Consulting Senior Manager

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's it all about ... 

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VC&A) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including issuers, acquirer & merchants.

Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, product development, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

In the UK & Ireland Consulting Practice, we apply our deep expertise in the payments industry, underpinned by Visa transaction data, to recommend a path that will assist our clients in driving growth and improving profitability.

The team is looking for a Senior Consultant to oversee consulting activities with merchants and/ or acquirers, delivering high quality consultancy engagements as well as building and nurture fruitful business relationships between Visa and its key clients.

The role will manage internal and external project team members, assume responsibility for project budgets, and contribute to annual and longer-term sales and delivery targets.

• Understand our clients’ business objectives, needs, plans etc.. in collaboration with the Account Management Team
• Identify opportunities and improvements to grow the business of our clients
• Develop and propose appropriate project approaches and business solutions to the clients
• Lead and manage the delivery of consultancy engagements to clients (as assigned)

• Lead and deliver projects through either self, other internal or external staff as appropriate
• Manage the delivery of analytics solutions and data insights together with our Data Science team
• Manage project costs to agreed budgets and timeframes and ensure high standard of delivery

• Develop Thought Leadership across a variety of topics including the future of payments and the UK&I banking ecosystem
• Leverage Visa’s innovation, product and data capabilities to further grow our clients’ business by working together with the sales and product teams as well as the Visa Innovation and Data Sciences team
• Build and retain Visa Consulting relationships to our key clients
• Support Visa Consulting and Analytics practice development by developing skills, tools and innovative methodologies at a personal and team level

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in retail banking and-or payment card industry and-or merchant retail business
• 7-10 years of experience in management consulting, with proven project deliveries and expertise in consulting methodologies
• Project experience in a digital and technology-driven environment
• High intellectual capability evidenced by strong analytical skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of data analytics methodologies and tools and the use of data insights for business growth in a digital and technology-driven environment
• Excellent client relationship management skills (also on senior executive level and across all levels of an organisation)
• Strong sales orientation, experience selling major projects-ideas to senior management
• Excellent spoken and written command of English.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to comprehend and convey complex technical information
• Strong Business Acumen and Business Analysis Skills (research and analyse market and client information to tell a story)
• High levels of integrity and business ethics
• Willingness to travel where required.
• Willingness to maintain professional development.

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.