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 DescriptionWhat’s it all about?
Visa understands that operating a successful company includes driving business growth, strong shareholder returns, and financial inclusion benefiting global economies through our diverse and inclusive colleagues. We strive to make a positive and transformative impact on the world, based on the belief that we can do well and do good.
The Social Impact & Sustainability team executes on this belief every day, connecting our shared humanity, shared planet and shared communities within and outside of Visa. We strive to place Visa at the forefront to power the future of commerce for everyone, driving business growth and equitable sustainable economic growth with a focus on communities at risk of being left behind. We focus on building purpose-driven partnerships that have societal and business benefit, aimed at three key outcomes:
Support the financial success of small and micro businesses (SMBs), women and underserved communities to expand economic prosperity, individuals and households
Drive sustainable commerce and support the transition to a low-carbon global economy
Ensure Visa acts as a responsible corporate citizen in the countries in which we operate and do business
What we expect of you, day to day:
There are core teams for each of the pillars at a global level, plus each region has a head/team that adapts global programs and strategies to the local markets and drives region-specific strategy and initiatives.
The Analyst, Social Impact & Sustainability, will be expected to develop and leverage a robust understanding of the Social Impact and Sustainability ecosystems, combined with an understanding of Visa’s business and corporate objectives, and engage with other stakeholders and partners of Visa both functionally and regionally to ensure program success.
Responsibilities include:
What you will uniquely own:
Content maintenance, development and delivery for the Social Impact & Sustainability internal and external web pages as well as external online and social content for the European region
Facilitating the creation and syndication of regular updates and reporting to all levels of Visa management on key metrics and objectives, including operational budget management
Design and delivery of the pan-European employee communication and education about the team’s solutions, programmes and value to clients, in partnership with key internal stakeholders and external partners
Understanding the Social Impact & Sustainability landscape and identify and report on trends that are relevant to Visa’s strategy, programmes, and objectives
What you will support across the team:
As a critical partner, you will be providing support across all strategic initiatives in Europe to enable individual programmes, coordinate cross-regional projects, manage external partnerships, and ensure our social impact and sustainability voice is embedded in client engagements across Europe. Here are a number supporting areas as examples:
Project management and supporting cross functional project teams working across the European region as well as the global Social Impact & Sustainability functions, ensuing effective and timely execution of activities
External partner management activities, cadence of engagements and meetings, and delivery of individual activities and larger projects
Supporting Social Impact & Sustainability’s input into Visa’s client engagements, presentations, and RFP responses in Europe
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
QualificationsHighly motivated self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and eager to identify opportunities and solve problems
Team player with a willingness to pitch in on a variety of projects and deliver high quality work with excellent attention to detail
Ability to synthesize complex ideas with a passion for developing clear, effective, and compelling presentations
Demonstrated creative problem solving with ability to collaborate and build consensus across stakeholders
Interest in developing rigorous, fact based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations.
Great communication and presentation skills
Able to work independently, and with broad instructions
Strong teamwork, interpersonal & relationship-building skills
Project management experience
Highly proficient in PowerPoint and Excel, with strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Prior experience in social impact and/or payments preferred
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.