CSS Account Manager at Visa Incorporated - Lagos

Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. 

Visa does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations enable its bank customers to offer consumers choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. From the world’s major cities to remote areas without banks, people are increasingly relying on digital currency along with mobile technology to use their money anytime, make purchases online, transfer funds and access basic financial services. All of which makes their lives easier and helps grow economies.

Behind the Visa brand are our talented employees who continuously raise the bar with innovative solutions and products that deliver the convenience and security of digital currency to more people all over the world.

We are recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Title: CSS Account Manager

Location: Lagos - Nigeria
Organization: Client Support Services
Job: Account Management
Job Number: 132706

Responsibilities

• The individual in this position will manage a range of complex problems of diverse scope and take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions without requiring guidance, except where escalating to management is appropriate. The individual is considered a functional expert and must have strong understanding of the Client’s processing and operational business.
• Serve as an initial escalation point for Regional Signature Clients for day-to-day support of all VisaNet products, services, processing questions and issues across West Africa.
• Represents client business and processing priorities to internal and external stakeholders for support and account planning activities
• Identify, recommend and monitor, where appropriate, operational cost savings and/or revenue enhancements opportunities for Clients and Visa.
• Provides guidance on Client processing strategies, environments, interfaces and business priorities.
• Stay abreast of new rules, products and services, and industry and technology trends to be able to support Visa strategic goals and Client initiatives.
• Maintain relationship with Clients to understand local market needs and trends and gain insight on the need to enhance the support approach provided.
• Work closely with Business Development and Product team counterparts to understand sales goals and be able to adopt support to meet organizational objectives.
• Identifies processing solutions, processing optimization opportunities and value-added solutions for Clients.
• Help manage the biannual implementation of the Visa Business Enhancements for each endpoint client. Participate in all trainings and discussions for the BER.
• Provides client education on card processing and business parameters, as well as other client specific education based on support trends or new service implementations.
• Serves as the clients’ continuous coach and trainer.
• Coordinate with other Visa teams to expedite the resolution and implementation of solutions to ensure that all Visa products and services operate at the highest level of performance.
• Work closely with Support Lines, CCM and Project Implementation teams to prioritize projects, issues resolution strategies and be able to support organizational objectives.
• Maintain relationship with internal and external Clients to understand assigned market needs and trends, and gain insight on the need to enhance support approach.
• Advocate on behalf of clients to internal stakeholder organizations including CSS, Sales, Product, Systems, Risk and Legal.
• Ensure required information is logged and documentation is completed and maintain for historical records and auditing purposes into VCSA.
• Provide operational and technical support for service interruption events

Requirements

• 8 years+ years of success in client facing roles in the Payments industry
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent graduate degree/MBA preferred
• Working general knowledge of Electronic Payment Industry Visa systems including authorization and clearing systems, client connectivity, etc.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CRM, tools
• Has advanced understanding of the payment and data processing industries including industry trends and high-level business drivers.
• Advanced knowledge of product and services and how these impact clients’ business.
• Strong customer focus.
• Strong abilities in organizational, conceptual, and logical problem solving.
• Proven Ability to establish productive working relationships with staff and management at all levels.
• Solid inter-personal skills.
• Ability to maintain a courteous and professional demeanor in all dealings.
• Solid inter-personal skills.
• Ability to maintain a courteous and professional demeanor in all dealings

Application Closing Date
9th October, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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