Visa Consulting & Analytics Risk Director

Company: Visa
Location: Miami
Posted on: November 22, 2020

Job Description:

Company Description

As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays. Job Description

VCA team is looking for an individual to join our consulting practice and play a key role developing high impact projects for Visa s clients in the LAC region with a focus on supporting VCA s Risk and Fraud vertical. This position will be based in Miami, USA. This potential candidate will be responsible for delivering risk projects (Credit / Authorizations / Fraud). It is expected from the candidate to bring new insights from market trends/former experience in other to enhance current project s deliverables, analysis and workflow and address key strategic needs for Visa s clients including issuers, acquirers and merchants. Play a leadership role for VCA local teams, which she/he will work with. It is very important to have the ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams, with different levels of risk knowledge, to guide and develop them on the practice.

Potential engagements could include portfolio management diagnostics, authorization optimization strategies, assessments of current risk policies, development of scores, implementation roadmaps, optimizing client customer servicing processes, portfolio s risk analysis, among others. Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related quantitative field



Preferred Qualifications

- BA/BS required; MBA or other relevant Master's degree preferred (e.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering or other related fields).

- Experience in credit risk and/or fraud risk

- 12+ years of overall experience with a preferred minimum of 8 in a banking, credit bureau, processors and/or retailers

- Strong interest in the future of payments a must.

- Experience in risk and fraud in the retail banking, payments, financial services, and/or technology industries are a plus

- Experience with fraud detection solutions such as Visa Advanced Authorizations, Visa Risk Manager, Monitor Plus, Sentinel, Lynx, Falcon, among others, is a plus

- Knowledge of visualization tools such as Tableau

- Transform data/ analysis to a business language

- Continuously develop and present innovative ideas based on data driven approach in order to improve current business practices within Visa

- Excellent project management, organizational and presentational skills.

- Strong teamwork, relationship management and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to multi-task various projects while meeting required deadlines.

- Results oriented

- Bilingual - Spanish/English (spoken/written) Additional Information

Essential Functions

Utilize Visa's data and analytic capabilities, technology, and industry expertise to develop, standardized and implement the consulting solutions focused on Risk and Fraud.

* Identify relevant market trends by country, based on a deep analysis of payment industry information. Interacting with several internal and external stakeholders for the strategic definition of analysis and initiatives.

* Continuously develop and present innovative ideas in order to improve risk practices.

* Perform client-specific analysis on portfolio data including proprietary information, such as customer demographics, activity, spend levels, behavioral scores, financial information, among others.

Communicate complex concepts and the results of the analyses in a clear and effective manner.

Support knowledge transfer to facilitate implementation of recommendations provided.

Document all projects developed and write other documentation as needed. Identify and share best practices for key topics.

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere, is not only our brand promise, it s the foundation of our company culture. We foster a feeling of connectedness in the workplace, support diversity of thought, culture and background, fight for important initiatives like Equal Pay and actively work to eliminate unconscious biases that hold us all back.

By leveraging the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our worldwide teams, Visa is a better place to work and a better business partner to our clients.

Travel Requirements

This position requires the incumbent to travel for work 5% of the time (if any)

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, reach with hands and arms, and bend or lift up to 25 pounds.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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