Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful results for clients. Drawing on our expertise in consulting, data analytics, technology, payments and economics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients. VCA's core client segments include issuers, acquirers, merchants, fintechs, payment enablers and governments.

· Lead consulting initiatives and contribute to closing engagements by identifying potential opportunities with clients for future engagements.

· Participate with Visa internal teams in regular strategic & planning discussions.

· Address client inquiries and serve as the main contact point for clients and internal questions.

· Manage multiple priorities across various workstreams and projects simultaneously.

· Transform problem statements into proposals with guidance from leadership.

· Participate in developing frameworks, approaches, solutions, and recommendations that effectively and efficiently address the most impactful opportunities and challenges.

· Build solutions and measurable insights that will help clients to grow their portfolios and drive customer engagement in their core business.

· Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., marketing, sales, risk, innovation) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that use the breadth and depth of Visa’s resources.

· Produce insights, analyses, and recommendations to improve client performance, boost growth, drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic mentorship for client priorities.

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

• Minimum of 5 years of experience dealing with business problems in relevant fields such as analytics, business consulting, or other data-driven functions
• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Operational Research, Computer Science, Economics, etc.
• Post graduate degree preferred
• Prior experience in consulting / advisory services (Top 3/Big 4/Boutiques) is a very strong advantage
• Excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills
• Exceptional structuring analytical and modeling skills, with the ability to process and summarize large amounts of data into key strategic insights.
• Analytics experience in credit risk modelling is preferred but not required
• Strong team player with a willingness to collaborate across levels and functional experts both internal to Visa and with the client
• Experienced project management skills, both from an individual perspective but also with respect to managing team and client expectations and deliverables.
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt
• A background in payments, financial institutions or consumer lending a plus
• An affinity for payments technology and its future
• Willingness to travel domestic and international assignments
• Fluency in English and Kazakh/Russian.

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