Research Analyst, Strategic Regulatory Expansion - Visa Direct Network and Operations

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The successful candidate will contribute to the development of team’s internal research capabilities, centralising our knowledge and insight support. You will undertake targeted desk research and analysis of the global payments and regulatory environment to assist internal teams in assessing opportunities and requirements for ongoing market expansion. Candidates will work on developing a repository of key data points and content assets as well as providing tailored research activities to support internal requests across the business. Building your knowledge across an expanded range of payments types you will help internal teams join the dots between market and regulatory events.

We are seeking a motivated research analyst that is ready to apply and develop their expertise to ensure no stone is left unturned in providing internal stakeholders with robust and timely insights. Through your contribution you will help support decision making to accelerate growth and revenue for Visa Direct.

The candidate will be a proactive self-starter with a curious mindset who is willing to take on a mid-senior stakeholder facing role, contributing to high profile projects and collaborating with a broad range of teams across the organisation. You will be a strong communicator and have the ability to influence others through your strong writing and presentation skills. The candidate should use innovative thinking and demonstrate knowledge of research principles to delivery accurate results in support of short to medium-term project goals.

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Contribute to the development of on-going and ad-hoc research projects, including scoping research proposals relating to growth projects, gathering and analysing data, and delivery of research to agreed targets
• Analysing and providing clarity on payments system rules to identify market expansion opportunity and challenges, as well as supporting crucial go live activities.
• Serve as a point of contact for Visa Direct Product, Operations, Technology and Treasury to assist with research support, particularly in relation to global payment scheme analysis.
• Contribute to the development of key research assets, including competitor profiles and a regular market intelligence newsletter.
• Monitor and analyse market and competitor developments to identify trends, threats and opportunities for growth.
• Contribute to the creation of a central repository/database of market and regulatory information to support on-going strategic development and market expansion initiatives.
• Assist on the Strategic Initiatives horizon scanning forum detailing key regulatory and market updates which are key for expansion decision making.
• Assist in project management of Regulatory and Market Examinations for growth iprojects.
• Establish yourself as an important subject matter expert.

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Qualifications

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.