• Leading the end-to-end payments strategy and execution across platform partnerships. • Aligning payment platform capabilities with restaurant POS needs. • Driving reliable money movement and measurable improvements in authorization and transparency. • Defining payout and settlement standards to ensure clear, merchant-facing transparency. • Empowering reconciliation to support accurate closes and audits. • Establishing a risk and compliance framework to reduce exposure while staying audit-ready. • Building a high-integrity funds and ledger foundation for splits, balances, fees, and reporting. • Improving authorization rates and lowering blended costs via policy and routing strategies.