Analyst, Client Consulting - AI

Visa; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking Client Consulting Analysts to apply data science and analytics to client challenges in payments and financial services. You will manage projects, collaborate across teams, and translate complex data into strategic recommendations for clients.

The role emphasizes digital fluency and emerging AI tools to support daily work. There is a hybrid work arrangement with at least three days in office as guided by the Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or higher.
• Experience applying analytics or data science to business problems.
• Background in payments, financial services, or related domains.
• Experience with end-to-end project delivery and managing client expectations.
• Agile experience is mandatory.
• Experience working with very large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Apply analytical and data science solutions to client problems in payments and financial services.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Translate analytics outputs into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Support business development and portfolio optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary, multicultural environments.

Skills

Analytics

Agile

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (MBA/MS/PhD)

Tools

Hadoop

Hive/SQL

Apache Spark

Python

R

Tableau/Power BI

Git

Job description

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Role Summary:

Client Consulting Analysts play a critical role in supporting Visa's clients by applying analytical solutions to business challenges in the payments and financial services industry. The role involves leveraging data science, analytics, and business consulting expertise to deliver actionable insights and drive portfolio growth, profitability, and operational efficiency. Analysts are expected to manage projects, collaborate across teams, and translate complex data into strategic recommendations for clients.

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply analytical and data science solutions to address business problems for clients in payments, financial institutions, and related sectors.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, including planning, organizing, and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Translate analytics outputs into actionable recommendations and present findings to stakeholders.
• Support business development initiatives and contribute to portfolio optimization, product launches, and customer loyalty strategies.
• Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary and multicultural environments, adapting communication for various audience levels.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).
• Experience in applying solutions to business problems in analytics, business consulting, product ownership, or data science.
• Background in payments, financial institutions, consumer lending, risk management, portfolio management, corporate payments, retail and merchant business, or digital projects.
• Experience in project management, including managing team and client expectations and deliverables.
• Agile experience is mandatory.
• Experience working with extremely large data sets.
• Experience planning, organizing, and managing end-to-end projects with diverse cross-functional teams.
• Proven skills in translating analytics output to actionable recommendations.
• Hands-on experience with modern distributed systems, including Hadoop, Hive/SQL, and Apache Spark.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 or more years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD).
• Prior consulting or product management experience.
• Experience with a top-tier bank or financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm, with a combination of regional and global experience.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Proficiency in creating reproducible analytic pipelines using tools such as Python and R.
• Proficiency with version control systems like git or GitHub.
• Data visualization using Tableau, Power BI, or R/Python.

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.