PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The R2R Analyst is responsible for providing business unit general accounting and internal control support, including preparation and posting of journal entries, maintenance of balance sheet accounts, completion of the month end closing transactions/procedures and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.

She/he is responsible for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of operations in the general ledger, inventory, fixed asset and intercompany accounts, as well as treasury transactions and bank reconciliations.

Moreover, he/she takes part in accounts’ analysis and supports senior colleagues in carrying out responsibilities of the accounting department, contacts client in ordnd er to resolve accounting queries and cooperates with auditors.

He/she follows Desktop Procedures and adequate policies and guidelines in place and seeks for improvements.

Performance should meet the requirements defined in the SLA/KPI’s applicable for the role.

REPORTING LINE

·      Reporting to GBS R2R Supervisor

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparation and posting of journal entries (including mass allocation) for the designated SGS Affiliates
• Managing bank statements and related GL reconciliations
• Maintaining Inventory and Fixed Asset modules and related entries in these accounts
• Performing postings/analysis/reconciliations on intercompany transactions and related supporting documentation
• Cost allocation
• Performing regular analyses of the account variances
• Performing additional tasks on request of senior colleagues
• Complying with Month End closing requirements and deadlines
• Ensuring there are no outstanding transactions that are not completed before closing
• Ensuring monthly checklists are completed without exception
• Preparation of periodic and ad hoc reports as requested by management
• Following adequate rules, policies, procedures and instructions

The successful candidate will be part of the dedicated Loan Services team in Manila supporting all aspect of loan administration and operations for a European client.  Responsibilities include

• Asset onboarding including review and analysis of loan documentation
• Accurate inputting and processing of all relevant loan information into the loan administration software
• Day-to-day asset management including booking cash or accrual transactions, making payments, and performing daily position and cash reconciliations
• Lifecycle support of loan trades from the time the trade is posted until settlement including the prioritization of trades that need to close
• Responsible for daily settlements of bank loans, including interfacing with ClearPar, Brokers, Agents, and Trade Counterparties  
• Timely resolution and escalation of all inquiries and issues related to loan processing
• Liaising and coordinating with external clients and internal client services teams to ensure timely responsiveness and resolution to inquiries
• Liaising and coordinating with external third parties such as other Loan Administration team, Borrowers, Lenders, Trustees and Agent Banks
• Review and distribute loan reports as agreed with clients
• Follow established procedures related to loan documentation/processing activities and make recommendations to support process improvement and risk management
• Demonstrate a sound level of understanding of products and processes, both within Loan Services and other IQEQ related services
• Demonstrate a sound level of understanding of how duties relate/integrate with others in the team and closely related teams in IQEQ
• Demonstrate product and technology proficiency

• Timely and accurate review, validation and processing of incoming invoices (e.g. PO, Non-PO, credit card statements) to accounting system.

• Ensuring that invoices are properly coded and booked in accordance to SGS Chart of Accounts.

• Verifying that the invoices comply with SGS policies and procedures.

• Auditing travel and expense liquidation in accordance with existing rules and regulations.

• Processing prepayments and follow up on prepaid invoices 

• Handling statements and vendor inquiries

• Assisting in AP Subledger close and other month end activities

Ensure monthly checklists are completed by the month end and signed off by Senior Accountant.

Perform various tasks within Bill to Cash (B2C) stream such as daily cash application, processing of AR interface lines, and other day-to-day operational activities. B2C Analyst will also be involved in performing month-end closing activities. The performance should meet the requirements defined in the SLA/KPI’s.

Specific Responsibilities
 Book and allocate payments received from clients.
 Monitor and coordinate with Collections Team on unapplied and unidentified payments.
 Assist with revenue downloading and reconciliation with invoicing system.
 Process Accounts Receivable (AR) interface lines to Oracle.
 Correct treatment of Cash on Delivery (COD) accounts.
 Ensure credit notes and invoices are properly offset, as needed.
 Respond to inquiries from business / customers and resolve issues.
 Perform AR reconciliations.
 Assist with AR sub-ledger close process and other month-end activities (Bad debt
provision, Unbilled Revenue (UBR) and Work-in-Progress (WIP) accruals)
 Ensure monthly checklists are completed by the month end and signed off by B2C
 Specialist/B2C Supervisor.
 Ensure that monthly KPIs are met.

