Director, Risk Consulting

Visa; Toronto; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a Director for their Cyber Risk advisory service in North America. This hybrid position requires expertise in risk management and a strong consulting background. The successful candidate will lead new service lines, manage projects, and develop client opportunities while ensuring high client satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years of experience with a focus on financial institutions and cyber risk management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Consulting roles emphasizing cyber risk management.
• Strong analytical skills with business performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cyber Risk advisory service line in North America.
• Identify and develop client opportunities.
• Build project frameworks for client exposure to cyber risks.

Skills

Cyber risk management

Client-facing consulting

Crisis response plans

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

Job description

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA)drives tangible impactful and financial results for Visas network clients including both financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting data analytics brand management marketing operational and macroeconomics Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

The US Consulting Practice within Visa Consulting & Analytics provides consulting and solution services for Visas largest issuers in the United States. We apply deep expertise in the payments industry to provide solutions to assist clients with their key business priorities drive growth and improve profitability. The VC&A team provides a comprehensive range of consulting services to deliver solutions that address unique challenges in areas such as improving profitability strategic growth customer experience digital payments and managing risk.

The VCA team seeks a Director to join our Risk Practice and play a role developing and delivering high-impact projects for Visas clients in North America. The Risk Practice advises Visa clients and ecosystem partners on core risk management areas for card portfolio management including originations strategies underwriting fraud authorizations credit line management and disputes. Our team also partners closely with other parts of Visa to bring best-in-class guidance to clients on a variety of risk-related topics. The selected candidate will lead a new service line within the Risk Practice organization focusing on Cyber Risk advisory for North American clients.

The Director will identify / develop new client opportunities manage projects within the practice and serve as a thought leader to promote sustainable and profitable growth thereby ensuring that Visa is boththepreferred brand and unique business partner.

Essential functions include :

• Lead the Cyber Risk advisory service line within North America including the identification and hiring of new team members as the business grows. Work with leadership to establish revenue targets and own the delivery of annual financial goals. Maintain strong client satisfaction for all projects delivered within the service line.
• Build new project frameworks that identify areas of client exposure to various cyber risks resulting in net-new engagements that can be commercialized by the consulting organization.
• Participate in the sales process to qualify opportunities and using a consultative approach guide clients to the correct engagement type to address their needs.
• Lead consulting initiatives and contribute to closing engagements by identifying potential opportunities with clients.
• Proactively engage with Visa teams in regular strategic & planning discussions
• cultivate and manage a pipeline of work across our core consulting segments.
• Deploy frameworks approaches solutions and recommendations that effectively and efficiently address the most impactful opportunities and challenges.
• Build solutions and actionable insights that will help clients to manage risk in their portfolios
• Partner with peers in other functional areas (e.g. Visa Risk Digital Practice Strategy Practice) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that leverage the breadth and depth of Visas resources
• Produce insights analyses and recommendations to improve client performance boost growth drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic guidance for client priorities across the verticals and segments
• Develop and deliver client-ready presentations in collaboration with junior and senior resources on the team

Applicants should be self-motivated and highly energized. Successful team members are detail-oriented individuals who deliver strategic thought leadership problem diagnostics and high-impact solutions to clients grounded in recent and relevant industry expertise. Candidates must be able to develop enduring strategic relationships with internal and external clients and across the Visa organization.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications : Basic Qualifications

10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters / MBA / JD / MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD

Qualified candidates will have demonstrated industry expertise in common security frameworks and standards having delivered cyber-defense or certification services to financial institutions in North America.

Demonstrated experience in client-facing consulting roles with an emphasis on cyber risk management. Expert-level knowledge in one or more of the following areas with a focus on delivering services to financial institutions :

Crisis response plans

Social engineering defense

Cybersecurity workshops

Maturity assessments for cyber risk management

Vulnerability tests / assessments

Ability to converse with client leaders who own individual risk functions using empathy industry-standard terminology and knowledge of recent industry trends

Entrepreneurial attitude as demonstrated by a willingness to take on a mixture of high-profile and lower-level tasks in support of the strategic business objectives of the Risk Practice

Highly collaborative nature with experience working with geographically distributed teams

Comfortable leading client interview sessions and crafting compelling presentations

Experience working with financial indicators to measure business performance. Significant focus on impacting ROI

Strong analytical skills with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor

Self-motivated results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently

Knowledge and understanding of risk management with an emphasis on fraud

Excellent communication story-telling and presentation skills for executive audiences

Team-minded

Additional Information :

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 welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

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Experience : years

Vacancy : 1