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As Business Development Analyst you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for searching, identifying, structuring, developing, and monitoring partnerships, alliances with players of the payment ecosystem of the Western & Central Africa region.

The role will be reporting to the Head of the Western & Central Africa Cluster.

The role also includes:

• Provide support to the Western & Central Africa Head of Cluster to develop and maintain the relationship between Visa and its partners/members
• Contribute to development, production and implementation of initiatives outlined in Country plans
• Build and update monthly a complete Business Intelligence tool gathering all information with regards to Macro Economics data, Issuing & Acquiring activities of Visa clients / Market but also competition
• Attend to member queries and issues, and provide timely and efficient solution
• Ensure Members compliance to service levels, integrity of service records and efficient resolution of complaints
• Identify key opportunities within market, size/provide analysis, and business case to address
• Central communication point for all clients in Market
• Extract, Provide and Supervise periodical financial & business reports (Weekly/Monthly or quarterly) as agreed with the Head of Cluster
• Regular market sales visits (Across the cluster)
• On Demand update and MVP plans for clients
• Liaise with relevant Visa Departments to share member priorities & ensure business outcomes are met
• Co-ordinate with other Visa departments to successfully implement the country plans.
• Work closely with other Visa functional teams and have a good understanding of Visa solutions
• Complete ad hoc project/research and presentation work and other relevant initiatives as requested by the management
• Organize and execute events related to corporate hospitality in the relevant markets.
• Budgeting, costing and coordination with external event management companies.
• Contribute to development, production and implementation of initiatives outlined in Country plans
• Provide support to the different business development managers and above in processing the administrative part of different business-related topics (Licensing,, etc…)
• Follow up on Execution plans to ensure an efficient Time To Market
• Manage internal Sales MIS reporting processes and requirements such as MS Dynamics, Bi-weekly Pipeline reports, ad-hoc client performance reports used by Management to run the sales team effectively