Associate Business Analyst, New College Grad - 2026, Austin

Visa • Austin, TX

82d • $77,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Operations & Infrastructure Spend Management team provides essential value by driving O&I-funded technology purchases while providing analytical insight to technology product owners, optimizing costs in correlation to product value and ensuring to remain within the given fiscal budget. The Associate Business Analyst will provide quality analysis through anticipating purchases in advance, performing vendor cost comparison, and evaluating current technology state in comparison with demand. Analyst is also responsible for assisting with ATS/TAR creation, pushing for quick approvals, continuously updating large deals within a 30-60-90 pipeline, entering accurate forecasts, creating tickets for PR/PO creation, and providing quick turnaround from purchase initiation to PO. In addition, this position is also responsible for supporting O&I workforce planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science, Business Analytics, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business or related field, graduating May 2025 - August 2026.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on large globally and virtually distributed teams.
• Experience in dealing with different software licensing methods in the FinTech industry.
• SQL querying to help collect data from disparate sources.
• Creating cost transparency and cost clarity programs for leadership.
• Analytical skills and experience using analytics tools such as Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.
• Technical industry experience and quantitative skills & experience taking raw data and drawing actionable insights from it.
• Understanding of infrastructure products and the core concepts behind 'running IT like a business'.
• Prior business analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for budget preparation, quarterly forecasting, monthly variance reconciliation, and procurement processes for the assigned technology lane.
• Work cross-functionally across multiple internal functions and external parties.
• Assist in driving large-scale projects with ambiguous scope into refined deliverables for executive consumption leveraging project management skills.
• Support O&I wide workforce plan dashboards and reports.
• Regularly create and present detailed reports on workforce planning.
• Track FTE and Contingent resources through workforce life cycle.
• Manage BPO contracts through their life cycle from initiation of work orders, raising purchase requests, managing invoices, and closing out contracts.
• Facilitate weekly meetings with the senior leadership team to discuss current workforce planning strategies and initiatives.
• Perform variance vs. forecast analysis to understand how accurate our inputs are.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 (k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree