Senior Manager - Consulting - Risk Practice

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA), the consulting arm of Visa, is a global team of industry experts. VCA supports banks issuer and acquirers, merchants and governments on a wide spectrum of topics within the payment sphere, including portfolio strategy and management, digital journeys and risk management.

This Manager role is fundamental to further develop and scale the Risk service line within Visa Consulting & Analytics Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

More specifically, the core focus of this role will be threefold:

Executing and delivering on engagements Developing intellectual capital and best practices in the areas of risk management (Credit, Fraud, Authorization, Cybersecurity, etc.) Supporting business development activities

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and execute delivery of Risk Consulting engagements for VISA SSA clients. The incumbent will be responsible for project delivery and execution. Consulting engagements include both bespoke (e.g., end-to-end reviews) and solution-driven projects (e.g., dashboards and diagnostic tools) for both issuers and acquirers, merchants and governments. As part of project delivery, the incumbent will have to also collaborate with peers in other functional areas (e.g. Risk, Product, Client support services) and other VCA global/regional teams.
• The incumbent will support the development of the risk service line offering as well as provide project team members with subject matter expertise across a wide area of topics, that include one or more of the following:
• Credit Risk (credit policy and processes, Line assignment and management, collection, scorecard development consulting, etc.).
• Fraud and Cybersecurity, as well as authorization. The incumbent will have significant hands-on experience in implementing risk best practices for both issuers and acquirers, leveraging client and network data, across relevant payment products and channels.
• Although the focus of the role is on project management and delivery, the incumbent will also support in all business development activities, including sourcing of deals, roadshows, pitches, and development of proposals.

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

Qualifications

Key Competencies:
Expertise in at least one or more of the following risk management topics: credit risk (credit policy and processes, line assignment and management, collection, scorecard development, etc.), fraud and cybersecurity, as well as authorization
Deep understanding of banking in general and more specifically, retail banking and payments
Strong problem solving capabilities, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
Proven project management skills, with a track-record of delivering high quality project milestones on time
Good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
Result-oriented and highly motivated personality that proactively seeks to generate impact for both clients and within Visa
Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal guidance

Specific Requirements:
At least of 8+ years in either one or more of the following areas: credit risk (credit policy and processes, line assignment and management, collection, scorecard development, etc.), fraud and cybersecurity, as well as authorization
Experience within the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm preferred. A combination of regional and global experience strongly desired.
Strong experience in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel, and making use of GenAI tools like co-pilot, chat-gpt., with the ability to synthesize data, extract key insights and develop executive presentations
Able to travel frequently and work on client site for periods across SSA
Fluency in English mandatory

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.

Client-provided location(s): Johannesburg, South Africa

Job ID: 481f25d8-071c-49d2-8759-4b698f07b14a

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-02-02T13:19:31