Client Services Manager - Visa Direct, Cross-border Payments

Visa Visa · Fintech · Toronto, Canada, CA

Client Services Manager for Visa Direct, focusing on cross-border payments. This role involves managing key accounts, ensuring service levels are met, identifying opportunities for improvement, and acting as a client advocate within Visa. It requires strong relationship-building, analytical skills, and deep knowledge of payment principles.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on how your assigned clients use Visa Direct.
  2. You will promote a culture of service excellence and ‘best in class’ through leading by example
  3. You will streamline processes to improve efficiency, automation and scalability
  4. You will keep abreast of forthcoming system changes, releases, route changes, client launches, documentation changes and support your client through transitions
  5. You will be your client’s advocate within Visa Direct and sponsor / champion product and service change

Skills

Required

  • 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Solid payments experience within a bank, fintech or payment processing institution in a client relationship management/service management role
  • Detailed knowledge of cross-border and/or local ACH payment principles
  • Detail oriented with a proven ability to critically analyze service performance and client satisfaction data and implement practical and sustainable solutions
  • Natural relationship builder and effective communicator
  • Ability to work cross-functionally to deliver improvements and resolve issues efficiently and effectively

Nice to have

  • 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
  • Detailed knowledge of collections and FX capabilities
  • Exposure to SWIFT messaging standards
  • Comfortable managing and influencing internal/external stakeholders at all levels
  • Adaptable and calm in the face of complexity and frequent service/operational change
  • Strategic thinker who is self-motivated, resilient and a strong collaborator with good interpersonal communication and negotiation skills

What the JD emphasized

  • Solid payments experience within a bank, fintech or payment processing institution in a client relationship management/service management role - is a MUST
  • A detailed knowledge of cross-border and/or local ACH payment principles is a MUST