Sr. Compliance

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

Team Summary

The Risk team in Visa is overseeing Strategic Risk Management, with responsibility for championing security in the industry and maintaining the integrity of the Visa Payment Ecosystem. This complex and fast evolving ecosystem includes Issuing and Acquiring banks, Merchants, Cardholders, and Service Providers such as processors, device manufacturers, and payment gateways. The Risk comprise of many business functions, looking after Fraud and Risk Reduction, Visa Rules, Compliance and Standards, Credit Risk Settlement Management, etc.

The role of the Visa Rules, Compliance and Standards team (RCS) is to establish and enforce common interoperable rules and standards for our products and services by which clients must operate their Visa programs. The services provided include Rules management, Dispute adjudication, Contract management and external Standards Body Management, which are provided to ensure the safety, security, and integrity of the payment system and to support Visa clients in the development of their electronic payments business.

What a Rules Senior Consultant does at Visa:

This is a management career role, responsible for providing support with respect to creating and implementing compliance solutions that meet regulatory and strategic compliance objectives of Visa Inc. and its Clients with respect to the Visa International By-Laws, Visa Core Rules & Product and Service Rules and associated Supplemental manuals.

The role will be accountable for complex violations of Visa Rules and will primarily focus on Global Proactive compliance programs and may be exposed to working on proactive regional compliance initiatives in any of the Visa regions. The role will ensure that Clients are compliant to the Visa rules and to monitor, investigate and validate the compliance status of Clients and where necessary to pursue corrective, and negotiated actions with the Clients to bring them into compliance following the regulations as appropriate. This role will manage compliance cases/incidents and ensure that Non-Compliance Assessments (NCA) are assessed, deferrals granted when appropriate and agreed to incentivize compliance.

This role will have responsibility for direct reports, will be responsible for a direct budget and revenue responsibility managing and setting the direction for compliance enforcement initiatives which often involves complex and strategic issues that need oversight at an executive level given the precedence of such issues in the network.

The expectations of this role include the following and is not limited to:

Monitoring, investigating, and validating the compliance status of Clients and where necessary to agree and execute corrective measures Managing internal and external (when needed) relations within the context of compliance enforcement and non-compliance assessments and processes escalating where appropriate to the Visa Rules Management as requiredGeneral Client compliance with the Visa Rules covering:Assessment of the severity of the violationCase Management until resolution is achievedImposing Non-Compliance Assessments, if requiredImplementation of remediation plans and/or waivers in conjunction with Visa Rules Management Development staff membersCommunication with Clients, Internal Stakeholders, and rule business ownersManagement of multiple compliance actions with Business Function owners at any one time prioritizing as appropriate and provision of direction to staff in various Visa business functionsProvide Clients and staff with accurate interpretation and analysis of the Visa Rules in response to inquiries and / or questions related to Compliance activities and ensure understanding and compliance with the Visa RulesDevelop and maintain good relationships with regional offices to ensure RCS team initiatives and best practice effectively introduced across all marketsAssist in defining the annual strategy and objectives and plans to support the regions in accordance with strategy as directed by Senior Director, RCS TeamResponsibility and accountability for the execution of the RCS Team procedures, as developed and updated over time as the function progressesMust manage independently to priorities liaising with business functions as required based on Visa strategy and key business drivers to ensure revenue is maximizedManage the Compliance team, providing coaching and guidance in planning and day-to-day activities as needed, conduct staff performance reviews, and deliver feedback and coaching and support professional development of the staff members.

Why this is important to Visa

The role is primarily accountable for support proactive compliance initiatives/tasks in all Visa Inc regions addressing all inquiries and all potential violations. As required, the role may also be engaged in the proactive reviews and proactive regional compliance initiatives as part of a bigger project group. 

The role will lead internal and external relations within the context of compliance negotiations and NCA enforcements and processes escalating where appropriate with the intention of ensuring minimal brand and reputational risk exposure to the Visa. The function will operate with senior Visa Inc. staff and Regional Management Committee’s as well as senior level officers of Clients to facilitate compliance with the Visa Rules and/or impose NCA’s to incent compliance.

The jobholder will work independently under limited supervision. The role requires working with different Business Functions and various teams in different time zones globally. The role will also interact with senior Visa Inc. staff and Local and Regional Management to facilitate compliance with the Visa Rules.

Projects you will be a part of:

As part of the team, you will get opportunity to work on strategically important initiatives for clients and Visa, including but not limited to:

Working with in-country and HUB business teams to support compliance initiatives and incidents globally and in regions as requiredWorking with regional and global stakeholders to deliver to deliver seamless client experienceEngage in learning and understanding new products, services, risk and government initiatives, as part of your work to support Visa and client objectives

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:

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

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 (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhDYou will have a high degree of mental agility to diagnose issues and take the lead to solve them collaboratively working across Visa and regionally as requiredStrong interpersonal skills and proven abilities in negotiating and influencing customers and staff, including strong written and verbal communications skillsExcellent writing and verbal skills to convey complex topics in 'Plain English'Strong analytical aptitude and demonstrated track record of working with data to develop business-oriented solutions as well as the ability to apply sound business analysis to limit the downstream impact of decisionsGood project management skills to co-ordinate divergent interests, commensurate with managing a team/direct reports and working on multi-faceted compliance programs at an international levelExperience gathering business requirements and translating needs into successful deliverablesExcellent research and analytical skillsAbility to effectively work under pressure and adhering to tight deadlinesAbility to set priorities and manage expectations, and work both as part of a team and independently

What will also help:

Extensive experience with Visa, a Regulatory Body, a Card Membership Organization or other Financial Industry body and knowledge of Visa RulesAwareness and understanding of Visa and Client / Industry business prioritiesUnderstanding of Visa products, services, and systemsMulti-lingual capability in at least one other language supported in the Europe regionWorking (intermediate) knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePointVisa experience or in-depth knowledge of the payment solutions industry is highly desired – especially Card Payments, ACH or Push Payments and the relevant network operating rules

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 113,100 to 192,950 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. 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.