• Foster close partnership and collaboration with key internal groups such as Product, Technology, Sales and Client account teams to deliver growth objectives, meet client and stakeholder needs 
• Communicate and engage with diverse functional stakeholders throughout service delivery
• Embrace and implement new methodologies on an ongoing basis as the business scales within the organization
• Influence decision makers at staff, senior and executive management levels within Client and Visa organizations through a combination of negotiation and consultative output
• Use technical expertise blended with business acumen to solve complex problems
• Act as the primary point of contact, coordinating and communicating the resolution of key client incidents or problems
• Be the subject matter expert by leveraging deep knowledge of client pain points and creative problem-solving skills to propose potential enhancements and solutions

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.

Important to the role is a client-oriented mindset when selling and developing solutions while having a strong commercial understanding of a payment network business. Your passion for developing new digital payment experiences, creating business opportunities, and a market focused approach will enable you to succeed in this role. Specific work areas will include:

1. Active sales engagement with key partners and client to develop and craft deals to support the growth and active usage of Visa Credentials, and Value-Added Solutions to key clients and digital partners
 

2. Working with partners and clients, while collaborating with various internal stakeholders to grasp business, functional, and technical aspects of digital solutions and combine them with partners’ solutions and capabilities to create market-first or best practices offerings

3. Driving joint solution development efforts in the area of digital solutions and capabilities 

4. Drive implementation through regional and global teams in close collaboration with other key functional areas including marketing, product, consulting & analytics, and client success teams, as applicable

5. Evaluate local fintech and enabler partnerships across multiple segments which can assist in the development of strategic recommendations and business cases to achieve Visa’s strategic goals.

6. Provide guidance and expertise for product and client facing teams and lead discussions with prospective clients.

7. Close monitoring of market trends, emerging technologies, and prospective clients and partners in the digital payments space

8. Lead digital partners and client events as part of Visa’s thought leadership in the digital solutions and payment space

9Support the product team in managing team’s operating expenses for efficiency purposes

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.

As a Customer Call Center Representative at Global Medical Virtual Assistants, you will be the primary point of contact for our customers, providing exceptional customer service. You will handle inbound and outbound calls, address customer inquiries, resolve issues efficiently, and ensure customer satisfaction.

TASKS:

• Answer incoming calls promptly and professionally, addressing customer inquiries, concerns, and requests.
• Make outbound calls to follow up on customer inquiries, resolve issues, and provide assistance as needed.
• Identify and assess customers' needs to provide appropriate solutions and information.
• Handle customer complaints and escalate complex issues to the appropriate department or supervisor for resolution.
• Uphold company policies and procedures while delivering high-quality customer service.
• Meet and exceed performance metrics, including call handling time, first call resolution, and customer satisfaction ratings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• At least 1 year of experience in a customer service or call center role
• Proficient in basic computer applications and familiarity with CRM systems
• Committed in providing outstanding customer service and exceeding customer expectations.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

RATE AND REWARDS:

• Starting rate is $700 (USD) monthly 
• Employment Type: Independent Contractor
• Free Training
• Paid Time Offs
• HMO Coverage
• Performance-Based Increase
• Permanent Work From Home

Working within the Corporate Compliance team, the KYC analyst will be supporting with the compliance activities with a strong focus on Know Your Customer (KYC) and due diligences. The specific role demands a dedicated and forward-thinking professional who thrives on working in a fast-paced company.

The challenge:

• Support the constant enhancement and refinement of workflows related to KYC and enhanced due diligence.
• Lead the review of existing and potential customers, third party vendors third party payor to ensure compliance, ensuring requests prioritized, resolved within agreed timeframes with escalation issues accordingly.
• Assist in developing and producing formalized enhanced due diligence outputs.
• Assist in reviewing the KYC global policies and procedures.
• Develop a detailed understanding or Sportradar’s clients, processes, and procedures.

