Client Services works with issuers, acquirers, processors and merchants worldwide to develop and deliver the support model for Visa Inc. This includes day-to-day operations and product support, back-office support and customer performance reporting. Client Services includes the Rules and Compliance function, which supports the structural foundation of the Visa Payments network.
Rules and Compliance ensures the safety, security and integrity of the payment system and supports Visa clients in the development of their electronic payments business.
Specifically, the Rules and Compliance team establishes and enforces common interoperable rules and standards for our products and services by which clients must operate their Visa programs.
Role:
This is an individual contributor operational role, to provide support with respect to creating and implementing compliance solutions that meet the regulatory and strategic compliance objectives of Visa. The jobholder will help coordinate important programs promoting the integrity of Visa transactions. The position will be primarily accountable for investigating Visa Rule violations in relation to Marketplace, Cross Border Acceptance, Digital Wallet, Merchant Category Code, Crypto, Merchant Data Quality, Dynamic Currency Conversion, Minimum Approval Rate, Fraud Reporting, Visa Direct and / or various other new or existing compliance programs, as well as developing detailed data analyses to support these programs. Programs managed by this role may change over time based on Visaās Compliance needs. The role will manage internal and external relations within the context of compliance negotiations and enforcement (non-compliance assessments) and process escalation where appropriate to the Rules and Compliance senior management with the intention of ensuring minimal brand and reputational risk exposure to the Visa Inc. enterprise.
The role works independently under limited supervision. The compliance issues are often difficult and mildly complex in nature. The role may help coordinate wider projects, delegate tasks and review other staff work within the function.
Essential Functions:
The role will ensure that clients are compliant to the rules; monitor, investigate and validate the compliance status of Clients and, where necessary, pursue corrective and negotiated action. The primary focus is to bring Clients into compliance with proactive compliance program rules. The role is also responsible for negotiating compliance action plans with Clients, using discretion within the regulatory framework, while assessing the impact on the Visa brand, the integrity of the network, the clientās businesses and the feasibility of suggested remedial action.
The role is responsible and accountable for:
- Ensuring Clients are compliant with the rules and monitoring, investigating and validating the compliance status of Clients and, where necessary, pursuing corrective and negotiated action with the Clients to bring them into compliance.
- Creating analysis of transaction data and various research to identify non-compliant activity or trends.
- Tracking and control of Compliance actions plans as submitted by Clients and ensuring they are tracked to resolution.
- Managing internal and external relations within the context of compliance enforcement (non-compliance assessments) and processes escalating where appropriate to the Rules and Compliance senior management with the intention of ensuring minimal brand and reputational risk exposure to the Visa Inc. enterprise.
- Providing prompt, accurate responses to questions about proactive compliance program rules.
- Ensuring all management information statistics and performance criteria and trends relating to Compliance processing are collated, analyzed, published and fed back to team members to help define the compliance strategy for Visa Inc. globally and regionally.
- Participating in the development and execution of activities and programs aimed at improving Client and/or internal satisfaction.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with Clients and other entities as it relates to the responsibilities of the Rules and Compliance team; participating in activities in relation to inquiries or action plans as required.
- Interacting with Clients and Visa Inc. Sales Account Executives / CS Account Managers to ensure Client understanding and compliance with the Visa Rules
- Execution of Rules and Compliance procedures, as developed and updated over time as the function progresses.
- Management of multiple compliance actions with Business Function owners at any one time and prioritizing as appropriate.
- Assisting in the definition and creation of yearly strategy and plans to support the relevant compliance programs.
- Provide Clients and staff with accurate interpretation and analysis of the Visa Rules in response to telephone or written inquiries and / or proposed Client or Third Party Administrator activities, and as a full project team member for assigned projects as required.
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.