Global Risk Strategy and Operations Analyst

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.

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Job Description

The Global Risk Strategy & Operations Analyst role supports the management and execution of several strategic optimization initiatives to ensure organizational alignment with the overall Risk strategy. This person will collaborate with functional and Risk leaders to enhance value from existing pivotal initiatives and to position the Risk organization to deliver business value within Visa and its broader ecosystem. The Analyst will play a significant role in supporting the Risk function in achieving operational excellence and tight alignment with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support the team in building a value-centric execution approach to deliver foundational organizational capabilities and execution frameworks required to realize value from critical Global Risk initiatives
• Contribute to the development of data-centric processes and methods to optimize strategies and processes
• Communication and training of employees on enterprise tools and risk processes and standard methodologies
• Research relevant trends and new capabilities in the market, sharing appropriate insights with the leadership team, and developing recommendations on moving forward plans
• Establish, track, and review regional work streams that support the execution of Risk’s overall strategy
• Assist with the creation of presentations to communicate progress and impact to external collaborators, including executive leadership
• Handle vendor relationships and costs
• Gather and run action items and follow-ups for complex projects
• Partner across the organization to create a feedback loop on the organization’s needs and build recommendation plans to address them

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)
• Must possess a high level of responsibility and accountability for work accuracy
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently within a sophisticated and often ambiguous environment
• Able to deliver under tight time frames
• Capacity to handle multiple projects and synthesize data
• Ability to produce and deliver high-quality written reports and verbal presentations to internal and external partners
• Collaborative personality with excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop strong relationships and work with all organizational levels across multiple teams and locations to accomplish results and exercise influence in a large, global, matrix organization
• Highly proficient in all Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• 1-2 years business experience in Payments/ Banking / Consulting organizations
• Visa and Payments industry experience will be considered as an asset but not essential

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 98,000.00 to 138,500.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.