Your profile:

• 2 years’ of AML/KYC, due diligence experience within corporate services, banking or business process outsourcing industries
• Good reporting writing and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strict personal standards of confidentiality and integrity
• Motivated self-starter with an inquisitive mind
• Able to work with tight deadlines

• Assist in the deployment of a Lean Transformation with specific responsibility of initiatives and continuous improvement practices and routines.
• Guide the current state and future state, implementation plan, along with impact and value of changes (in strong cooperation with business or service unit experts).
• Develop and nurture strong partnerships to understand specific business issues and priorities to effectively integrate continuous improvement into their organization.
• Use a standard set of Lean/Problem Solving tools and analyses to develop insight, solutions and drive the consistent use of Lean standards in the delivery of Value Stream or Function.
• Responsible for the consistent and successful delivery of agreed standard work.
• Assist in training and problem-solving workshops with senior managers & teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Diversity & Inclusion Aptitude
• Ability to work well with a variety of different individuals
• LEAN Transformation experience
• Operational and Analytical thinking
• Effective communication, listening and facilitation skills
• Insurance knowledge and strong business acumen
• Strong organizational skills with high level of attention to detail
• High Emotional Quotient and Professionalism

Apply now as an Accounting Analyst and receive a P20,000* signing bonus when you get hired!

Interested in applying? You may send your resume to Careers@GlobalStrategic.com

Location:

Victorias Site

Vic Arcade Bldg., Ground Floor, Osmeña Avenue, Brgy. 1, Victorias City, Negros Occidental

To know more about us, visit our website at www.GlobalStrategic.com

Qualifications:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree, Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent

• Must be familiar with Quickbooks

• Must be able to communicate in English fluently

• Must be able to multi-task and learn quickly

• Must have keen attention to details

• Must have strong analytical skills

• Experience is a plus but not required

The actuarial analyst is responsible for collection, organization, interpretation, analysis, scrubbing, documentation and dissemination of complex data sets. The candidate will be responsible for modeling complex problems, reconciling data sets, analyzing trends and summarizing data for review and analysis. The candidate will provide analysis, will process and compile data for reporting and analysis through creating queries, views and reports. The candidate will provide support and be part of the US Actuarial team.

• Responsible for setting up and configuring the WFM system according to our clients’ business needs. This includes setting up user roles, permissions, and access levels.
• Collaborate with OSC to manage user accounts, including adding and removing users, resetting passwords, and managing user permissions and access.
• Onboarding of new team members in Genesys systems
• Review and Process change request for making changes or creating new Pulse dashboards.
• Serve as internal support liaison for Genesys system upgrades and testing.
• Maintaining configuration for exceptions, time off, scheduled state groups, etc.
• Collaborating with CCTS to update VQ configurations for Pulse.
• Serve as the first line of technical support for any issues users may encounter.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the WFM system, suggest and implement improvements as needed. This could include introducing new features, streamlining processes, or enhancing user experience.
• Ensures that the use of the WFM system complies with all relevant policies, laws, and regulations. This may include data privacy regulations, labor laws, and internal company policies.
• Ensure the integrity of data within the system, including importing and exporting data, and setting up and managing integrations with other systems.
• Provide training and support to users, helping them understand how to use the system effectively.

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.

What’s it all about?

The compliance-risk control framework includes financial crime compliance and regulatory compliance. Financial crime focus is on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), Sanctions & Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), and on the associated Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Customer’s Business (KYC/B) & Counterparty Due Diligence (CDD) obligations  including primarily but not limited to: -

•           On-boarding counterparty due diligence

•           Transactional monitoring

•           Sanctions screening

•           Suspicious activity identification, monitoring and reporting

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Develop an understanding of Visa Payments business operations and payment processes
• Identify and internally escalate actual or suspected sanctions matches, assisting and supporting other analysts within the team
• Ensure sanction queries are sent in a timely manner in line with our internal SLAs and deadlines set
• Identify trends and use data to suggest improvements to effectively resolve service issues, escalating appropriately.
• Assist with the development of management information in alignment with regulatory and internal policy/risk expectations
• Assist with the review of new controls to mitigate risks and reduce false positives to improve efficiency across the team.

