Sr. Analyst – Interchange Fee Processing and Implementations

Position Summary

The Global Interchange & Pricing Systems team is responsible for managing the technical strategy solutions enablement and maintenance of interchange fee assessment logic and programs for Visas business globally.

This individual contributor role main focus will be supporting the CEMEA region but may be required to support some of our Pricing and Interchange Strategy projects globally from time to time. This individual contributor role serves as a liaison between Interchange Strategy teams and internal development teams as well as Clientfacing Sales and Merchant teams. This role will be responsible for working on projects of lowtomoderate complexity and will also coordinate implementation and related efforts of published interchange fee programs and strategic interchange fee programs with other Visa teams and external stakeholders to ensure projects and programs are properly implemented.

The individual will develop and apply knowledge of Visa systems and processing systems to drive projects to completion. This position requires a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions and recommend Visa interchange program configurations and internal processing logic enhancements to meet program needs and successfully complete projects. The ideal candidate will be highly detailoriented with a background in Visa transaction processing and operational experience. They will think strategically and holistically about the business be capable of identifying and resolving issues and excel at quickly grasping and clearly communicating complex topics. The candidate must be able to work on several activities simultaneously and be a proven selfstarter.

The ideal candidate will be an analytical structured thinker a creative problem solver with the ability to synthesize and communicate findings to different audiences and should feel comfortable working independently and in a group seating. The position will be based in London with some travel expected.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance positive working relationships with key stakeholders and internal staff.

• Understand business needs and priorities to help the team develop solutions and recommendations.

• Work with direct manager to understand needed strategies and achieve results by translating business needs into specific action plans.

• Support the identification and necessary Visa processing systems enhancements to successfully support Visa interchange fee programs and processing capabilities.

• Manage assignments that are diverse in scope and search out appropriate courses of action.

• Gain Subject Matter Expertise (SME) of Visa internal systems processing capabilities and services through training work experience and/or selfstudy.

• Stay abreast of new rules products and services and industry and technology trends in support of Visa strategic goals and Client initiatives.

• Use processing technology and business knowledge to assist stakeholders (internal and external) with inquiries related to interchange processing and fee programs.

• Identify and analyze interchange processing issues including client impact and efficiently communicate status through to resolution.

• Effective collaboration with crossfunctional local and global teams.

• Independent decision making with focus on client impact and strong team collaboration including formulation and delivery recommendations to stakeholders of all levels.

• Support Global Interchange & Pricing Team development needs.

• Define business requirements for new Interchange programs or enhancements to existing programs:

  • Analyze business needs and formulate implementation solutions.

  • Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery on commitment.

  • Set priorities influence others and manage stakeholder expectations.

  • Review technical designs testing documents and user acceptance logs to ensure business requirements are met.

• Support Merchant Specific interchange programs enablement through effective management of registrations configurations and ongoing support required to enable Merchant Fee Programs.

• Support post implementation validation activities to ensure expected interchange fee assessment is applied.

• Review Clients communications containing interchange fee programs related information.

• Maintain group databases group forms/templates documentation and internal process flows.

• Maintain team training material.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
35 years of work experience in card processing or financial services
13 years of work experience supporting Visa programs including interchange fee assessment

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly motivated to learn about Visa business and systems capabilities
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with Global Functions
• Selfstarter attitude with the ability to investigate and obtain necessary information for projects
• Ability to work independently in a complex and often ambiguous environment
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills
• Ability to manage diverse assignments simultaneously and prioritize workflow with limited supervision
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to absorb technical information and apply it to business solutions
• Ability to comprehend and translate business issues into technical solutions and vice versa
• Customer focus with proven ability to establish productive working relationships with staff and management at all levels
• Excellent verbal written presentation and interpersonal skills
• Expertise in MS Excel PowerPoint Visio PowerPoint and Word. Experience with Power BI SQL and MicroStrategy tools and other reporting tools is a plus
• Multilingual capability is a plus

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime