Operational Specialist

Visa Visa · Fintech · Warsaw, Poland, Poland

Visa is seeking an Operational Specialist to join their Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) team in Warsaw, Poland. This early-career role focuses on supporting day-to-day operations, ensuring efficiency and compliance in administrative and operational activities. The specialist will provide first-line operational support, manage expenses and calendars, identify process improvements, and leverage automation/AI capabilities to enhance working methods. The role requires a Bachelor's degree, excellent English, MS Office proficiency (including Copilot), and strong organizational skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide first‑line operational support to consultants on supplier‑related engagements, including documentation, onboarding, tracking, and reporting
  2. Handle expense claims for the CEE VCA leadership team
  3. Manage calendar and meeting coordination support to the Head of Consulting
  4. Identify and suggest process improvements and opportunities to increase efficiency
  5. Ensure all administrative and operational activities meet compliance and internal control standards
  6. Support the line manager with reporting, presentation decks preparation, assist with the organization of on‑site and off‑site events
  7. Leverage automation and AI capabilities to identify more efficient ways of working, reducing manual effort and administrative activities

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree (or higher), or final-year student close to graduation
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) including use of Copilot for productivity and analysis
  • Must be proactive and solution oriented, looking for ways to add value and assist the team
  • Strong organizational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel
  • High attention to detail, reliability, and discretion
  • Strong work ethic and collaborative approach

Nice to have

  • Relevant experience is preferred but not essential