Manager, Visa Consulting & Analytics

Visa•Atlanta, GA

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including issuers, merchant acquirers and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients. The US Consulting team within VCA provides consulting services for Visa’s clients in the United States. We apply deep expertise in the payments industry to provide solutions to assist clients with their key business priorities drive growth and improve profitability. The VCA team provides a comprehensive range of consulting services to deliver solutions that address unique challenges in areas such as improving profitability, strategic growth, customer experience, digital payments and managing risk. We are currently looking for a Manager to support the team on strategic consulting engagements within the Regionals+ segment. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical individual with previous strategy, consulting and /or financial experience (payments experience a plus). Incumbents applying for the role should be self-motivated, highly energized, detail-oriented individuals who will deliver strategic thought leadership, problem diagnostics and high impact solutions to clients support the growth and performance. Candidates must be able to develop enduring, strategic relationships with internal and external clients and across the Visa organization. This is an individual contributor role, reporting into a Director within VCA.

Requirements

5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical difficulty
Outstanding communication, storytelling and facilitation skills
Collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, able to work effectively in matrixed organization.
Experience using financial indicators to measure business performance with a significant focus on impacting return on investment
Self-motivated, results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently
Knowledge and understanding of banking operations and/ or payment schemes, including products & services, business systems and processes, marketing initiatives and card issuing experience
Technologically savvy, curious, up to date with digital trends and applications

Nice To Haves

6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Prior experience at large management consulting firm or US Financial Institution

Responsibilities

Lead consulting initiatives and contribute to closing engagements by identifying potential opportunities with clients for future engagements.
Participate with Visa internal teams in regular strategic & planning discussions.
Address client inquiries and serve as the main contact point for clients and internal questions.
Manage multiple priorities across various workstreams and projects simultaneously.
Transform problem statements into proposals with guidance from leadership.
Participate in developing frameworks, approaches, solutions, and recommendations that effectively and efficiently address the most impactful opportunities and challenges.
Build solutions and measurable insights that will help clients to grow their portfolios and drive customer engagement in their core business.
Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., marketing, sales, risk, innovation) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that use the breadth and depth of Visa’s resources.
Produce insights, analyses, and recommendations to improve client performance, boost growth, drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic mentorship for client priorities.
Perform client-specific analysis on portfolio data including proprietary information, such as customer demographics, activity, spend levels, behavioral scores, financial information, among others.