As the world’s leader in digital payments technology, Visa’s mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company’s dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You’re an Individual. We’re the team for you. Together, let’s transform the way the world pays.

The Ask Now Business Analyst role has experience in IT operations, strong data analytics, Business Service Management, business intelligence and reporting with hands on experience in Service-Now. They should be demonstrate a deep knowledge of IT Operations processes and frameworks (SDLC, ITIL, etc.) and equivalent process improvement methodologies.

The Ask Now Business Analyst role is a position in the Product Reliability Engineering organization within the Visa and supports the Operations and Infrastructure Organization. This role is designed to strengthen CMDB data analytics and reporting  capabilities within the team related to the Ask Now platform, centralized reporting, and data quality.
 
This position interacts with a wide range of stakeholders both within Technology and also with cross-functional functions, including Risk, Privacy, Product Delivery Teams, CyberSecurity, Service Owners, as well as senior leadership.

Essential Functions

• Work with internal customers, stakeholders, and application owners to help educate them and better understand the CMDB and address data quality related issues.

• Document Stories including Enhancement or Defects as needed to address issues related to CMDB data quality including effectively documenting the issues, requirements and test or validation use cases.

• Extract data from various data sources including RDMS, Service Now, etc. and create complex pivots using functions like VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, TRIM, CONCAT, etc.

• Create reports and dashboards for Management Reporting and data analysis using Business Intelligence tools like Tableau, SAP, etc

• Ensure all information within the Ask Now platform is accurate and up to date in accordance with Service Owner guidelines

• Ability to communicate status updates across all levels of the organization including Senior Management. 

• Manage relationships across the organization including key stakeholders and developers to enhance effectiveness in the role.
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• Develop training materials to help stakeholders and application users better understand aspects of the CMDB relative to their roles, use cases, etc to help them be more effective in their role.
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• Evangelize the virtues of IT process management and create a collaborative environment across all technology groups

• Work independently to research strategic objectives and interact with IT development, Operations, IT Quality teams and product management groups to obtain and exchange information

• Proactively escalate problems and issues and drive to resolution

• Adhere to department procedures as directed by the department and Visa's procedures guide

• Enhance knowledge of the field through participation in professional organizations and self-study

• ITIL Foundations certification

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

• 2 or more years experience working with the Service Now platform.   

• Experience with all lanes of the Service Now Platform (Request, Knowledge, Change, Problem, Incident) in ServiceNow
• Strong working, hands on experience with Excel and complex functions including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and Charts.
• Experience creating complex SQL queries including the use of Joins and Unions to extract data from RDMS.
• Experience working with BI tools such as Tableau or SAP to create reports or perform analysis.

• Good presentation and communications skills across multiple levels of the organization, including senior management. Must be able to articulate messages across a variety of audiences

• Ability to create presentations and provide project updates using Powerpoint to audiences across all levels. 
• Self-driven and ability to work independently

• Have great degree of technical understanding and literacy

• Willingness to accommodate flexible working hours to accommodate diverse geographic locations

• Strong customer service, analytical, research, interpersonal and problem solving skills required

• Experience working with multicultural teams in diverse geographic locations preferred

• Working knowledge of MS-Office products for Windows including Word, Excel, Visio, Project and SharePoint

Work Hours

This position requires the incumbent to be available during core business hours.

 Mental/Physical Requirements

 This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, and reach with hands and arms.

EEO Statement

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.