And assist

• Ensuring clients are within legal parameters and not undertaking ML or criminal activities. For example, using screening and monitoring systems to assess client legitimacy.
• Identifying, managing & escalating suspected and actual money laundering, sanctions breaches and fraud cases through the relevant escalation path.
• Ensuring the compliance risk control framework remains aligned with external legislation.
• Conducting and/or overseeing compliance monitoring reviews and audits.
• Promoting and providing advice on best compliance practice within critical business areas.
• Exemplifying the company values and promoting them in all areas of the role, within and without the function.

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 two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.

The role will be responsible for supporting end-to-end project accounting life cycle activities for assigned accounts and projects. The role will be involved with stakeholder coordination to execute processes that will drive the completion of assigned projects.

• Perform routine and assigned tasks that support ongoing projects in compliance with the contract, service level agreement, define methodologies, and procedures.
• Assist in reviewing projects for accurate revenue recognition.
• Support data gathering and report generation requirements to support various reporting requirements for each project.

• Escalate identified issues and concerns to the Team Lead for timely resolution.
• Maintain the SOP/DTP of current processes and incorporate documentation updates as required.
• Perform multiple routine tasks in compliance with service level agreement, process, policies, and procedures.
• Gather information and documentation to assist in investigating and in resolving issues within the assigned process
• Perform POOL transactional task and provide assistance in resolving employee center tickets.

The Actuarial Analyst provides Reserving and Pricing support as part of the UK General Insurance Actuarial team.  The candidate will process, validate and interpret data to statistically model and determine results for the business. The candidate will be required to develop, maintain and update reports and communicate results into the Senior members of the Actuarial team.

Business Systems Analyst

The Business Systems Analyst is responsible for collaborating with the digital product managers (DPM), business system owners, and users to capture the right business requests and accurately translating them to specifications that aid design, coding and testing of complex software and/or data warehouse applications within the organization.

The BSA performs a liaison function between the DPM, business users, software engineers and QA analysts for implementing software solutions in order to accurately realize business goals.

• Works with the business users and DPM/Proxy DPM to accurately capture all stakeholder requests and translate them into system specifications. Writes user stories based on the epics or larger scope stories created by the DPM/Proxy DPM. Meets INVEST and DOR criteria for stories. Works with the Sprint team on breaking stories down into smaller vertical slices.
• Identifies and captures Acceptance Criteria for user stories. Works with the testers to ensure that all software components are tested adequately. Reviews test cases in Test Rails, collaborates with Developers and Testers on the right number of tests, types of tests applicable for the story, and the story DOD. Accepts the story on behalf of the DPM/Proxy DPM, confirms it meets the DOD.
• Collaborates with QA on documenting bugs found in non-production environments, captures them in Jira, meets DOR for bugs. Helps PDM/Proxy DPM prioritize non-prod bugs and issues, based on potential Production impact.
• Assists Support group with identifying DOR for Production bugs.
• Leads the end-to-end/integration testing, assists DPM in planning of the test effort. Collaborates with the business users/SMEs/stakeholders on the use cases and test cases.
• Maintains product and system documentation in Confluence, Miro, and other tools. Collaborates with BPMs, analyzes, maps, and communicates current state and future state business processes.
• Continuously builds relationships with business users (key and designated stakeholders, business users, BPMs), obtains and grows knowledge about the business process. Serves as an SME on the Product Team.
• Leads or assists DPM/Proxy DPM in sprint ceremonies like backlog refinement and sprint review/demo.
• Assists DPM/Proxy DPM in in providing Release notes with a specific use case, screen shots, detail on the changes, etc.

