Sr Analyst - Product, Fraud, & Risk Governance

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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Job Description

The Sr Analyst - Product, Fraud, & Risk Governance leader, will be responsible for supporting model risk governance efforts for a high-impact, fast-growing portfolio of payment fraud risk model products. The person selected for this role will be responsible for identifying, as well as shaping and executing strategies against the biggest model risk governance challenges we face today.

The person selected for the role will sit within the product team, while partnering with product managers, data science, and frontline partners to streamline our model risk governance processes, fine-tune internal workflows for client services, including transforming and coordinating model governance activities between Visa and the clients who use the products powered by Visa models. In addition, this person will support the coordination of activities with the Regional Client Servicing teams, Department-level 1st Line Risk Management function, and Enterprise-level 2nd Line Risk Management functions. The person will also represent Global Fraud Risk Model Products in client meetings involving Client Servicing and Model Governance topics.

Essential Functions

• Create and maintain internal and external model risk governance communications including, model implementation support and model release schedules.
• Ensure appropriate internal control, review, maintenance, and handling of model governance documentation. This includes supporting the continuous process improvement of standard practices, templates, and training for model risk governance.
• Serve as a contact in client-facing and internal meetings regarding model governance topics for the Global Fraud Risk Model Products team.
• Capture business requirements from clients for custom data or report requests and provide regular updates to clients on progress/delivery.
• Research and respond to client model risk governance questions or documentation requests.
• Maintain internal and external frequently asked questions (FAQs) repositories for model risk governance questions.
• Streamline the delivery of model documentation and performance for Visa clients.
• Liaise with other business units, product leaders, engineering, and other applicable groups to provide best in class service to clients.
• Provide project status, action plans, and recommendations to senior leadership on an ongoing basis.

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

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Strong risk management skills with a sound understanding of payment technology, risk and fraud management, other ecosystem requirements
• 3+ years of experience in the payments industry (e.g., payment processing, acquiring, payment technology provider, payment brand, etc.)
• 3+ years' experience in model risk management or other similar risk discipline within the financial services industry
• Excellent communication skills and presence
• Aptitude to collaborate with data science teams to support model risk governance initiatives
• Ability to think creatively to solve problems
• Organizational and leadership abilities to influence, negotiate, and drive results
• Experience working with external par