Sr. Managing Counsel, Global Risk & Regulatory Affairs

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.

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Job Description

Visa is seeking a regulatory attorney to join its growing Global Risk & Regulatory Affairs group to proactively provide regulatory support to Visa’s Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS) business.  This attorney will sit within the Global Visa Legal, Ethics & Compliance team, working closely with the CMS Legal team and other colleagues across the world. 

The role will report to a Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Global Risk and Regulatory Affairs, based in Washington DC.  

You will be responsible for:
•    Providing legal advice and support to the CMS business, across a wide range of complex regulatory and commercial matters and projects, including Visa Direct for Card, Account and Wallet, Visa+, Alias Directory and other CMS products and services, working with colleagues in offices across the world to support the day-to-day legal needs of our internal clients.  
•    Navigating the complex landscape of money movement regulations and risk management considerations, to support consumer and commercial use cases and solutions, card and non-card payments, real-time payments, and treasury services, working closely with other experienced attorneys across regions and practice areas.
•    Managing licensing and registration obligations associated with the expansion and growth of the company’s money movement services and solutions, and advising and coordinating across the company to meet regulatory and compliance needs. 
•    Engaging and managing external counsel on a range of issues, interrogating legal analyses and translating advice into clear and actionable guidance for our business teams.
•    Contributing to Visa’s thought leadership in money movement and helping develop new products and services to build the future of money movement.
•    Understanding Visa’s strategy, recognizing the connections between matters and working proactively to ensure these are given appropriate attention for the benefit of the Visa group and its overall management of legal risk.
•    Training business areas on law, processes and policies.
•    Developing, managing and maintaining relationships to facilitate the effective delivery of legal support, liaising with other Visa departments across the globe to ensure full alignment with business needs and policies.
•    Proactively contributing to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal, Ethics & Compliance division as a whole.
 

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

What we’re after…
Applicants must be skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast paced, time sensitive, and challenging, but highly rewarding environment, have excellent judgment and strong analytical, problem solving, client counseling, and negotiation skills, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to clearly and easily present complex topics and ideas to senior leaders, be self-motivated and entrepreneurial, and, most importantly, be a confident, forward thinking, creative, optimistic, curious, and collaborative team player.

Basic Qualifications
• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD)

Preferred Qualifications
• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD)
• Admitted to practice law in the United States and in good standing.
• Fluent English speaker
• Strong academic credentials
• Experience with commercial law and regulations in a multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Familiarity with laws and regulations affecting all aspects of money movement, including money transmission and money transfer licensing and registration requirements, consumer protections, funds transfer and deposit taking requir