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Job Location drjobs

Abidjan - Ivory Coast

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

  • Ecosystem Risk Management: Maintain a heightened awareness of the country/regional business environment payment systems and other risks to clients operating in each market. Stay informed about past and present tactics used to mitigate these risks. Serve as the main advisor to business and risk teams. Monitor local risk-related trends and developments such as fraud schemes regulatory changes and key developments required to enhance the risk profile of partners and clients as well as Visas risk posture. Take the lead in protecting the payment ecosystem by proactively managing Visas Ecosystem Integrity programs with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Business Alignment: Align Visas risk-related objectives and activities with Visas business goals in the region to optimize long-term growth. Ensure that risk management strategies support and enhance the overall business strategy.
  • Risk Relationship Management: Engage key stakeholders including clients law enforcement government and other relevant entities to secure support for Visas goals and address identified risks. Foster strong relationships to facilitate risk management efforts. Be the primary Visa risk expert advisor to key clients in the market. Drive risk engagement and provide focus to key clients fintechs merchants and emerging payment stakeholders. Develop and execute a client engagement plan and materials to help clients optimize fraud performance determine the type and frequency of engagements. Maintain a database of key internal and external client contacts and a client engagement calendar. Develop and execute a constructive engagement plan for external payment system stakeholders (law enforcement government etc.).
  • Thought Leadership: Differentiate Visa by demonstrating thought leadership on risk issues to payment system stakeholders. Utilize insights from local regional and global sources to influence and guide risk management practices. Orchestrate client meetings (e.g. sub-regional Risk Executive Councils meetings) and industry forums (Risk Summits) of payment system stakeholders (e.g. clients law enforcement regulators industry participants) to drive greater awareness and support for Visas payment system risk strategy. Be the point of reference in all risk-related engagement with regulatory and industry bodies. Positively influence regulations and risk/security-related practices to ensure a strong payment ecosystem and a growth environment for Visa its clients and the industry. Differentiate Visa as a digital payments leader by providing clients and other stakeholders with value-added insights best practices conducting onsite market fraud prevention seminars (or webinars) and educational materials.
  • Communication: Ensure effective communication and provide marketplace feedback regarding Visas risk-related programs policies and other activities. Maintain transparency and keep all relevant parties informed about risk management initiatives and outcomes.

This 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
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD

Proficient in English and French is a must
At least 10 years of risk management/payments experience gained through banking technology and/or operations.
Degree qualified from a recognized university post-graduate qualifications preferred.
Experience in managing fraud risk transaction monitoring operations application fraud assessment and suspicious transaction review.
Good understanding of and/or experience with money laundering typologies.
Assessed impact of regulation on business or operations responsible for responding to regulatory requirements and participated or led responses to regulatory supervision or scrutiny.
Good understanding of and/or experience with the credit risk landscape across the credit lifecycle.
Experience with maximizing portfolio performance within the confines of local regulation.
Led the underwriting of merchants for an acquirer or led the underwriting for small and medium business for commercial lending managed client due diligence operations and client onboarding process ownership.
Good understanding of and experience with acquiring risk with hands-on application experience improving the acquiring risk posture of an entity.
Hands-on experience with merchant or SME credit underwriting and lifecycle management from a risk perspective.
Good understanding of illegitimate transaction flow typologies root causes and key signs.
Managed third-party risk assessment responsibility for evaluating risk controls and reviewer of risk control reporting in the organization.
Good understanding of the role of different players in the payment ecosystem.
Good understanding and/or experience with managing third-party risk.
Self-starter with excellent communication skills both oral and written.
Ability to drive results with multiple stakeholders and cultivate strong and trusted relationships with internal stakeholders clients partners and regulators.


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 :

Full-time

Employment Type

Full-time

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