Analyst, Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) Core Consulting

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Team Description

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful results for clients. Drawing on our expertise in consulting, data analytics, technology, payments and economics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients. VCA's core client segments include issuers, acquirers, merchants, fintechs, payment enablers and governments.

We are looking for an Analyst to join our consulting practice in Brazil. In this role, you will contribute to high-impact projects that drive sustainable and profitable growth for Visa’s clients. You will work closely with issuers, merchants, and acquirers, positioning Visa as both the preferred brand and a trusted business partner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support consulting engagements from scoping to delivery, contributing to project success and client satisfaction.
• Analyze Visa and industry data to extract insights and develop actionable recommendations.
• Create frameworks, solutions, and toolkits that address client challenges and can be scaled across the region.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, risk, innovation, client services) to deliver integrated solutions.
• Produce clear, insightful reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Share best practices and contribute to the continuous improvement of VCA’s consulting methodologies.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• Knowledge and understanding of banking operations and/ or payment schemes, including lifecycle initiatives, products & services, business systems and processes, and card acquiring experience.
• Experience working with financial indicators and product management.
• Excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
• Self-motivated, results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently
• Technology mindset, curious, up to date with digital trends and applications
• Team player
• Portuguese and English are mandatory.
• Payment industry, digital payments or payment processing experience preferred.
• Strategic and analytical thinking with a strong attention to detail that leverages multiple sources of information.
• Able to understand and start to disaggregate problem statement into distinct pieces of analysis.
• Use and adapt templates for unique client scenarios, optimizing structure to demonstrate + articulate key messages.
• Ability to execute quantitative and qualitative analysis with some guidance.
• Basic takeaways from the data + starting to craft storyline, ensure data quality + leverage data to support decision-making in project management.
• Strong team player with a willingness to collaborate across levels and functional experts.
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt.
• Proficient and ideally a power-user of spreadsheet and presentation tools.

What We’re Looking For

• Self-motivated, analytical, and detail-oriented professional with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build strategic relationships internally and externally.
• Comfort working with data and translating findings into business insights.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions and geographies.

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.