Consulting Analyst

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.

Pay Transparency

The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is €32,900 - €54,050 which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Pension, Life Insurance, Annual Leave, and Wellness Program.

Job Description

Job Summary Client Consulting Analysts play a critical role in supporting Visa’s clients by applying analytical solutions to business challenges in the payments and financial services industry. The role involves leveraging data science, analytics, and business consulting expertise to deliver actionable insights and drive portfolio growth, profitability, and operational efficiency. Analysts are expected to manage projects, collaborate across teams, and translate complex data into strategic recommendations for clients. All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work. Key Responsibilities

• Apply analytical and data science solutions to address business problems for clients in payments, financial institutions, and related sectors.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, including planning, organizing, and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Translate analytics outputs into actionable recommendations and present findings to stakeholders.
• Support business development initiatives and contribute to portfolio optimization, product launches, and customer loyalty strategies.
• Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary and multicultural environments, adapting communication for various audience levels.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in applying solutions to business problems in analytics, business consulting, product ownership, or data science.
• Background in payments, financial institutions, consumer lending, risk management, portfolio management, corporate payments, retail and merchant business, or digital projects.
• Experience in project management, including managing team and client expectations and deliverables.
• Agile experience is mandatory.
• Experience working with extremely large data sets.
• Experience planning, organizing, and managing end-to-end projects with diverse cross-functional teams.
• Proven skills in translating analytics output to actionable recommendations.
• Hands-on experience with modern distributed systems, including Hadoop, Hive/SQL, and Apache Spark.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior consulting or product management experience.
• Experience with a top-tier bank or financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm, with a combination of regional and global experience.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Proficiency in creating reproducible analytic pipelines using tools such as Python and R.
• Proficiency with version control systems like git or GitHub.
• Data visualization using Tableau, Power BI, or R/Python.

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.

Visa welcome and encourages application from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.