Client Consulting Analyst

Client Consulting Analyst

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Job Description

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including both financial services 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 North American Consulting Practice provides consulting and solution services for Visa’s largest issuers 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.
Within VCA, the Benchmarking & Scorecards team uses a proven benchmarking methodology to deliver industry performance benchmarks to our clients that are unavailable from any other source. This team drives tangible and impactful financial results for Visa clients by identifying opportunities and using industry expertise and Visa’s technology capabilities to develop and change client strategies. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering and implementing projects and solutions with various types of Visa clients, including issuers such as large multi-regional, regional and community financial institutions. This person will develop initiatives to promote sustainable and profitable growth, thereby ensuring that Visa is both the preferred brand and a valued, long-term business partner.
We are currently looking for an analyst to support the team on strategic consulting engagements. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical individual with previous strategy, consulting and /or finance experience (payments experience a plus).

Typical projects may include:
How does a financial institution increase market share in consumer credit cards?
How should a credit card issuer use emerging technology to acquire the best customers?
How does a financial institution grow their credit card portfolio while mitigating credit risk?
How does a financial institution optimize their product offering?
How should a credit card issuer use digital and emerging technology to acquire and retain the best customers?

Essential Functions:
Play an integral role on a team of experienced professionals in delivering strategic consulting services to key Visa clients
Complete consulting engagements with other team members, including participating in interviews, analyzing confidential client data, and summarizing key findings
Conduct industry research and identify internal and external data resources to create custom analytics
Complete detailed analysis on internal-Visa and/or client data and identify preliminary trends and themes in the data
Develop client-specific presentations which address executive needs and deliver presentations to clients and internal Visa partners

Qualifications

We are looking for bright and enthusiastic people to bring innovative ideas to our consulting practice.

Basic Qualifications:
2 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 or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
Excellent communication, story-telling and presentation skills
Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to process and summarize large amounts of data into key strategic insights
Strong team player with a willingness to collaborate across levels and functional experts
Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt
Proficient and ideally a power-user of spreadsheet and presentation tools
An interest in payments, financial institutions or consumer lending a plus
An affinity for payments technology, FinTech and digital
Ability to travel (up to 25%)

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel5-10% 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.