Senior Risk Manager (West Africa, Sub Sahara Africa) at Visa Incorporated

Job Description

• Under the direction of the respective Risk Services Lead for the geography, the role has responsibility for payment cards fraud prevention as well as creating / executing mitigation strategies for data security issues and broader payment system risk in the external Visa payment infrastructure, in one or more countries.

These responsibilities include:

• Manage client risk relationships, from high-level T1 client risk executive engagements to the more tactical day-to-day operational and compliance engagements.
• Provide meaningful contributions in the area of Risk during client business deals.
• Support the emerging product team in their go to market strategies, identifying new partners and work alongside them to bring them into the Visa payment system
• Support the sales efforts of BDs and Risk Products team to increase the penetration of risk solutions at key identified clients
• Lead and support regular client trainings through Webinars and various annual client events such as Risk Executive Councils, Security Summits and Card Security Weeks
• Position Visa as a Risk thought leader in the industry
• Support execution of acceptance or data security compliance programs
• Build relationships with industry stakeholders, government and law enforcement
• Assist the global investigations team in the collection of information and broader client engagement with regards to remediation post-breach.
• Identify and empower new ecommerce acquirers through knowledge sharing and education
• Facilitate the adoption of new technologies such as contactless, 3D Secure, mobile payments
• Together with Corporate Communications, manage and execute Visa's risk communications strategy in the market

Qualifications
Professional:

• At least 6-8 years risk management (fraud & credit risk) experience gained through consumer banking and card operations
• Exposure to and understanding of consumer banking compliance
• Relevant client facing role experience – client service, business development etc.
• Degree qualified. post-graduate qualifications preferred

Technical:

• Computer skills in Microsoft Office and related software
• Data analysis skills
• Data Security Certifications / knowledge or relevant technical skills are an advantage

Business:

• Consumer banking and card operations experience
• Understanding Visa operations, products and services
• Risk management expertise
• Team work
• Customer service experience
• Presentation and negotiation skills
• Training skills

Physical Requirements:

• This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, reach with hands and arms, and bend or lift up to 25 pounds.