Risk Analyst RSSO

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 we expect of you, day to day:

• Work with the wider RSSO team to engage and support the Visa Europe business areas and functions to identify, assess, mitigate and manage their risks
• Provide second line of defense (SLOD) oversight through constructive challenge to ensure First Line of Defence (FLOD) risk management is effectively embedded
• Support the embedding of Visa Europe’s enterprise risk management framework, including recommending changes and enhancements to enterprise-wide processes to strengthen risk management capabilities
• Produce timely and effective management information and analysis to help inform key business and risk decisions
• Contribute to the supervisory engagement and provide responses on risk related matters through effective engagement with the Regulatory Risk team
• Develop effective partnerships with various Risk functions including Ecosystem Risk, Risk Advisors & Credit Settlement Risk to identify, manage and mitigate risks impacting the enterprise

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

Qualifications

• Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to achieve results as part of an effective team, and ability to effectively prioritise and multi-task under deadlines. Ability to identify and pursue multiple initiatives simultaneously and deliver superior results.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven abilities in negotiating with and influencing customers and staff at all levels.
• Excellent time management, organisation, and planning skills are essential, with strong project / program management skills.
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills and an ability to synthesize complex and technical information into clear recommendations on course of action.
• Expertise in performing risk assessments of strategic initiatives, including M&A.
• Detail orientation and strong analytical skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of risk management practices: experience in identifying, assessing, managing and reporting risk, gained across different risk types.
• Control function experience (Finance, Risk & Regulatory, Legal, Compliance).
• Experience in the finance sector – such as a major financial institution or payment card company is desirable but not essential.
• Business acumen, understanding of the payments industry, payment products and services, and of wider economic/competitive landscape (fintech).

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.