Third Party Lifecycle Management Analyst

Company Description

Visa is one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable, and secure payments network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Visa globally facilitates digital payments across more than 200 countries and territories among a global set of consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners, and government entities through innovative technologies.

With new ways to pay, Visa has evolved into a company that is a Trusted Engine of Commerce, providing payment solutions for everyone, everywhere.

Risk directly supports Visa’s strategic priorities to drive sustainable growth and protect Visa’s brand and reputation.

Risk is the backbone of Visa, providing constructive solutions and challenge, partnering with the business to help identify and manage risks, balancing risk, and reward, and providing insights to inform senior management’s strategy and decision making.

We strive to be a diverse, inclusive, best in class Risk function, where we provide exciting development opportunities for our people.

We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it’s taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, Visa respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone.

If you think you could support Visa as a Third-Party Lifecycle Management Analyst, we want to hear from you – together, let’s make Visa a great place to work.

Job Description

The Third-Party Lifecycle Management Programme (TLMP) team provides support to businesses and functions so that they can achieve their strategic aims when engaging with Third Parties. We ensure that the third parties we engage with meet the Visa risk appetite and that the business can grow safely.

TLMP is one of the key pillars of Corporate Risk, which also includes Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, Financial Risk, and Risk Business Partnering.

The TLMP Analyst is a critical role in the TLMP team and will manage much of the operational delivery of the team. The output of the TLMP Analyst is directly related to the pace of business growth. The TLMP Analyst will have a unique opportunity to engage all areas and levels of Visa in multiple jurisdictions.

Key accountabilities and activities of the TLMP Analyst:

• Deliver the risk assessments for all new third-party engagements.
• Act as an initial face of TLMP to business and function teams who are engaging with a third party.
• Provide advice, guidance, and challenge to business and function team on third party risk matters.
• Act as subject matter expert in the use of the third-party risk system of record to achieve optimal risk records that support good risk management practices.
• Support the TLMP leadership in identifying efficiencies and providing solutions to TLMP process improvements.
• Ensuring that the TLMP risk registers appropriately reflect residual risk exposures and that plans are in place to mitigate those risks.
• Execute on discrete projects on behalf of TLMP.
• Support the broader TLMP team in identification of possible gaps of the programme against forthcoming regulation.
• Support the TLMP Senior Manager in delivering high quality data analysis in support of better risk insights.
• Ensure that TLMP Policies and procedures are being followed across Visa.
• Participate, and at times conduct, training for Visa staff.

Qualifications

• 2 years of Third-Party Risk, Operational Risk, Compliance and/or Audit experience preferred.
• Experience of performing risk assessments
• Positive attitude, high level of integrity and intellectual curiosity
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along
• Strong risk and controls mindset
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English, strong communications, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Cyber or privacy qualifications (e.g., CIPP, DMR CIPM, CIPT, CISSP) would be an advantage, though not essential.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail; comfortable in challenging the status quo and undertaking analysis to better understand business issues and to propose solutions.

Personal characteristics

• Quick to learn.

• A trusted adviser who:

  o Provides effective constructive and business-aware challenge.

  o Consults, as appropriate, on key risk management initiatives

  o Is regarded as an expert in their field and an agent for change.

• Proven ability to collaborate and influence successfully within a matrix organization.

• Intellectual rigour and business acumen needed to make sound judgements and handle complex situations and information.

• A strong team player with the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships across the organisation.

• A questioning mind that proactively looks for pragmatic and innovative approaches to issues

• A results-orientated and highly motivated person who functions well in a global, matrix organisation.

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.