Client Consulting Manager

Visa; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Consultant in the UK & Ireland Consulting Practice. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with major banks and financial institutions, delivering impactful consulting initiatives that drive growth and profitability. You'll leverage your analytical skills to produce actionable insights and collaborate across various teams to enhance client performance. This hybrid position allows for a balanced work environment, alternating between remote and office settings. If you're passionate about making a difference in the payments industry and thrive in a dynamic environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in management consulting or financial institutions with proven project delivery.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convey data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consulting initiatives and identify opportunities with banks and financial institutions.
• Produce insights and recommendations to improve client performance.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Consulting Methodologies

Business Acumen

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Data-Driven Methodologies

Education

Degree in Business or Related Field

Tools

Business Intelligence Tools

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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.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

What it's all about...

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VC&A) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa's 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 UK & I Consulting Practice within VC&A provides consulting and solution services for Visa's issuers, acquirers, and merchants in the UK and Ireland. We apply our deep expertise in the payments industry to provide solutions to assist clients with their key business priorities, drive growth, and improve profitability.

The team is looking for a Consultant to join our strategic consulting practice and play a role developing high impact projects for Visa's clients in the UK & I region. This role involves delivering and implementing projects and solutions and will develop initiatives to promote sustainable and profitable growth, thereby ensuring that Visa is both the preferred brand and unique business partner.

Typical projects may include:

• How does an issuer expand or increase market share in the consumer market?
• How should a credit card issuer use emerging technology to acquire the best customers?
• How does an issuer expand their credit card portfolio while mitigating credit risk?
• How does an issuer optimize their revenues?
• How do we enable increased spend in specific segments?

What we expect of you, day to day:

• Be part of the team delivering consulting initiatives and contribute to closing engagement by identifying potential opportunities with large banks and financial institutions.
• Identify solutions and actionable insights that will help clients to grow their portfolios.
• Partner with peers in other functional areas (e.g., sales and solutions, marketing, risk, innovation, products) and across global regional teams to execute projects that leverage the breadth and depth of Visa's 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.

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

• Previous experience at a large management consulting firm or similar role at banks/financial institutions, with proven project deliveries and expertise in consulting methodologies.
• Experience working with financial indicators to measure business performance with a focus on impacting ROI and excellent analytical skills, with the ability to use data to convey a clear message to clients and the business.
• Ability to solve business problems through data-driven methodologies and proficiency in some leading-edge analytic and business intelligence tools.
• Technology mindset, curious, up-to-date with digital trends and applications.
• Project experience in a digital and technology-driven environment.
• High intellectual capability evidenced by strong analytical skills.
• Excellent spoken and written command of English.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to comprehend and convey complex technical information.
• Strong business acumen and business analysis skills (research and analyze market and client information to tell a story).
• Self-motivated, results-oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently.
• High levels of integrity and business ethics.
• Willingness to travel where required.
• Willingness to maintain professional development.

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.