Visa Looking For Analyst, Government Engagement at Mumbai, Maharashtra, Full Time

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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Job Description

What a Government Engagement Analyst does at Visa:

The Analyst will report to the Vice President/Head of Government Engagement, India and South Asia. This full-time role will be based in Mumbai. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with strong organizational and superior writing skills, comfortable covering multiple assignments at once, and capable of quickly and efficiently producing high-quality deliverables on a daily basis. They should have some experience working in the public, private, or not-for-profit sectors, ideally with a focus on government engagement or public policy issues in India and/or South Asia markets.

The Analyst will be involved in all aspects of Visa’s GE work, with a primary focus on India and additional support for South Asia markets. Daily duties will range from project coordination and event planning to preparing internal reporting on GE and regulatory developments, conducting policy analysis, and assisting with strategic planning on key issues and initiatives. They should be familiar with and comfortable utilizing the latest stakeholder management and policy research tools effectively.

Good judgment and attention to detail will be critical in this role. The Analyst will be frequently called upon to meet time-sensitive needs for important internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate must be an excellent listener capable of quickly developing and executing plans accurately.

This critical position is a great development opportunity for someone with a can-do attitude who is seeking to grow and learn in a fast-paced work environment on a highly efficient team of GE professionals.

Responsibilities

Business Planning and Coordination

• Support the team in planning and implementing the government engagement strategy in alignment with the business plan and growth strategy.
• Supervise and maintain core tracking and reporting documents, including but not limited to a GE calendar of events, logging all meetings with government officials and policymakers in MS Dynamics, stakeholder contact lists, and a monthly market trends summary slide.
• Help to coordinate cross-functional initiatives with Visa colleagues and a wide range of external stakeholders, not only in government but the civil sector as well.

Operational Support and Organization

• Support engagements and event planning with industry and trade associations
• Coordinate implementation of the GE membership and sponsorship budget including invoices, contracts, approvals, reconciliation, and related financial matters.
• Support coordinating events and meeting planning for visiting Visa executives and external VIP stakeholders.

Writing and Editing

• Draft submissions to government agencies and regulators, executive correspondence, meeting requests and readouts, and weekly activity reports.
• Develop internal communications materials, including but not limited to memos, reports, PowerPoint presentations and strategy documents.

Key Performance Indicators

• Contributing to the execution of appropriate GE market strategies
• Developing high quality materials for multiple purposes
• Consistently conducting high-quality and well-judged interactions with various stakeholders in market
• Ability to gather, organize and process information relevant to key political and regulatory issues
• Timely and on-budget delivery of projects
• Ability to understand and convey internally through appropriate channels the broader policy environment

Why this is important to Visa

We believe that inclusive economies uplift everyone, everywhere, which drives our mission to connect the world and enables individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. You will be a vital link for INSA GE with colleagues across the INSA market cluster as well as the AP region and GE function globally. Through these efforts, you will be critical to ensuring consistent alignment and help enhance Visa’s reputation with external stakeholders.

Qualifications

What you will need:

We are looking for an individual who brings strong organizational and interpersonal skills with exceptional maturity and attention to detail. They should have the ability to scale up knowledge in new areas and capabilities as they emerge, and naturally recognize patterns to connect ideas and people. As a candidate, you should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Economics, International Relations, Law, Public Policy (or a closely related discipline) from a top-tier institution preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in working with corporate strategy, legal or policy in a regulated industry.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and facilitate healthy communication. Must be comfortable with and capable of working in a variety of cross-cultural settings; should embrace diversity of thought, celebrate different backgrounds, and champion abilities.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, multiple complex issues and deliver work outcomes on deadline.
• Possess attention to detail with the ability to produce high quality written documents.
• Excellent judgement, able to act with discretion, handle sensitive information professionally and ethically.
• Outstanding inter-personal, presentation, and communications skills.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones
• Superior English-language and executive-level writing skills required
• Strong MS PowerPoint and MS Teams skills required. Familiarity with Excel will be an asset. Training for other collaboration tools required for the role will be provided.

What will also help:

• General understanding of emerging regulatory trends in payments and technology
• Some knowledge of Visa products and role in the payments industry
• Experience in interacting with government officials, regulators and other stakeholders
• Good analytical capabilities
• Influencing and negotiation skills

Projects you will be a part of:

• Designing and implementing a robust Government Engagement strategy for Visa in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives
• Working closely with Visa colleagues and external partners to lead development and implementation of major business initiatives and thought leadership programs

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.