Analyst, Strategy, Business Planning and Operations

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

What an Analyst, Strategy, Business Planning and Operations does at Visa:

The successful candidate will leverage quantitative & qualitative analysis to drive the development of market business strategy, ensuring flawless execution of the established operating model, and will support the delivery of strategic initiatives, as trusted advisor to the Country Manager and Head of Strategy, Business Planning and Operations.

The role will have a direct report to the Head of Strategy, Business Planning & Operations, collaborating extensively with the country leadership & market cross-functional team, SMT Strategy, Business Planning & Operations, Sales Excellence, Corporate Strategy and other AP business planning teams.

Projects & Tasks you will be a part of:

• Strategy development and execution:
  • Support the development and refinement of the market's medium to long term strategies as market evolves and opportunities & challenges arise (e.g., evaluating pros and cons of the cluster’s strategic options, size future business opportunities, preparing detailed business case, etc.)
  • Be part of the most relevant strategic projects in market (e.g., pricing, economics, cost associated efficiencies, segmentation, competitive assessment), as trusted strategic advisor of the country manager and head of strategy, business planning & operations
  • Support the execution of key market strategic initiatives and support cross functional coordination required to successfully deliver complex projects
  • Research, consolidate and analyse Thailand macroeconomic trends, regulatory evolutions, competitors’ moves
• Performance & P&L assessment:
  • Work closely with Finance to monitor and track market ongoing performance & 2025 objectives and key results, against targets. Investigate the root causes of deviation against the targets
  • Provide critical thinking and problem solving with market & cluster cross functional teams to understand underlying business factors and proactively address any challenges and opportunities to accelerate business objective
  • Support Head of Sales in managing sales pipelines in Microsoft Dynamics, weekly/monthly sales report to ensure optimal pipeline management / tracking to target
• Operating Model:
  • Support execution of market operating model to ensure correct delivery and effectiveness, by pursuing initiatives & process enhancements
  • Actively participate as working group member to periodic reviews of high priority market initiatives which are sensitive for market P&L and supporting the team to think through the problem solving approach
  • Support client facing teams in developing streamlined account business reviews to ensure key areas of focus are addressed
• Operations:
  • Support Head of Strategy, Business Planning & Operations in managing entire BAU country operations, such as cost management (OPEX/ CAPEX), planning of key internal & external events, Visa internal quarterly and annual analysis & budget planning.
  • Support working team to create and generate the sales and operations report/dashboard and initiative impact tracking with the right understanding of business needs and data sources to bring the insight for the working team to take action proactively

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of work experience, preferably with payments and/or consulting background. Good understanding of Payments will be a plus
• Hands-on attitude, with strong appetite for data analysis leveraging multiple data sources and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Problem-solving skills and Analytical thinking to draw the implications and develop the actionable insights

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.