Sr. Consultant

Visa is seeking a Sr. Consultant to lead the development of analytical insights on client, market, and business performance. The successful candidate will deliver strategic findings and recommendations to external and internal stakeholders. This role involves framing ambiguous business problems, defining analytical objectives, and integrating complex datasets to produce high-quality analyses, presentations, and data visualizations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the creation and delivery of analytical insights and strategic recommendations to external clients and senior internal stakeholders.
• Independently frame ambiguous business questions, define analytical objectives, and translate them into clear hypotheses, data requirements, workplans, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Define analytical approaches and quality standards for complex problems.
• Source, combine, and analyze large, complex, and disparate datasets.
• Identify opportunities to improve client performance, profitability, payment acceptance, authorization outcomes, risk management, fraud outcomes, customer experience, and operational effectiveness.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, data visualizations, and written narratives.
• Lead client and stakeholder discussions, manage expectations and objections, and align partners on priorities, implications, decisions, and next steps.
• Use Generative AI and other emerging technologies responsibly to improve analytical workflows.
• Review and elevate analytical deliverables for clarity, accuracy, business relevance, and executive readiness.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and quality review to analysts and consultants.
• Improve team practices, processes, templates, quality checks, reusable code, and analytical standards.

Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree.
• Advanced analytical judgment and client consulting skills.
• Executive communication and data storytelling skills.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience analyzing large, complex datasets.
• Data visualization expertise using Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, or comparable business intelligence tools.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods, analytical modeling, data quality controls, and documentation practices.
• Demonstrated digital fluency and ability to use Generative AI tools responsibly and effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree.
• Experience in payments, acceptance, authorization, risk, fraud, client performance, or related financial services domains.
• Proven ability to quantify business impact, articulate risk-benefit trade-offs, and influence stakeholder decisions.
• Advanced experience with data visualization, analytical platforms, large-scale data environments, and automation of repeatable analytical workflows.
• Experience coaching or reviewing the work of analysts and consultants in a matrixed, fast-paced environment.
• Spanish language would be considered a valuable additional qualification.

Salary Information: The estimated salary range for this position is $130,900.00 to $210,000.00 USD per year.

Benefits: Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.