Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology?

Smart, driven and want to make a difference in the world?

You’ll fit right in.

Join a diverse team at Visa, where your individuality fits right in. We can provide the opportunity to shape the payments experience globally. Together, let’s transform the way the world pays.

Think you know us?

Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network that enables individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

Individuality fuels our brand and our global team – we’re proud that we are a talented team of 15,000 individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Therefore, we understand that you are much more than your day job. We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it’s taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, Visa respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone. In addition, we offer market leading salary and have a fantastic benefits offering.

So, if you’re not satisfied with the status quo, we can satisfy your desire to explore new territory, giving you the runway to really make an impact, whilst connecting you with teams around the world in a truly inclusive culture that celebrates our uniqueness.

If you think you could support Visa as a Compliance Manager, we want to hear from you – together, let’s make Visa a great place to work.

What’s it all about?

The purpose of this role is to provide compliance in European Technology and Operations – Internal, External, and Regulatory oversight, Audit, Risk Management, and Self-Assessment Quality Audits – to ensure ongoing protection for the delivery of technology to Visa’s European Business

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Provide the challenge to First Line of Defence Technology teams, in order to ensure conformance to Regulatory, Audit, and Risk compliance requirements
• Partner with other First Line of Defence teams, within and beyond Technology, to identify and quantify risks and issues; then identify and initiate best practice opportunities to mitigate or remediate them
• Collaborate with Regulatory, Risk, and Audit teams to fulfil operational governance requirements on behalf of Visa in Europe, and in accordance with Second and Third Lines of Defence
• Provide oversight of First Line of Defence teams to ensure timely and accurate completion of compliance activities within Europe and Globally; including process effectiveness assessments to ensure revised standards are maintained, and that “near misses” are resolved in order to avoid future issues
• Where local, gather and interrogate compliance evidence and artefacts, scrutinising to ensure validity, then resolving potential issues prior to submission, thus pre-empting and preventing incorrect conclusions
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of all products and operational processes that have a bearing on Europe
• Analyse compliance data and apply understanding to produce meaningful, timely and accurate reporting; adopting a level of content and language appropriate to the audience
• Engage and communicate with a range of stakeholders to ensure all compliance activities are supported, promoting best practice and the benefit of effective controls, in order to solve or prevent non-compliance

The role should exhibit the appropriate level of Visa Leadership Principles:

• Lead by Example (be accountable for Technology’s compliance in Europe)
• Communicate Openly (communicate clearly and effectively)
• Enable and Inspire (remove barriers and ensure there is no duplication of effort)
• Excel with Partners (build strong relationships)
• Act Decisively (challenge the status quo)
• Collaborate (work across Technology Lanes to represent Technology in Europe)
• Role model Visa leadership principles

What we’re after…

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience
• Specialist in-depth expertise of audit, compliance, and risk management, including but not limited to ISAE3402, ISO20000, PCI-DSS, COSO, CISA, CRISC, or equivalent assessment methodologies
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong customer focus, and effective interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A critical and questioning approach
• Good planning and organisational skills, and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines

• The ability to rapidly assimilate and then explain information about complex customer systems and services

• Self-motivation, and ability to use initiative to make and justify decisions

• Knowledge of financial services would be an advantage, but not essential

Diversity & Inclusion

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.