Sr. Analyst, Client Contract Management

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

Position will develop and drive to completion the complex commercial agreements such as merchant acceptance agreements, master service agreements, Signature account agreements, etc.

Responsibilities

This role will partner with the various stakeholders throughout Visa to develop and manage complex commercial agreements and contracts from approved financial proposals. This role requires knowledge of industry best practices (in this case, contract drafting and contract management practices), and calls for deep collaboration and partnership with cross-functional senior leadership across our various stakeholders including Legal, Finance, Product and Sales. Specifically, this person will be an advocate for these stakeholders while effectively managing our contract process. 

The ideal candidate will be self-directed, analytical and a strategic thinker with experience in the payments industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and drive to completion of commercial agreements (various levels of complexity) that achieve business objectives, and continue to support those business relationships once consummated

• Liaise with our various stakeholders including Sales, Finance, Legal, and Audit to ensure contracts are developed consistently and approved promptly

• Contract development, contract approval coordination, contract file and database management, recurring and ad hoc reporting, etc.

• Participate in special assignments and provide ad hoc support and reporting as required

Why this is important to Visa:

The Senior Contracts Analyst is a subject matter expert on drafting and client contracts management process, and as such, will be responsible for providing training regarding the contract process to internal stakeholders. The role calls for deep collaboration and partnership with leadership across Legal, Finance, Sales, Product, Client Services, and other internal stakeholders.

This role is vital in helping Visa to understand and deliver against the goals of our key clients, allowing us to provide the right service enablement and partnership that recognizes client specific requirements and ultimately enables and supports client business.

This is a Tele-commute role. Reporting into our Sr Director Contract Management. 

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
•We are looking for an individual who brings breadth of experience, a curiosity
about payments, is results-driven and client-focused.
As a candidate, you should have:
•Required Education: Bachelors at minimum, J.D. from accredited law school
highly preferred or equivalent experience, if not J.D., an Advanced Degree in
specific applicable field preferred (e.g., MBA, Masters in Finance, Analytics,
etc.)
•3-4+ years extensive previous contract drafting experience required (preferably
at a company of the same size) – candidate must come in as expert contract
drafter
•Relevant and transferable experience at a Fortune 500 or large-scale
corporation or law firm
•Preferred: Strong understanding of payments industry and Visa Products and
Services
•Background, knowledge, and experience with some or all of the following is
preferred: the payment services industry and related credit and debit
processing industries, banking and financial institutions laws and regulations,
and/or antitrust and competition law, technology and digital payments, fintech.
•Proven ability to work independently and proactively, as well as collaboratively
with minimal supervision, and engage directly with senior executive
management and leaders across various functions throughout Visa
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills