Full-Time
Senior Business Operations & Strategy Manager
Travel
Flywire
1,001-5,000 employees
Global payments platform for education, healthcare
Compensation Overview
$140k - $180k/yr
Boston, MA, USA
Hybrid
MBA
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- 6–10 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, business operations, corporate development, or a related field.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and structured-thinking skills; ability to distill complexity into actionable insights.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and execute with a hands-on, action-oriented mindset.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to senior stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels and functions.
- A passion for innovation, technology, and helping scale a global business.
- Support evaluation of new business opportunities, including new verticals, geographies, and products, through market analysis, financial modeling, and competitive research.
- Develop clear recommendations for strategic initiatives by assessing alternatives, building business cases, and identifying actions required to implement proposed solutions.
- Synthesize insights and present findings to senior leadership in a clear, structured, and compelling manner.
- Drive operational and revenue optimization initiatives, working with cross-functional teams to improve business models, processes, and service delivery.
- Enable alignment on strategic priorities across key business functions (e.g., vertical teams, marketing, product, engineering, finance, payment operations).
- Lead and support elements of the annual and quarterly planning processes, ensuring teams are aligned on goals, KPIs, and execution plans.
- Build financial impact assessments that capture expected benefits (e.g., revenue growth, margin expansion, cost efficiencies) and required investments.
- Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities in the global payments and FinTech ecosystem.
- Partner cross-functionally to drive projects from analysis through execution, ensuring stakeholders are aligned and progress is tracked.
- Experience in technology, SaaS, payments, or FinTech environments is highly preferred.
- Previous experience in Hospitality/Travel industries is a strong plus.
- Prior experience at a top-tier consulting firm (Bain, BCG, McKinsey) is a strong plus.
- MBA preferred but not required
Flywire provides global payments enablement and software for high-value cross-border payments across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B. It combines a payments platform, a global network, and vertical-specific software to manage invoicing, payment, and receivables, integrating with clients' ERP and A/R systems; it supports 140+ currencies across 240+ countries and local currency payments with installment options. It differentiates itself by vertical-focused software and end-to-end receivables workflow embedded in clients' systems rather than a generic processor. Its goal is to simplify and streamline complex, high-value payments for institutions and enterprises worldwide while expanding its geographic and industry reach.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- May 5, 2026 guidance raised 2026 FX-neutral revenue growth to 18%–24%.
- Q2 2026 revenue reached $164 million, beating estimates and lifting adjusted EBITDA to $24 million.
- Management targets 70%–75% free-cash-flow conversion and over $50 million GAAP net income.
What critics are saying
- International education remains exposed to visa restrictions, directly pressuring Flywire's largest legacy vertical.
- The Hickman class action and 2025 Schall lawsuit accuse Flywire of misleading growth disclosures.
- A sustained volume slowdown or compliance failure would crush trust, merchant retention, and investor access.
What makes Flywire unique
- Flywire embeds payments and reconciliation into education, healthcare, travel, and B2B workflows.
- August 4, 2026 Q2 showed 38.2% payment-volume growth across 240 countries and 140 currencies.
- Healthcare and hospitality software plus Sertifi deepen switching costs for enterprise clients.
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↑ 0%Flywire exceeded second-quarter expectations, with revenue less ancillary services rising 28% year-over-year to $164 million and adjusted EBITDA reaching $24 million. Transaction revenue increased 35% to $135.9 million, supported by 43% growth in transaction payment volume. Travel, hospitality, healthcare, and B2B payment-processing drove growth. The company raised its 2026 outlook to 21%–27% FX-neutral revenue growth and approximately 23% adjusted EBITDA margin at midpoint. Flywire projects more than $50 million in GAAP net income and 70%–75% free-cash-flow conversion. The company remains cautious about international education due to visa and regulatory pressures, but is diversifying geographically and expanding its Student Financial Services platform, hospitality business, and AI-driven automation initiatives.
Flywire will report Q2 earnings on Tuesday after market hours. The global payments company beat revenue expectations last quarter with $184 million, up 42.9% year-on-year. Analysts expect Q2 revenue to grow 22.8% year-on-year, down from the 27.7% increase in the same quarter last year. Analysts have largely reconfirmed their estimates over the past 30 days. Flywire has missed Wall Street's revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. The finance and HR software segment has seen positive investor sentiment, with share prices up 2.7% on average over the last month. Flywire's shares are down 12.7% during the same period. The stock currently trades at $16.01, below the average analyst price target of $19.31.
Flywire and Airbnb could benefit from a potential US-Iran ceasefire, which may boost consumer confidence, lower fuel costs, and restore flight routes. Flywire, a global payments enablement company, reported 41% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2026. Analysts project earnings growth of approximately 111% in the coming year. The company facilitates cross-border transactions across travel, education, healthcare, and commercial services. Airbnb's revenue rose 18% year-over-year to $2.7 billion. The company estimates the Middle East conflict weighed about 100 basis points on nights and seats. A post-ceasefire scenario could increase stability in the travel industry. Both companies stand to benefit from increased international travel, though the extent of benefits may vary across different global regions.
Flywire Corporation's Chief Payments Officer Mohit Kansal sold 54,000 shares for approximately $827,000 in an open-market transaction, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. The shares were sold at a weighted average price of around $15.15, near the 15 June 2026 closing price of $15.31. This represents Kansal's largest single sale on record, constituting 9.8% of his direct ownership. Following the transaction, he retains 504,320 shares, representing 0.41% of outstanding shares, with a value of approximately $7.72 million. Flywire shares had appreciated 43% over the previous year as of the transaction date. The company provides global payment processing platforms for education, healthcare, travel and business-to-business sectors, with a market capitalisation of $1.89 billion.
Flywire, a global payments enablement company, and Visa, the payments technology giant, offer contrasting investment opportunities in the financial payments sector. Flywire specialises in complex, high-value transactions for education, healthcare and travel industries across 240 countries. The company reported FY 2025 revenue of $603 million, up 27% year-over-year, with net income of $13.5 million and a 2.2% net margin. It maintains a strong balance sheet with $325 million in cash and virtually no debt. Visa operates the global payments infrastructure serving billions of users in over 200 countries. Its FY 2025 revenue reached $40 billion, growing 11.4% year-over-year, with net income of $20.1 billion and a 50.1% net margin. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.7x.