Job Responsibilities

• Be the SME for the application area your team owns. Have deep understanding of the current workflow, rules, dependencies, potential impacted areas. Always continue learning your application, understand new features being developed, be the gatekeeper of the consistency and cohesiveness across screens, actions, data, etc.
• Speak the Business language. Understand and be able to articulate the business process from the user’s standpoint. Remember, they are not limited to our application, their process involves multiple systems, as well as manual components (excel, email, verbal communication). Build relationship with users and business SMEs, keep learning from them - shadow, ask for their training documents.
• Create and maintain documentation, take initiative, refer other team members to your documents.
• Write great user stories - small, concise, well defined, with just enough number of details. Refine and break them down with the team, be the champion of the vertical story split.
• Be the gatekeeper of quality on the team. Create Acceptance criteria, help QA understand the system’s expected behavior. Review the test cases in Test Rails, help QA find a way to figure out the system’s actual behavior and make sure it marches the AC. Create plans for end-to-end testing, document use cases, hep QA plan. Decide what needs to be automated as part of the regression test suite.

MS Transverse is looking for a dynamic and engaging Financial & Treasury Analyst who is looking for an opportunity to join an industry-leading Property & Casualty insurance carrier focused on partnering with Reinsurers, MGAs/Program Administrators, and InsurTechs.

We provide access to commercial and personal lines utilizing our admitted and non-admitted capabilities across all US jurisdictions. You would join a deeply experienced and broadly talented operating team where your experience and drive will become instrumental in further growing our business.

The Financial & Treasury Analyst plays a key role within the organization and Finance/ Accounting Department. We are looking for someone who is a fast learner, a proactive thinker, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone who is results orientated, a problem solver, with a strong attention to detail.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with financial planning/budgeting
• Assist with monthly rolling forecast
• Assist with financial modeling and development
• Assist with monthly financial reporting
• Assist with the preparation of financial dashboards and KPIs to support management decision
• Assist with Board and Committee presentations
• Assist with providing internal, external, insurance/reinsurance regulators, and rating agencies with information
• Assist with financial analysis of competitors, reinsurers, MGAs/MGUs
• Gather data from different sources in a highly organized and detail oriented manner
• Document variances in relation to plan and forecast
• Perform cash forecasting and assist in ensuring proper cash flow planning
• Gather key information for cash positions to aid in investing and borrowing decisions
• Develop new and maintain existing banking relationships to update account information, communicate transactional issues and setting up new accounts
• Setup/ process outgoing wires, EFT, and ACH transfers
• Provide timely responses to the Accounting/Finance mailbox inquiries to follow up or escalate issues accordingly
• Prepare/ submit cash activity for the general ledger
• Maintain Bank Reconciliations
• Work closely with the investment team to coordinate activities between the departments
• Aid with tracking alternative investment fund activity
• Assist with internal control risk assessments and documentation related to general finance controls and the banking/ investment processes
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve transactional issues in a timely manner
• Assist with accounting month-end close including journal entries and reconciliations related to cash, and annual audits
• Ensure operational excellence by supporting management and taking on projects as assigned

Perform all cash related aspects of facultative assumed & ceded accounting including cash entry, cash application, cash reconciliation, and assist with collections.

• Enter daily cash receipts and disbursements in the reinsurance system
• Apply cash receipts and disbursements
• Assist in collecting overdue account receivable/payable balances
• Research, document, and resolve unapplied cash issues
• Work closely with other Reinsurance Accounting team members to resolve cash discrepancies
• Prepare monthly cash reconciliation
• Prepare monthly billing statements
• Review and post bound XOL contracts in the reinsurance system
• Ensure effective SOX controls are maintained and followed
• Ad hoc related tasks as needed or other duties as required to support the team

The Catastrophe Modeling Analyst – Junior is responsible for quantifying the catastrophe risk on inward reinsurance contracts of Arch Re. Major tasks will include analyzing catastrophe modeling data from insurance clients in third party software, researching catastrophe risk, and creating reports related to the company’s risk exposure.

