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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Team Description:

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is a team of 1500+ payments consultants, digital marketing specialists, data scientists, and economists across six continents. Our deep payments consulting expertise, economic intelligence, and breadth of data allows us to identify actionable insights and recommendations that drive better business decisions.

Visa Managed Services (VMS) is a critical component of our VCA strategy, providing our clients with the execution muscle they require to enhance performance and increase profitability. VMS brings the ‘best of Visa’ to the clients, playing the role of orchestration layer between client teams and Visa subject matter experts (SMEs).  As clients confront increased challenges in their operating environment whilst also facing capacity constraints and capability gaps, VMS helps to drive implementation or delivery of their strategic initiatives, facilitating significant and tangible value creation.

As Analyst in Visa Managed Services, you will play a role developing high impact projects for Visa’s clients in Panama. 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

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

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 Qualification
•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
•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
•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

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 84,00 to 119,650 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.