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.

The Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) team is passionate about improving our clients' profitability and performance through deep specialization in product, marketing, tailored consulting, automated solutions and unique insights demonstrating Visa payment processing data that support the growth and performance of a client business.

Within VCA, the Benchmarking and Scorecards team uses proven methodologies 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 finding opportunities and using industry expertise and Visa's technology capabilities to develop and change client strategies. We are currently looking for a Benchmarking Senior Analyst to support our various benchmarking products across many different products, business functions, and client sets. The ideal candidate has a background in audit or finance and has the mindset of a consultant.

What will I work on in Visa Consulting and Analytics? We have unique and exciting opportunities for you here in our Bay Area offices as we grow our North America consulting capabilities. Typical projects for VCA INCLUDE:

• How does an issuer expand into offering or increase market share in credit or commercial products?
• How should a credit card issuer use emerging technology to acquire the best customers?
• How does an issuer expand their credit card portfolio while mitigating credit risk?
• How does an issuer optimize their product offerings?
• How does an issuer's profitability compare to a benchmark of peers?
• What technology applications best drive product differentiation?

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Play an integral role on a team of expert professionals in delivering revenue-generating and cost efficiency 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
• Responsible for completing detailed analysis on client data and identifying preliminary trends and themes in the data
• Contribute to client-specific presentations which address executive's needs and deliver presentations to clients and internal Visa partners
• Craft custom analytics to take on client's needs across functional areas including risk, marketing, and operational areas

What is Visa Consulting & Analytics looking for in a
Senior Analyst? We are looking for bright and enthusiastic people to bring innovative
ideas to our benchmarking practices:

• BA/BS required

• Prior finance or audit experience (2-3 years of
  work experience)

• 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

• Knowledge of finance and general ledger
  accounting

• Strong team player with a willingness to
  collaborate across levels and functional experts - Strong multi-tasking skills
  and ability to adapt

• A background in consulting, payments, financial
  institutions or consumer lending a plus

• Willingness to travel (8-12 weeks per year)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.