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.


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Job Description

Team Summary


The BPO team in Japan plays a crucial role within the Visa organization, focusing on Business Planning & Operations. They are responsible for various functions including PMO, Planning, Performance, Sales Excellence, and Events. The team is instrumental in developing and executing internal and external client events, organizing large-scale regional Visa engagements, and aligning event calendars to strategic priorities. Their expertise in project management, client and executive communication, and negotiation is vital for the success of these initiatives.


In the Visa organization, the BPO team's efforts contribute significantly to the strategic pillars and objectives, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. They work closely with other teams to optimize the portfolio and leverage data science for informed decision-making. The BPO team's integration into the organizational structure ensures that Visa's strategic goals are met efficiently and effectively.


What a Strategy Analyst of Japan Business Planning & Operations does at Visa


The Analyst will be a member of Japan’s Business Planning & Operations team, which is responsible for development of internal and external market-specific strategy efforts and to help govern the execution of the strategic priorities. As a strategist, the individual will work with cross-functional areas of the business in conducting analysis to support strategy development aligned to the market, regional, and global priorities. These priorities will primarily be focused on the Japan market.


This role will also support monitoring of competitive developments within the Japan market, and development of timely response to emerging trends and opportunities across Japan. The position is based in Tokyo, Japan.


You will play a key role in shaping the future direction of our business and work hands-on with the leadership team and business functions to connect academic business content to pragmatic, results-oriented output. You will support functional stakeholders in executing analysis and formulating recommendations.


The role is highly visible across the market and will have broad reach into a variety of teams within Japan. The ideal candidate must have the ability to gain deep subject matter depth on a multitude of topics on short notice and be skilled at the synthesis of multiple sources of information (qualitative and quantitative) in order to create real and actionable insights for leadership. He or she must stay in front of innovation trends in the payments industry and be able to develop an independent point of view on topics in the face of uncertainty and imperfect information.


Detailed responsibilities include:



  • Support annual strategic planning process and development of long-range revenue growth plan

  • Analyze Visa data, market reports and benchmarks to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.

  • Support the development of long and short strategic plan as well as formulating strategic projects

  • Support functional teams by identifying priorities and implementing necessary strategies to achieve financial year target while conducting performance management for key business volume targets

  • Manage and troubleshoot reporting via data dashboards, perform root-cause analysis to resolve data discrepancies and ensure data integrity

  • Partner with Japan leadership teams to formulate and execute key strategies for the market

  • Collaborate with various Visa product, sales, consulting, marketing, gvt engagement teams and others to manage and track the implementation of strategic initiatives


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

What you will need



  • Bachelor Degree with high academic achievement (preferably in fields of business management, in finance, economics, financial engineering, statistics, or econometrics or other related field)

  • Strong sense of commitment and accountability, possess a business focus mindset, self-motivated to deliver work of the highest standard

  • Ability to multi-task with strong attention to detail

  • Demonstrated ability to work in a time sensitive environment

  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment, a true “team player” who goes the extra mile for the team

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  • Fluent spoken and written English and Japanese

  • Proficient in Excel for developing and maintaining financial models

  • Strong presentation building skills with near mastery of tools including PowerPoint, Excel and Word


Whare are good to have



  • 2-3 years’ total experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy or similar

  • Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry preferred

  • Strong project management and planning skills with ability to progress multiple priorities concurrently



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.

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