Analyst, VCA Implementation Services (VIS)

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Team Description 

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful results for clients. Drawing on our expertise in consulting, data analytics, technology, payments and economics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients.  VCA's core client segments include issuers, acquirers, merchants, fintechs, payment enablers and governments. 

Within VCA exists VCA Implementation Services (VIS), a hands-on execution partner, implementing, operating, and optimizing Visa products in client environments to accelerate activation, portfolio growth, risk control, and data-driven performance. 

As Analyst in VIS, you will play a role developing high impact projects for Visa’s clients in the Dominican Republic. You will be responsible for executing project related activities that drive our partners results. You will support the development of initiatives to promote sustainable and profitable growth, thereby ensuring that Visa is both, the preferred brand and unique business partner. Potential engagements could include the setup and execution of initiatives generally derived from consulting engagements, which include structuring a detailed action plan, building a project governance model, monitoring the execution and activities and giving client stakeholders visibility on progress and improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities include:

• Support the development of project plans that reflect the tasks, responsible and calendars
• Coordinate all the areas involved in the projects (both internal and external)
• Deliver the assigned projects ensuring they meet the expected results and calendars
• Comply with the internal administrative requirements of a project management practice
• Track and measure the project’s performance. Analyze results, provide insights and foster a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement.
• Participate in projects that include design and delivery of initiatives to improve client adoption and use of Visa products and tools
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Visa's solutions and their application for issuing clients
• Stay current with the latest payment processing trends, Visa solutions and technologies to provide a good Client experience and generate new sales leads as solutions to identified client pain points.
• Establish working relationships with Client Services and other cross-functional subject matter experts to orchestrate consultation to resolve complex client issues and optimize client performance.
• Serving as liaison with functional teams ensuring consistency and collaborative working environment throughout Visa’s local, regional and global groups.
• Structuring information in the most optimal way to perform analysis to summarize business cases, project results, and commercial initiatives.
• Build and strengthen the relationship with the clients while delivering the projects

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

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)

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)
• 3 or more years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree or more than 2 years of experience with an Advanced Degree in payment industry, payment processing, financial services, payments, consulting and similar
• Analytical skills to prepare and summarize data into business solutions and provide sound analysis
• Able to work as part of a team. Teamwork minded
• Self-starter able to achieve results as part of an effective team (across countries and time zones). Self-motivated, results oriented multitasker individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently
• Able to effectively prioritize and multi-task under deadlines
• Comfortable with ambiguous situations and information
• Strategic and analytical thinking with a strong attention to detail that leverages multiple sources of information
• Payment industry, network products and solutions and/or payment processing experience preferred as plus
• Undergraduate Degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration
• Experience using standard Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Language skills: Excellent written and verbal Spanish and English

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.