Associate Analyst

**Company Description**Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including financial institutions, merchants and other players. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing and operational capabilities, Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients.Potential engagements could include product development, program launch, customer acquisition, customer merchant life cycle optimization, retention enhancement, benchmark analysis, profitability enhancement and others.**Essential functions include**- Proactively engage with Visa’s and VCA’s internal teams in planning & project execution discussions, cultivate and support the management of a pipeline of work with our partners.- Support the development of consulting and implementation initiatives working closely with managers and directors in identifying potential opportunities with issuers, merchants and other key players.- Develop frameworks, approaches, project management, solutions and recommendations that effectively and efficiently address client opportunities and challenges- Hep build solutions, analyses and actionable insights that will help clients achieve their business objectives- Partner with peers in other functional areas (e.g. merchants sales and solutions, marketing, sales, risk, innovation) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that leverage the breadth and depth of Visa resources- Ability to effectively manipulate and analyze large data sets (industry and Visa) to determine meanings insights and recommendations for clients- Document best practices and sanitize deliverables to support the development of VCAs intellectual capitalThis is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.**Qualifications**Basic Qualifications- Undergraduate Degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, Actuary is a plus- No prior experience is necessary, however 1-2 years of work experience (full time or part time is a plus)Preferred Qualifications- Strong analytical skills with intellectual and analytical rigor- Capacity to structure complex problems, understanding the different alternatives for their solution. Comfort with ambiguous situations and information- Strategic and analytical thinking with a strong attention to detail that leverages multiple sources of information- Self-motivated, results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently- Strong leadership skills to develop and guide conversations with internal and external stakeholders- Excellent written and verbal communication- Team minded**Additional Information**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.