning and initiative prioritization
• Evaluate partnership opportunities with Fintech partners and develop business cases to realize cost savings or create incremental revenue streams
• Serve as subject matter expert for Pay-in topics across Agoda and fulfill ad-hoc Finance requests to educate stakeholders about payments deal economics
• Work with leading Fintech and payments companies on payments optimization initiatives at a global scale
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Data, Legal, Finance and Customer Services

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of professional experience in Analytics, Consulting, Strategy & Operations, Data Science or similar; experience in online or e-commerce business preferred
• 2+ years of experience in payments or Fintech, ideally on the merchant-side analyzing payment performance
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or master’s in business/finance/management preferred
• Strong numerical and analytical skills (e.g., running queries with SQL, building dashboards) with keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated track record of identifying and executing complex, data-driven strategies that resulted in measurable revenue growth and margin improvement
• Ability to effectively communicate proposals to partners and internal stakeholders and adapt quickly in dynamic environments
• Fluency in English

Additional Information

Onsite role. Locations include Manila; Kuala Lumpur; Singapore; India; Bangkok, Thailand; Malaysia; Netherlands; Sweden; UK.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Agoda is committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of legally protected characteristics.