Associate Business Analyst, New College Grad - 2026, Austin

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, and they are seeking an Associate Business Analyst to support the Demand Management Function within Visa’s Technology management organization. The role involves managing hardware asset deployments, assisting with technology strategy execution, and developing metrics for IT financial efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Assist product owners with execution of technology strategy, keeping a view of the operating expense impact of key decisions
• Run SQL scripts to extract data from multiple data sources and have ability to normalize data based on product owner feedback
• Identify expense reduction opportunities with product owners and create plans and tracking to ensure execution of cost reduction strategies
• Review demand for new purchases with product owners, validate that the demand aligns with technology strategy and present analytics to compare Visa’s usage of similar products within the category
• Manage spend for a technology lane with specific knowledge to adherence to key Visa procurement rules while identifying strategies for purchases that do not meet the rules
• Identify appropriate data sources to track deployment of assets across Visa and use the information across multiple sources to create infrastructure baseline
• Lead the team in delivering work products on consumption reports as well as other key initiatives that will help the Technology leadership to make strategic decisions
• Create and manage the budget for the IT technology lanes working in close partnership with the IT engineering teams and Business analyst team
• Run sensitivity analysis and create cost models to determine best possible solution for Visa in support of technology purchase decisions
• Work closely with Technology partners to understand the technical details for hardware purchases and create business justification for purchases
• Draw actionable insights from raw data using strong quantitative skills and be able to influence stakeholder’s leadership to make informed decisions

Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science, Business Analytics, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business or related field, graduating May 2025 - August 2026
• Experience working on large globally and virtually distributed teams
• Experience in the following: Dealing with different software licensing methods in the FinTech industry
• SQL querying to help collect data from disparate sources
• Creating cost transparency and cost clarity programs for leadership
• Analytical skills and experience using analytics tools such as Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, Visio, etc
• Technical industry experience and quantitative skills & experience taking raw data and drawing actionable insights from it
• Understanding of infrastructure products and the core concepts behind 'running IT like a business'
• Prior business analytics experience

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 (k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program

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