Assoc. Manager

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is Visa's consulting division, serving Visa's clients (including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants), and solving their strategic problems focused on improving performance and profitability. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact and tangible financial results. The incumbent will be part of VCA geographic team cluster of Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia (IPVMC) markets, and will report to the Head of VCA Vietnam. The team is involved in a comprehensive range of consulting services and solutions to our clients, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management, digital strategy, and data-driven portfolio management decisions. If you like to use a fact-based, data-driven solutions to solve for business problems that deliver value and enable Vietnam clients to win more business, you should apply. What an Associate Manager does at Visa: As a VCA Associate Manager in Vietnam, you will be leading VCA engagements in the market. In this role, you are expected to: Use Visa and external data to analyze client needs and identify opportunities for consulting assignments with Visa’s key clients. Deliver Consulting projects. Resolve complex strategic problems. Synthesize and manage complex project structures when required. Manage, facilitate, and implement consulting services and meet client's business targets (assignment objectives, project scope, budget, paperwork, external consultants' supervision, and project delivery). Work cross-functionally with other Visa teams to bring a holistic solution to our clients leveraging Visa’s rich value-added services (VAS) from functions such as Marketing, Products, Risk and Merchant Solutions teams Develop propositions by closely working with Client Relationship Managers, promoting the solutions with external clients and, executing and delivering the consulting engagement to clients Enable growth and improve profitability across our clients’ payment business through portfolio management and segment expansion Why this is important to Visa? As a payment consulting arm of Visa, VCA is growing a team of highly specialize experts that can provide best in class payment expertise to the client. We want to bring this expertise closer to our clients by having the Consulting Manager in-market in Vietnam. We are a global organization leveraging global expertise and best practice with local knowledge and understanding of our client partners. This enables us to deepen our partnership with our clients and bring value to their business. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. What you will need: We are looking to hire candidates that have already accumulated a variety of experience, you will be curious about the payments industry, results-driven and client-centric. As a candidate you should have: MBA or equivalent education, certifications and/or business background 3+ years of solid experience gained within the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm. In-market experience and/or knowledge of local language and culture as well as regulation and industry trends Understanding of card issuers’ P&L and cardholder life cycle Knowledge of emerging trends in the local payment landscape including Fintech Storyboarding and data storytelling including strong Excel and PowerPoint skills Understanding of statistical analysis, machine learning, modeling, scoring schemes, etc. Strong organizational and business planning skills Willingness to travel 20% within Vietnam What will also help: Experience in consulting, corporate strategy, or business management Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with excellent project management skills Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, logical thinker with demonstrat ... (truncated, view full listing at source)