• Leverage third-party catastrophe models to obtain estimates of catastrophe risk of Arch Re's cedents.
• Justify and explain the cat model outputs and ensure that they are reasonable and correct.
• Generate other reports to give a complete picture of the cedents' catastrophe exposure.
• Handle independently the cat pricing for simple reinsurance submissions.
• Handle with minimal supervision the cat pricing for more complex reinsurance submissions.

The Catastrophe Modeling Analyst – Junior is responsible for quantifying the catastrophe risk on inward reinsurance contracts of Arch Re. Major tasks will include analyzing catastrophe modeling data from insurance clients in third party software, researching catastrophe risk, and creating reports related to the company’s risk exposure.

• Leverage third-party catastrophe models to obtain estimates of catastrophe risk of Arch Re's cedents.
• Justify and explain the cat model outputs and ensure that they are reasonable and correct.
• Generate other reports to give a complete picture of the cedents' catastrophe exposure.
• Handle independently the cat pricing for simple reinsurance submissions.
• Handle with minimal supervision the cat pricing for more complex reinsurance submissions.

The Support Analyst provides end-user support in creating documentation for recurring tasks as well as assisting the team in setting up user accounts. This person diagnoses, troubleshoots and resolves basic and moderate technical problems. This person operates under defined processes and procedures and makes decisions regarding short-term priorities and work activities requiring interpretation of guidelines, policies and procedures. The Support Analyst will work closely with our Helpdesk, Desktop Technology, and ATS teams in supporting users in general IT problems.  This is a Night Shift role.

• Performing day-to-day support work for the company’s end users.
• Creating and deleting user accounts
• Assisting with Ad Hoc projects and backup support for the US Support team

AECOM is seeking an Analyst Project Controller to be based in Manila, Philippines

Provides objective analysis and sound judgement with application of principles and techniques to evaluate and report project performance from concept study to construction & startup including practical assessment of schedule completion and expected final cost. Competencies include setup of work breakdown structure, establishing levels of control and detail, planning and scheduling, cost analysis and forecasting, progress measurement, earned value performance, risk analysis and change control.

Responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting and reporting cost and schedule performance for projects throughout the organization. Services include setting up and managing project controls systems (including setup of work breakdown structure), capturing to-date progress and expenditure data, analyzing to-date performance data, forecasting at-completion performance data (EAC costs, hours), analyzing project risks (contingency management), managing change and incorporating scope variations into schedule and cost deliverables, and preparing associated reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Introduced to the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes. 

• Introduced to financial terminology, measures, concepts and principles for analysis of financial data.

• Exposed to processes that increase recognition of financial impact of various project actions.

• Exposure to WBS concepts and principles.

• Researches data for subsequent use in analyzing cost and schedule analysis.

• Developing knowledge of accounting principles.

• Developing ability to use drawings and specifications. 

• Exposed to progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Assists in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.

• Develops knowledge of earned value concepts, principles and methodology.

• Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations. 

• Collects data and produces an initial analysis for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.

• Provides support for tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.

• Exposed to the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.

• Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.

• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles.

The Business Systems Analyst II is responsible for collaborating with the digital product managers (DPM), business system owners, and users to capture the right business requests and accurately translating them to specifications that aid design, coding and testing of complex software and/or data warehouse applications within the organization.

The incumbent performs a liaison function between the DPM, business users, software engineers and QA analysts for implementing software solutions in order to accurately realize business goals.

