Position Summary:: The Clearing House (TCH) is a banking association and payments company that is owned by the largest commercial banks in the United States. TCH owns and operates the core payments system infrastructure in the US and is currently working to modernize that infrastructure by launching a new, ubiquitous, real-time payment system. TCH is the only private-sector ACH and wire operator in the US, clearing and settling nearly $2 trillion in US dollar payments each day, representing half of all commercial ACH and wire volume. TCH has provided critical services to the banking industry since 1853, and today, our core products facilitate services including Direct Deposit of payroll, bill payments, and check image exchange.
The Clearing House (TCH) Strategy team is responsible for setting TCH’s business strategy, analyzing and executing M&A transactions, strategic partnerships/alliances as well as incubating and developing new ideas into commercially viable and available products. The team has an opportunity to drive alignment across the company and to stay on top of competitive developments in the rapidly evolving payments space.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, math, economics, etc.)
• 2-4 years of relevant experience that is analytical in nature
• Distinctive problem solving and analytical skills

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED:

• ‘Graduate’ of strategy consulting or investment banking or sell side research training
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• High level adaptability for demands of work challenges and when confronted with change
• Take high degree of personal ownership and pride
• History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done

• Conduct analyses by using database and spreadsheet tools (e.g. model building, market sizing, financial analysis)
• Conduct research about relevant questions by doing desktop research, talking to applicable people in the organization, identifying previous work
• Communicate results of analysis and findings of research in both verbal and written format
• Stay on top of all payments related developments and communicate as needed
• Build relationships across relevant areas at TCH
• Challenge conventional thinking and ask questions
• Help the team progress the thinking in payment