Risk Management 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.

Job Description

A vacancy has arisen for the above stated position, based in Madrid and reporting to the Risk Services lead, based in Madrid. Fluency in English and Spanish is essential.

Experience in Fraud Management from a scheme, processor, issuer or acquirer environment as well as knowledge and expertise in Fraud and Authentication Risk products is critical.

The Risk Services function supports the Visa client relationship in Europe from a risk perspective. As such, the support model includes client facing activities as well as more back-office, operational support. This role supports the operational aspects of the function with sporadic client facing activities.

Key Accountabilities

This is a permanent position and the successful candidate will:

• Own analytical deep dives to identify emerging fraud patterns and communicate findings to Visa Risk Europe
• Promote Visa Fraud & Authentication Products.
• Provide Risk Cluster Executive Council data to cover the Southern European cluster
• Support Risk country plans initiatives as an analytic subject matter expert
• Support the local Visa Southern European cluster offices with any matters relating to risk data to help achieve local business objectives
• Provide risk intel to Southern European cluster clients who are identified by our Brand Programmes
• Define and maintain ETL process for data analysis

Essential Criteria

Must have attributes for the role are as follows:

• 3 years’ experience in Fraud Management from a scheme, processor, issuer or acquirer environment
• Experience in presenting fraud issues at Client / Industry events
• Knowledge and expertise in Fraud and Authentication Risk products
• Ability to liaise with senior stakeholders and clients
• Experience with reporting and Data Visualization tools such as Quick Sight / Tableau / Power BI or other BI packages
• Ability to stay organized whilst managing different projects
• Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
•  Experience with SQL or ETL

Desirable Attributes For The Role Are As Follows

• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Using data to investigate fraud trends
• Knowledge of Visa systems
• Experience scripting for automation (e.g., Python, Perl, Ruby)

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

Must have attributes for the role are as follows:

• 2-3 years’ experience in Fraud Management from a scheme, processor, issuer or acquirer environment
• Experience in presenting fraud issues at Client / Industry events
• Knowledge and expertise in Fraud and Authentication Risk products
• Ability to liaise with senior stakeholders and clients
• Experience with reporting and Data Visualization tools such as Quick Sight / Tableau / Power BI or other BI packages
• Ability to stay organized whilst managing different projects
• Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
• Experience with SQL or ETL

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.