1. Work with the business users and DPM to accurately capture all stakeholder requests and translate them into system specifications which typically include functional, non-functional, user interface, reports and external interface specifications.
2. Work with software engineers to ensure that the engineering realization is in accordance with the business specification.
3. Work with the testers to ensure that all software components are tested adequately and Participates in Quality Assurance testing as the IT workload requires.
4. Provides guidance to stakeholders on devising effective and efficient approaches to achieve project and program objectives.
5. Manages requirements risks by proactively tracking and communicating issues, and devising methods to mitigating them.
6. Liaise with other project and program areas to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues.
7. Analyzes, maps and communicates current state and future state business processes.
8. Supports business units in the resolution of in-depth user questions and issues.
9. Maintains a working knowledge of new technology and business analysis standards & practices.
10. Collaborates with IT management to define and develop documentation & business analysis artifact standards, guidelines, processes, and templates.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The IT Service Management (ITSM) group within the Employee Enablement Solutions team (EES) at Visa is seeking a Service Manager with excellent communication skills, a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to work autonomously. This role involves driving excellence across all employee-facing technology services, simplifying and optimizing IT services, and promoting a service culture focused on the employee experience. 

The standard working hours for this role currently are from 5:00 pm to 2:00 am, local Manila time. When the work necessitates it, you may be required to work outside of the prescribed work hours.  Visa reserves the right to adjust the standard working hours in future based on the business requirements

Key responsibilities include:

• Continual improvement of services and processes
• Building strategic partnerships throughout the organization
• Managing services throughout their lifecycle
• Influencing decisions as a customer advocate
• Facilitating transparent communication and collaboration
• Providing clear, weekly reporting focused on results and milestones

The ideal candidate should have a strong IT background, understand the evolving needs of the business, and have a passion for process improvement. They should balance empathy with the ability to explain limitations, understand the cost implications of services, and be able to back decisions with data. Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and a commitment to delivering quality services are essential.

The candidate must be comfortable providing ITSM services autonomously and building strong relationships with staff and leaders globally. They should use analysis and relationships to improve the user experience in their region and beyond. The candidate will be expected to provide clear reporting and KPIs on a monthly basis, and track milestones in our systems for visibility.

The successful candidate will demonstrate emotional intelligence, executive presence, and the courage to highlight inconsistencies. They should be self-motivated, committed to enhancing ITSM processes, and eager to improve Visa through discussion, influence, leadership, and action. They will be expected to create plans with milestones and dates for optimal value achievement and provide professional proposals for ITSM service improvement on a quarterly basis.

Essential Functions include:

• Prioritizing and addressing local Service Improvement Opportunities quarterly, meeting or exceeding targets
• Analyzing ServiceNow data to identify service gaps and drive improvements
• Meeting with World Area staff/leaders to present analysis of services, capturing feedback and aligning with business needs
• Driving service transition and integration activities beyond minimum requirements, striving for world-class delivery
• Developing actionable plans with key deliverables/milestones, eliminating ambiguity
• Communicating with high energy, excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills are essential
• Creating clear and actionable service-related communications for distribution to targeted audiences
• Building partnerships and encouraging collaboration to maximize continual improvement opportunities
• Transforming complex technical concepts into precise, audience-appropriate language
• Leading in ambiguous high-pressure situations and working independently with limited direction
• Prioritizing and managing a wide range of competing initiatives
• Taking ownership of urgent customer items and building strong relationships with internal customers
• Optimizing service delivery by aligning technology owners with best practices and methodologies
• Challenging assumptions and the status quo, exhibiting strong organizational courage
• Developing persuasive business plans and proposals that maximize return on investment
• Exhibiting strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking techniques
• Understanding organizational change management and user experience improvement techniques
• Engaging professionally with people at all levels, using strong interpersonal skills
• Managing time and priority with attention to detail across a wide array of competing initiatives
• Integrating into a team of technical, process improvement and change management professionals
• Providing quarterly written proposals to leadership on biggest ITSM opportunity areas to serve Asia Pacific

The successful candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Strong ideation and problem-solving skills
• Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset
• Coachable and positive attitude
• Strong and concise communicator, effective listener, and empathetic
• Self-sufficient in admin tasks and effective at prioritizing

Additional responsibilities include tracking goals on a weekly basis, presenting monthly reports and strategy updates, showcasing milestone progress, and meeting or exceeding goal targets with weekly reporting. The successful candidate will demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and ownership, and possess excellent communication skills.

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 3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site) or more of the time based on business needs.